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Additional Resources

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Additional Information about Uyghurs:

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This is a source from the University of British Columbia that includes a database of primary accounts and lived experiences of the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. The database includes stories about how harshly Uyghurs were treated both when they were sent to concentration camps and while they were forced to stay there. There are also stories of people writing about family members that were sent to internment camps, and how service towards the Chinese government did not prevent them from being persecuted. Additionally, there are stories of rape and sexual assault within the camps, and many of the survivor testimonies claim that if they were to speak out about the atrocities, the Chinese government would torture their families. Overall, this database provides several examples of heartbreaking and eye-opening first hand accounts.

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This is a source from Radio Free Asia that provides background information on the Uyghur crisis, as well as interviews of Uyghurs who the Chinese government have detained. Specifically, the source provides three interviews. The first interviewee is Abdusalam Muhemet, who was imprisoned in China because his family in China was Muslim, and then was sent to a re-education camp where he was forced to sing songs that praised the Chinese Communist Party. The second interviewee was anonymous, but according to her, she was detained by the Chinese government in re-education camps because the Chinese government claimed that she posed a threat of "religious extremism." The third interviewee (an anonymous Uyghur businessman) was also detained by the Chinese government and was blacklisted by the CCP because the government claimed he was a "religious extremist."

 

This source from the Uyghur Tribunal is about a collection of Uyghur testimonies that were heard at the People's Tribunal in London. Among the witnesses who spoke were Tursunay Ziyawudun (who also spoke at the East Bay Muslim Community Center for the Uyghur virtual panel) and Nyrole Elimä, who shared their experiences of the oppression they endured from CCP authorities. Additionally, Gulbahar Jelilova detailed how she was raped and electrically shocked by Chinese authorities when she refused to sign the confession that stated that she engaged in terrorist activity. Another unique aspect of this source is that the author, David Stavrou, raises the point that these testimonies should be heard in more prominent settings, such as the United Nations or the International Criminal Court, in order to raise greater awareness for the issue.

 

This source is a database of Uyghur testimonies and eyewitness accounts that display the atrocities occurring in Xinjiang. The database was started by Gene Bunin, who was exiled from China by the government. However, the atrocities that Bunin saw in Xinjiang motivated him to create the database in order to raise awareness for the issue and mobilize support in other countries. The "Our Aim" section on the website states that the goal of the website is to hold the Chinese government accountable for its actions and to create the "foundations for future legal action and reparations" as it pertains to the Uyghur Crisis. The database includes a live document featuring eyewitness accounts, letters from detention, and more. 

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