All Reading
This section contains a curated list of useful articles, investigations, books and other reading materials. The list is updated on a weekly basis and suggestions for additions are welcome.
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Uyghur Poems From a Chinese Prison
The acclaimed poet Gulnisa Imin is serving a 17-year sentence because her work supposedly promotes “separatism.” She’s still writing.
The Experiment Podcast: A Uyghur Teen’s Life After Escaping Genocide
The Uyghur refugee Aséna Tahir Izgil escaped the genocide of her people in China. Now she’s trying to be a teenager in America.
One by One, My Friends Were Sent to the Camps
This account by a Uyghur and his family who escaped from Xinjiang’s persecution shares with the world his experience of the calamity engulfing his homeland.
How to Find China’s Internment Camps for Uighur Muslims - The Atlantic
Citizen journalists and scholars are in a race against time, scouring the internet for evidence of China’s massive internment system, where vast numbers of Muslims have been sent, before the Chinese government can erase it.
China's 'Re-Education Through Labor' System: The View From Within
An inside look at the country's notorious prison camps.