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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/">https://religionnews.com/2020/07/0...
“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/">https://religionnews.com/2020/07/0...
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">https://twitter.com/shahitbiz...
As @SophieHRW put it, 7/5 was "the beginning of the era of disappearances" of Uighurs in Xinjiang. https://twitter.com/shahitbiz/status/1279844678989463557">https://twitter.com/shahitbiz...
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
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@GSerwi has shared more memories from the violence July 5, 2009 in this thread
I& #39;m going to link some more remembrances from Uighurs around the world here. https://twitter.com/KadeerRebiya/status/1278356444967034886?s=20">https://twitter.com/KadeerReb...
https://twitter.com/uyghur_fighter/status/1279630600954134528?s=20">https://twitter.com/uyghur_fi...
https://twitter.com/Googoom1/status/1279240686760583169?s=20">https://twitter.com/Googoom1/...
https://twitter.com/auighur/status/1279598192284311554?s=20">https://twitter.com/auighur/s...
