The Complicity of Heritage: Cultural Heritage and Genocide in the Uyghur Region

9 Feb

Written by Lina K

This report highlights how China’s actions constitute what UNESCO calls “strategic cultural cleansing”, through systematic destruction of cultural heritage and targeting people on the basis of their ethnic affiliation.

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topic: Cultural Repressionkey reading: Cultural Repressiontopic: Uyghur Culturetopic: Religious Repressiontopic: Influential Uyghurs Detainedtype: Report

Lina K

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