Interview: ‘To Fight for Truth is a Great Calling’
On March 4, Sayragul Sauytbay was one of a dozen recepients of the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award. Originally from the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Sayragul is a former medical doctor who was separated from her family, tortured, imprisoned, and faced execution for speaking out about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression of Muslim minorities. In this Q&A, Sayragul gives her thoughts on her award and the message it sends to Chinese authorities and about the reasons behind China’s persecution of Muslim minorities forced into the camps.