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My latest: Ahead of July 5th, diaspora Uighurs remember the 2009 uprising, violence and disappearances in Urumqi that set the wheels in motion for China’s current crackdown. https://religionnews.com/2020/07/03/on-july-5th-uighurs-remember-2009-violence-that-set-chinese-crackdown-in-motion/
“The events of July 5, 2009, and afterward made China’s government realize that the stick-and-carrot policy is not effective,” said Uighur lawyer and new @USCIRF commissioner @nuryturkel. “So they give up on the carrot, and they focus on the stick.” https://religionnews.com/2020/07/03/on-july-5th-uighurs-remember-2009-violence-that-set-chinese-crackdown-in-motion/
The volunteer-run Xinjiang Victims Database ( @shahitbiz) has collected public testimonies on missing Uighurs who likely have some link to July 5, 2009.
As @SophieHRW put it, 7/5 was "the beginning of the era of disappearances" of Uighurs in Xinjiang. https://twitter.com/shahitbiz/status/1279844678989463557
As @SophieHRW put it, 7/5 was "the beginning of the era of disappearances" of Uighurs in Xinjiang. https://twitter.com/shahitbiz/status/1279844678989463557
Thanks to Uighurs @CevlanJevlan (looking for Suriye Tursun), @GSerwi (looking for Husenjan Asqar) and @ziba116 (looking for Gulshan Abbas) for helping me with my piece.
@GSerwi has shared more memories from the violence July 5, 2009 in this thread
https://twitter.com/GSerwi/status/1279768366014742530
@GSerwi has shared more memories from the violence July 5, 2009 in this thread
https://twitter.com/GSerwi/status/1279768366014742530
I'm going to link some more remembrances from Uighurs around the world here. https://twitter.com/KadeerRebiya/status/1278356444967034886?s=20
