There is no competition in getting persecuted. As a Palestinian genocide denier said that Uyghur situation is trillion times better than the Palestinians, I tried to list here the differences and similarities, correct me if I'm wrong.1/19
In 1949, the communist China occupied DEMOCRATIC republic of East Turkistan, to the land of which Chinese have no historical ties at all.2/19
Millions of Uyghurs escaped to other parts of central Asia and more were killed in the early period of occupation labelled as anti-revolutionary and anti-communist. 3/19
Han Chinese MILITARY settlements (Bing Tuan) have spreaded all over the territory of Uyghur land. They control the best resources without any criticism from outside world.4/19
China has built hundreds of #ConcentrationCamps in East Turkistan, locking up over three million Uyghurs separating them from their families and forbidding them from any external contact.5/19
In East Turkistan, checkpoints are rampant. Even going from one village to another, If you are an Uyghur with bad points (digitised on ID), you can’t pass through it. 6/19
Demonstration is a luxury for Uyghurs. If any happens, next comes massacre, such as in Barin, Ghulja, Yarkent, Urumqi etc. with total media blackout. 7/19
If China kills an Uyghur prisoner, the body disappears. As his/her organs are harvested with Halal label. If you dare to reclaim the body, you may go to jail too. 8/19
A single sentence of criticism of the government can’t be uttered in East Turkistan. If one dares, he/she will go to jail for life as the Uyghur scholar #IlhamTohti. 9/19
China has been pillaging the resource rich Uyghur land ever since its occupation, without consenting any benefit for the local population. 10/19
China has destroyed thousands of mosques. Large chunk of Uyghurs are banned from any religious activities, attending prayers, keeping fast or showing any sign of religious behaviour. 11/19
Uyghurs have nothing. Their knives are named, digitised and chained. 12/19
Mosques in Uyghur land are adorned with Chinese flag. 13/19
Uyghur language is prohibited at school and even outside homes. The number of Uyghur kids is controlled by forced sterilisation of Uyghur women. 14/19
China is burning all the religious books including Quran and Uyghur literature books that it deems problematic. Where is Saudi Arabia, Pakistan...? 15/19
While Uyghur men are being sent to the concentration camps, Uyghur girls are being coerced to get married to Chinese men under a blatant assimilation policy. 16/19
China is forcing Uyghurs to celebrate Chinese holidays under cultural assimilation policy. 17/19
China is organizing Han cadres to stay for days and weeks at Uyghur families to inspect them for any sign of religious or dissent activities. The privacy of Uyghur families is unashamedly violated. 18/19
China threatens and puts in concentration camps the family members of Uyghur activists abroad, in order to intimidate them or discourage them from speaking the truth. 19/19