Nury Turkel
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Lawyer | Author of the award-winning book, "NO ESCAPE" | Senior Fellow @HudsonInstitute | Former Chair of @USCIRF
Joined January 2009
Humbled to announce my book, “No Escape” is available for pre-order w/ @HarperCollins Never expected to write a memoir this early in life & it has not been a solitary effort. Hope readers will no longer feel separate from/ indifferent to #UyghurGenocide.
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.@JustinTrudeau, over to you! Please speak out and secure your fellow Canadian @hoccgoomusic’s release from detention. Denise and I shared the stage at 2019 @OsloFF. She is one of the kindest and courageous people I know. Speaking truth to power isn’t crime. #StandWithHongKong
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As a #Uyghur immigrant, I am thrilled and humbled to be appointed by @SpeakerPelosi as a Commissioner on @USCIRF. I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to contribute to @USCIRF's important work to promote and protect religious freedom around the world.
House of Representatives @SpeakerPelosi announced the appointment of @nuryturkel, a lawyer and #Uyghur rights advocate, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Read more:
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Tragic to be in The #TIME100 because of my work to stop genocidal policies against my people. I would give anything not to be on the world stage, and just enjoy the #American dream. Grateful to @Dolkun_Isa of @UyghurCongress for the gracious tribute.
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On this somber day, 11th Anniversary of #July5th #UrumchiUprising, let us honor and tribute to those brave #Uyghur women who took to the street to seek justice for their loved ones who were killed or disappeared as a result of #CCPChina's brutal crackdown of peaceful protesters.
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Put anything that you're doing and READ this. --If this doesn't move you then I don't know what will.
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Can't say it's a badge of honor as I've merely done what anyone should do in response to #UyghurGenocide with an expectation of potential retaliation. Haven't deliberately sought this, but accept as a response to our work to hold perpetrators to account.
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Final print copies of my book, "No Escape" arrived. I am grateful for the opportunity to tell #Uyghur stories—my own and those courageous direct and indirect victims of the ongoing genocide. I wanted to thank those who contributed to this project from the bottom of my heart.
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Our prayers have been answered. After more than 20 years, I am overjoyed to be reunited with my mother here in Washington. Most importantly, she can finally embrace her grandchildren for the first time. Celebrating #Thanksgiving together brings indescribable joy, gratitude, and a
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Thx to my appt by @SpeakerPelosi to @USCIRF, I was pleased to join @SecPompeo & top advisers @nixonfoundation in his meeting w/ Chinese dissidents. Grateful for elevating #HumanRights as a centerpiece on #China policy above anything we've seen for at least 4 decades.
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.@WarriorsPR. Good that you try to distance yourself from @chamath's genocide denialism. But say stop #UyghurGenocide loud and clear so we can see you aren't merely giving lip service.
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Another milestone: Senate passed #Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act that would create a "rebuttable presumption" assuming goods manufactured in Xinjiang are made with forced labor as such banned under the 1930 Tariff Act unless certified by US gov.
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Thank you @POTUS. I urge the administration to make enforcing this law a priority. Without full implementation of this and other #Uyghur-related bills, it would be challenging to end the ongoing #UyghurGenocide and modern-day slavery.
Today, I signed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The United States will continue to use every tool at our disposal to ensure supply chains are free from the use of forced labor — including from Xinjiang and other parts of China.
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This #YomHashoah, I honor the 6 million #Jews who were lost to the #Holocaust by working to ensure that #NeverAgain is a reality, for the #Uyghurs in #CCPChina and victims of genocide around the world. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #StopUyghurGenocide
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No such thing called "Xinjiang province." China's official name is "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region/XUAR." . Uyghurs appreciate your saying "East Turkistan." But if you are uncomfortable with or concerned about being accused of "separatist sympathizer" then "Xinjiang" is fine.
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Wonderful to see my friend FM Joseph Wu of @MOFA_Taiwan @HudsonInstitute event honoring President @iingwen with “Global Leadership Award” for defending a vibrant democracy w/ great courage and clear-eyed determination to resist tyranny and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Some of the most powerful images from today’s joint protest by #Uyghurs, #Tibetans & #HongKongers on the occasion of #October1st National Day of #CCPChina.
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Thread: This is my sixth time testifying for Congress since the news regarding the massive camps system, and mass detention of the Uyghurs and others were first beginning to be widely reported. Truly grateful for the leadership of @committeeonccp in prioritizing #UyghurGenocide.
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As I mark 1 yr since Dad's passing, I'm heartsick over the family separation endured for nearly 20 yrs. Time stolen from me & Uyghurs worldwide can’t be returned. The harm done is irreparable. Regardless, I will continue to speak, even if through my own tears, to make Dad proud.
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.@chamath direct acknowledgment of the biz community's feigning ignorance or caving into #CCPChina pressure is emblematic across the board in the business & sports world, as well as #Hollywood. This kind of unrepentant & unconscionable behavior should be met with consequences.
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While @EmmanuelMacron is appeasing a genocidal regime, a Uyghur-French family is risking their lives to remind int’l community, including France, of the moral & treaty obligations to stop the ongoing Uyghur genocide on the world's watch.
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.@iingwen represents some of best qualities of leadership—courage, humility, resolve and strength to lead her nation during these challenging times. Grateful for President Tsai’s gracious introduction and Minister Wu’s @MOFA_Taiwan support of my work.
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Giving a proper name to crime is both necessary and non-controversial. Encouraged that @SecPompeo is making atrocities determination on #CCPChina crimes against #Uyghurs. Excellent reporting by @james_t_quinn .
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Thank you @badiucao for this powerful and illustrative artwork.
Honored to create cover art for this important reading, which illustrates the development of #China‘s genocide on #Uyghur via a whistle blower digital police who is haired to monitor Uyghurs as a contract worker by CCP. 十分重要的文字，由一个新疆警察泄密者讲述的数字监控与集中营
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Thank you @SpeakerPelosi for your unwavering support of Uyghurs’ right to live with dignity. I am so grateful for your leadership in confronting the genocide against the #Uyghur people!
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Why does China agree in March to have the U.N. be granted access for a visit in May? That obviously likely means that China is preparing perfect Potemkin villages for the next two months to hide and whitewash industrial-scale #ConcentrationCamps…
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.@joshrogin reports @POTUS to announce a diplomatic boycott of @Beijing2022. @Olympics refused to relocate it. But, int'l community must come together and stop China’s attempt to normalize a #genocide committed in broad daylight while the world watches.
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#Uyghur intellectual #YalqunRozi criminalized for his writings on #Secularism & #Kemalism. Striking similarities b/t #Nazis & #CCPChina methods rounding-up intellectuals, social elites, thought leaders & dehumanization of the entire population as part of a genocidal campaign.
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1 million Uyghurs brutally detained and brainwashed by the Chinese authorities. Children taken from them, women raped and tortured. It's atrocious. But we can break the silence. Sign & RT:
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It is time for @VWGroup to shutter their factory in the Xinjiang region of China and do their part to protect #Uyghur human rights! Retweet if you agree | #UyghurWeek
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#Genocide is genocide—no need to re-litigate @mikepompeo determination & @SecBlinken endorsement. Let's stop #UyghurGenocide instead. Watering it down or attempting to delegitimize @StateDept determination amount to #GenocideDenial, allowing #CCPChina to continue its campaign.
We wrote to @TheEconomist challenging its recent piece ‘“Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang’. Read our response here: #Genocide #Uyghurs #CallItGenocide @AppgUyghurs @MaajidNawaz @RachelRileyRR
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Thread: Pleased to be featured in this terrific column by @joshrogin. Threats @tiktok_us pose are real--privacy, public health & safety, and CCP manipulation of info. Not about racially motivated pushback, Whataboutism, or 150 million potential votes.
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Incredibly grateful to Rep. Chris Smith, @RepTomSuozzi & @CECCgov for the tremendous honor of @UyghurProject & @CUyghurs being nominated for @NobelPrize. This gives the #Uyghur people much-needed hope and assurance that Congress and Americans care.
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.@Cristiano puts aways @CocaCola and holds a bottle of water resulting Coke market value fall by $4bn. Coke, Nike, Calvin Klein & others enslave #Uyghurs and lobby against anti-Uyghur slavery bill in Congress. Coke is a key sponsor of @Beijing2022 .
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Pleased to co-author this piece in @ForeignAffairs with @BethVanSchaack sharing our policy recommendations to end the ongoing #UyghurGenocide through robust diplomacy, targeted sanctions, and justice & accountability. 1/n.
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Preposterous! This man committed no crime other than being a Uyghur and brother of @Dolkun_Isa. Guilt by association!.
📢 Press Release:. The WUC strongly condemns 🇨🇳 sentencing Hushtar Isa, brother of WUC President, @Dolkun_Isa, to life imprisonment. The WUC expresses its sincere support & solidarity to Dolkun Isa and his family, in the face of these retaliatory actions.
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So wonderful to reconnect with my old friend, @eri_arfiya, an inspirational public servant! She is the youngest and first Japanese legislator of Uyghur descent. It is an extraordinary accomplishment. She is a remarkable leader with unimpeachable integrity.
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If you're looking for a good read about #China’s mass detention of Uyghur intellectuals, this is what you should be reading—an incredibly powerful and relatable story by #Uyghur poet, @HamutTahir. Hats off to @jlfreeman6 for the amazing translation.
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"Now is the time for action; we must demonstrate that there will be serious consequences for the Communist Party’s alleged crimes against humanity," writes Uyghur lawyer Nury Turkel @USCIRF @UyghurProject @UyghurCongress @ipacglobal.
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FINALLY #Turkey calls on #China to close #Uyghur #camps . @uyghurproject @UyghurCongress @SophieHRW @trpresidency @MevlutCavusoglu
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With the enactment of the #UyghurHumanRightsPolicyAct, it is both sensible and justifiable for @APStylebook to start using the correct spelling #Uyghur as desired by the #Uyghurs and #Uighur” spelling violates the #Turkic language’s linguistic rule of vowel harmony.1/2.
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.@Eri_arfiya Heartfelt congratulations on your historical win. Wishing you all the best in your new professional life as a Japanese legislator.
皆さまのおかげで、当選させて頂くことができました。多くの皆さまに支えて頂き、本当にありがとうございました🙇 .#市川市 #浦安市 #千葉5区
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#SunnyHostin suggests #CCPChina internment of #Uyghurs isn't as bad as US mass incarceration. Deeply offensive and ignorant. Does she know there are more Uyghurs in Chinese concentration camps than the prison population in the US?
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.@POTUS signed a historical Bill intended to end #UyghurForcedLabor. Arguably, it's the most significant Bill to address some practical mistakes in #China trade. Would be challenging to end modern-day slavery without full implementation of #Uyghur bills.
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2022 could be 1936 all over again. @Olympics should not be allowed to continue its legacy of honoring autocratic regimes and force athletes to be complicit in #CrimesAgainstHumanity. Clear choice for IOC: relocate @Beijing2022 or condone #UyghurGenocide.
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Leaders of the free world often say as President/Prime Minister, the most important part of their job is to protect their fellow citizens. @JustinTrudeau, it is time to fulfill that promise. #FreeDeniseHo #StandWithHongKong . @POTUS @ScottMorrisonMP.
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@JimmyLaiApple You have nothing when you lose freedom.#Chinese think we just have the body, but not the soul. Just make money and live a good life--don't think about politics, freedom, human rights, the rule of law. We are human beings and have a soul. We aren't a dog.
“We are not a dog.” 71-year-old billionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai fled communist China when he was 12. He said Hong Kong protesters are demanding real democracy and fighting to hold on to basic human rights
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.@eri_arfiya is one of the smartest and kindest people I know. She is a dear friend and seasoned diplomat. She is dedicated to strengthening Japanese democracy and global leadership. If elected, she will be the first Japanese parliamentarian of Uyghur descent.
1分半で分かるえりアルフィヤ！.自民党参議院比例区<全国>支部長.#自民党 #えりアルフィヤ #日本が世界をリードする
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Thinking of #Uyghur intellectual Qurban Mamut, who went missing in Nov 2017. I join his #American son and grandchild, asking @POTUS to intervene in this and other Uyghur-American families' case to free their loved ones from #CCPChina concentration camps. #NoGenocideOlympics.
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.@ImranKhanPTI hypocrisy is on full display. This is how #Chinese client/customer state sounds & looks like.
.@jonathanvswan presses Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on why he’s outspoken against Islamophobia in the West but silent about the genocide of Muslim Uyghurs in western China. Khan: I concentrate on what is happening on my border. Swan: This is on your border. #AxiosOnHBO
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Grateful to Rabbi Cooper of @simonwiesenthal for joining me this #Passover to call for an end to the modern-day enslavement of #Uyghurs by #CCP as #Jews around the world celebrate freedom from #slavery and tyranny. @HUGOBOSS @VW @GermanyDiplo @SecBlinken .
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It was wonderful to visit w/ @SpeakerPelosi alongside camp survivors before our @committeeonccp hearing. Grateful for her heartwarming, encouraging & supportive words that provided much-needed moral support & courage to us, especially to Gulbahar Hatiwaji & Qalbinur Sidik.
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Unexpected consequences of #Chinese video of #AbdurehimHeyit. Worldwide #Uyghurs calling on #China to post videos of their loved ones who are detained in #XinjiangCamps #MeTooUyghur #MenmuUyghur
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We say "American people" but not "American population.". Why then "Uyghur population" instead of just saying "Uyghur people"?.
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Remarkable statement by Mayor @ZdenekHrib whom I had the honor to share the stage at @UyghurCongress conference. “I hear that #China is unhappy about this conference being held here in #Prague. Well, I am unhappy there is a country in 2021 that has #ConcentrationCamps.”
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.@chamath, Frame this to remind yourself that genocidal denial is immoral and unconscionable, and crime in some countries! Hats off to you @badiucao #StopUyghurGenocide.
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Heartfelt congratulations to my long-time friends and colleagues, @Dolkun_Isa & @Omerkanat1, for their re-election as President and Executive Chairman of @UyghurCongress. Grateful for their leadership during this challenging time. Wishing them continued success. @UyghurProject
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My dear friend @jooeysiiu, an American citizen, has just been targeted by the Hong Kong police with a HKD$1 million bounty. This is a preposterous and alarming display of the CCP's transnational repression on U.S. soil. Let's stand together against this injustice and support Joey.
This morning I, a U.S. citizen, woke up to the news that an arrest warrant & a HKD $1 million bounty have been placed on my head by the Hong Kong govt. for exercising my freedoms in my own country. More to say later but for now: I will never be silenced, I will never back down.
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Mr. Kerimi was my teacher and a family friend in #Kashgar where I spent my childhood and adolescent years. This mild-mannered and soft-spoken public intellectual's "crime" was his social influence and role as one of the respected custodians of #Uyghur literature and heritage.
A terrible loss: Prominent #Uyghur Poet and Author Confirmed to Have Died While Imprisoned. And yet another death in #China detention. @RadioFreeAsia @hrw_chinese.
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“We've made clear that we see a genocide having taken place against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang,” says Secretary of State Blinken, rejecting China’s claim that it has detained > a million people because of the threat of terrorism.
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.@burtonsnowboard chief executive Craig Smith feigns ignorance about the #UyghurGenocide, claiming he is divorced from the reality and there is no he/his company can do about the situation.
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It is a betrayal of the memory of the victims of the #Holocaust to fail to learn from history. Grateful to @BHL @NatanSharansky @ElishaWiesel for striving to awaken the conscience of the world in the shadows of @Beijing2022 which are yet again whitewashing a genocidal regime.
The #US #Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is an essential step but not enough. The @UN must invoke the Genocide Convention’s legal and moral obligation to act on #Xinjiang and save the #Uyghur people. @eliewieselfdn @NatanSharansky#UyghurLivesMatter
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Very honored and deeply humbled to be featured alongside such outstanding public figures as .@jacindaardern and @Malala2020Y.
Fortune's annual list of the World's Greatest Leaders is out! . In truly unprecedented times, these leaders stepped up to make the world better, and inspired others to do the same. Explore the full list here:
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.@WLCongress calls on #RamsteinGroup to provide all the necessary support to the people of @Ukraine. #Ukrainian sovereignty and democracy are worth fighting for. Happy to be a signatory on this statement. @Kasparov63 @leopoldolopez @AlinejadMasih @avalaina
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Reposting my essay in @ForeignPolicy calling for at least diplomatic boycott of @Beijing2022, if @Olympics is unwilling to relocate the games to a country that doesn't commit #Genocide .#UyghurGenocide #StopUyghurGenocide .
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.@USCIRF colleagues and I had the opportunity to thank @SecBlinken for formalizing the recognition of #Uyghur genocide, policy responses, consistent & clear public statements sending a powerful message to Beijing & others that the US won't tolerate genocidal actions. 1/n
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Great to see @SecBlinken and US allies standing up to #China’s #UyghurGenocide. Let's hope this marks the beginning of a new period of steadfast global resistance to #CCPChina abuses. My take: via @BulwarkOnline . @USCIRF @HudsonInstitute @UyghurProject.
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#CCPChina criminalization of an innocent person like #Ekpar is unjust and cruel. Give his freedom and dignity back. He should be at home with his family, but not in concentration camps.
An old picture of us. My brother is my best friend & the kindest guy I’ve ever known. I missed the past four years of his life & it continues. I used to tell him everything, including relationships. The amount of pain caused by some officials in XJ is unimaginable. I miss him!
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Honored to get elected as Chair for 2022-2023 to lead @USCIRF alongside Vice Chair @CooperRabbi. Humbled by and grateful for the support of @fmrRepWolf @FredDavieUSCIRF @Skleinbaum @StephenSchneck & Eric Ueland. @HudsonInstitute @UyghurProject .
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.@anneapplebaum ". if Americans don’t help to hold murderous regimes to account, those regimes will retain their sense of impunity. They will continue to steal, blackmail, torture, and intimidate, inside their countries—and inside ours.".
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like. There is a bad man at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.
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Pompeo: 'I wish the NBA would acknowledge' China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims
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Meet the #Uyghur sisters who fled #China and built an international fashion brand in #Australia via @SBSNews.
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Uyghurs tell Congress of gang rape, shackles and sterilization — Radio Free Asia
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Thank you @APStylebook for hearing us out. Over to you and other media orgs @nytimes @washingtonpost @WSJ @FinancialTimes @TheEconomist @guardianworld @politico @TIME @latimes @VICENews @NBCNews @SCMPNews @Channel4News @ABC @Newsweek @FoxNews @CBCNews @CBSNews @ForeignPolicy.
We are now using the spelling Uyghur for a Turkic ethnic group native to China’s northwest Xinjiang region. Most identify as Muslims. The previous spelling, Uighur, was based on an earlier romanization of the language. Uyghur, Uyghurs and the Uyghurs are all acceptable usage.
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.@SecRaimondo imposed an export ban on #Chinese military biomedical entities for developing “brain-control” weapons to control & repress ethnoreligious groups through “gene editing, human performance enhancement & brain-machine interfaces.” @Dimi @USCIRF.
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Grateful to @mehdirhasan and @theintercept for this Year-End-Special allowing me a chance to renew the call for the world's attention to the #Uyghur crisis that is entering its fourth year. @uyghurproject @UyghurCongress.
New #Deconstructed podcast: @NuryTurkel joins @MehdiRHasan to discuss the ongoing campaign of cultural genocide against the Uighur Muslims of China.
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Deeply sorry for your loss @FatimahAbdulgh2. No one should be subject to the degrees of cruelty as you and your family have. May God give your father eternal rest. #China confirms death of a #Uyghur man whose family says was held in #Xinjiang camps
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Incredible storytelling by @raffiwriter! Compelling and heart-wrenching stories. This should be obligatory reading for policymakers, business leaders, activists, China experts/watchers, and the deniers of #genocide in #CCPChina. via @NewYorker.
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On this somber day, I am pondering the statements of #Holocaust Survivors featured in this video. I am profoundly grateful for them calling it what it is: #genocide. Their reminders are stirring. Indeed, #NeverAgain" means to do something, to act. @_JMUF @jworldwatch.
"When we say never again, we should really mean it, and we should do something active about it." Please listen to these Holocaust survivors' call to action against the Chinese government's persecution of the Uyghurs. And open this thread to find out what you can do.
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Just as my @ForeignPolicy piece went live, US announced it would rescind the AI Diffusion Rule, calling it “unenforceable.” As I argued, export controls must be enforceable, strategic, and aligned with allies—not broad tools that undermine US innovation. �
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My Op-Ed discussing American business communities' responsibilities to address #China's enslavement of #Uyghurs in the global #supplychain and polluting the international economic system. @USCIRF @UyghurProject @UyghurCongress.
"Without meaningful and extraordinary action from U.S. companies, products made with Uighur forced labor will continue to reach American households," writes @USCIRF commissioner @nuryturkel.
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.@SpeakerPelosi reappointed me today for another two-year term. I am profoundly grateful for the trust she placed in me in allowing me to continue to promote religious freedom and human rights in China and around the world.
Today USCIRF welcomed the reappointment of @nuryturkel, as well as the appointment of Frank R. Wolf and David G. Curry to the Commission.
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Prof. Bovingdon of @hamiltonlugar says it best, "If #Beijing is going to be 'Beijing' [e.g. instead of '#Peking'] because that's how the government in Beijing wants it to be known, then #Uyghurs have the right to decide how to spell the name." 2/2
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تۇنجى نۆۋەتلىك «نوتېردام دىنىي ئەركىنلىك مۇكاپاتى» نۇرى تۈركەلگە بېرىلدى — ئۇيغۇر .@NDLaw @NDLawRLI @UyghurProject @USCIRF.
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My latest Op-Ed on the occasion of @marchmadness calling on @NCAA basketball teams to take a stand against #UyghurGenocide . #NCAA #Nike . @HudsonInstitute @USCIRF @UyghurProject .
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.@chamath, this is adding fuel to the fire. What are you trying to accomplish with a mediocre “apology” for #Genocide denialism, which is a crime in some countries? Appalling that you are engaging in this with your family background of suffering human rights abuses.
Important issues deserve nuanced discussions. Some clarifying comments:
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#Uyghur model's video gives a rare glimpse inside #Chinese #ConcentrationCamps. @TheJohnSudworth of @BBCWorld
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