Extending from the recent #Mulan controversy, #Uyghur lawyer @RayhanAsat argues in this latest op-ed that the persecuted minority deserves a high-profile public figure who is willing to speak out against the repression against the #Uyghurs. thehill.com/opinion/intern…
"The mass atrocities against Uighurs have largely met with silence. It is hard to tell whether this is due to a lack of understanding or fear of retribution. 2020 marks four continuous years of devastating persecution of millions of Uighur men, women and children."
"Those who value freedom in the world should not ignore what is happening as our families are torn apart and innocent people are persecuted. The walls of internment camps may not look like the Berlin Wall,...
... but with barbed wire and sophisticated Chinese surveillance, families are separated from their loved ones without reason, without hope."
"The coalition of celebrities vowing, “Not on our Watch” garnered global attention to ongoing genocide in Darfur. In 2008, Steven Spielberg resigned his adviser position to the Beijing Olympics to protest the failure of China to distance itself from the genocide in Darfur."
"Now, Beijing is set to host the 2020 Olympics again, while at the same time it has trapped millions of its own people, the Uighurs, behind walls and in prisons."
"The Uighurs desperately need a hero, hopefully many heroes, willing to stand up and speak out on their behalf. So, I search for celebrities and others of influence to join in the rescue...
... not only of my brother, Ekpar, but of millions of other mistreated, detained and imprisoned Uighurs in Xinjiang, China."
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