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📜 The Chinese diaspora ‘needs to rise up’ about atrocities against Uyghurs — Q&A with human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat
Politics & Current Affairs

Rayhan Asat comments on China’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Muslim world’s silence on ongoing rights abuses against Uyghurs in China, and the responsibility of the Chinese diaspora in advocating for human rights.

By Jonathan Landreth
Published October 30, 2023

「Rayhan Asat is one of the most vocal advocates today for the Uyghur people, her people, whose homeland in northwestern China is the scene of the Communist Party’s ongoing commission of what the United Nations says may be “crimes against humanity,” and what U.S. President Joseph Biden called a “genocide.” Among the roughly 1 million Turkic peoples detained, imprisoned, and forced into labor there — most of them Muslims — is Asat’s younger brother. Ekpar Asat was picked up by Chinese authorities and sentenced to 15 years in prison after returning from an educational exchange program in the U.S. sponsored by the Department of State. Speaking from London, Asat called for stronger human rights allies and reflected on the news of the growing conflict in the Middle East and the hypocrisy she sees in China and among global activists who are unwilling to confront China.

This is an edited transcript of our conversation.」

「In any sort of crisis, historically, it ends with the people rising up against the totalitarian government. But I just don’t see how Chinese people would. Chinese people wouldn’t do that out of fear, ignorance and lack of solidarity. They wouldn’t. There is less sense of civic duty.」

(The entire exchange is worth reading...đŸ‘‡ïž)

https://thechinaproject.com/2023/10/30/the-chinese-diaspora-needs-to-rise-up-about-atrocities-against-uyghurs-qa-with-human-rights-lawyer-rayhan-asat/

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The Chinese diaspora ‘needs to rise up’ about atrocities against Uyghurs — Q&A with human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat – The China Project

Rayhan Asat comments on China’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Muslim world’s silence on ongoing rights abuses against Uyghur in China, and the responsibility of the Chinese diaspora in advocating for human rights.

The China Project
Oct 31, 2023 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadGG Allin was a lightweightOct 31, 2023
@demi7en Thansk for sharing, she really went after the China Project and all there
Show threaddemi7en 🎗đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡șOct 31, 2023

@gligongdaxue Ms. Asat most certainly did *not* go after The China Project who arranged the featured discussion.

She did however call out the industry of "China hands" of all types over their hypocrisy, quite justifyiably if you ask me.

Show threadGG Allin was a lightweightOct 31, 2023
@demi7en She specially said allies of the China Projects and its readers bear responsibility too. I’m not sure all readers would be classified as “China hands”
Show threadGG Allin was a lightweightOct 31, 2023
@demi7en probably more accurate to say she went for and called out Sinica here : It took more than a year after the first widely-credible report of mass internment of Uyghurs before Sinica started to say “repression of Uyghurs” at the beginning of the podcast, and it’s never been “atrocities” or “genocide” or “crimes against humanity” — terms now used by the United Nations and the U.S. President. Sinica never dared to use words stronger than “repression.”
Show threaddemi7en 🎗đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡șOct 31, 2023
@gligongdaxue Yes, the displeasure was directed at the ("China industry") clientele by and large; those who found the courage to moan about CCP's zero covid, but when it came to Uyghurs locked up in sino-industrial facilities by the million... crickets.
Show threadyunchtimeNov 1, 2023

@demi7en

Terrific interview!

--When autocrats and bad actors look at the China model, they’ll say, “Wow! This is a very good way to do racial profiling. This is a wonderful way for the state to control my population to make sure that there’s no uprising.” Who do they learn from? China, the master of control. China is the leader in creating the Orwellian system.-- Rayhan Asat