meet Turghunjan Tursun

-Turghunjan Tursun, a Uyghur from Yarkand who says that more than a dozen of his family members including his wife and young sons have been detained in political reeducation camps because he has been living since in Turkey since 2014

9-7-2018   My eldest sister’s son, Abdureshit Ismetulla, sent money to me once, and he was given an 18-year prison sentence for doing it.  Her second son, Abduqaxar Ismetulla, was also arrested, and he was also handed an 18-year prison sentence for speaking to me over the phone.   https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/turkey-exile-09072018151756.html

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10-13-2018    "I have nothing to lose as they have arrested my wife for nothing, and I don't know the whereabouts of my two baby twins and teenage boy," Turghunjan Tursun said.  "We only want peace, security, democracy and freedom.  People like me - who are living outside China and who lost contact with their family members - are giving tremendous sacrifices for peace.”…

  China has also issued legal directives which specifically targets religious behaviour.  The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Regulation on the Comprehensive Management of Social Order outlines a number of measures which local state institutions have to undertake, including "managing religious affairs" and "conducting anti-cult education".

  The implementation of these policies has led to the labelling of everyday activities of Muslims as extremist, such as choosing to eat halal, refusing to marry Han Chinese and or using Islamic greetings….

  The first charge - extremism - seems to be levelled against anyone who proudly expresses their Uighur identity. Apart from the millions who have been sent to "re-education camps", prominent Uighur figures have been detained or disappeared over the past few years:  Islamic scholar Mohammed Salih Hajim, economist Ilham Toxti, anthropologist Rahile Dawud, pop singers Abdurehim Heyt and Ablajan Awut, and football player Erfan Hezim are just a few examples.  https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/china-erase-uighurs-culture-181012155613937.html

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