The government of Xinjiang's conduct of taking at least one Uyghur from every family is basically placing the "Would you kill one person to save five" dilemma upon overseas Uyghurs. When they took my cousin away in 2018, I chose silence for the sake of my parents and her children
When my husband found out that my cousin was taken away, he asked me to speak up. I told him: "I can't. They will take away my parents and the three children." My husband responded: "You will regret it." I remember we had a big fight, and I blamed and accused him
for not understanding my dilemma. As he left the room, slamming the door, shouting: "Read a fucking history book!"
When my cousin returned home, I told my husband that everything was alright, but he just stated: "I've never heard the Nazis letting any Jews off the hook."
When my cousin returned home, I told my husband that everything was alright, but he just stated: "I've never heard the Nazis letting any Jews off the hook."
As it turned out, he was right. On the morning of 9 April 2019, she was taken by the local Public Security Bureau to another detention facility, the Yining City Detention Center. She remains detained to this day. My parents have been under home arrest.
