Nerry turkell, the weaker american lawyer, foreign policy expert and human wrights advocate discusses his new book, no escape. In recent years, china has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly janicide against the weager ethnic group in the northwestern region of jin jang nuri. Nury has since dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of weagers. He is chair of the us Commission of international religious freedom and senior fellow at the hudson ute,. specializing in national security and foreign policy.
In recent years China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group in the northwestern region of Xinjiang province. Nury Turkel was born in a re-education camp in Kashgar, Xinjiang in 1970. In 1995 he had the opportunity to leave China as a student and was never to return to his home and family. Nury has since dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of Uyghurs – he is Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, specialising in national security and foreign policy. His new book is No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs. Turkel is joined in conversation by our host for this discussion, Yasmeen Serhan, staff writer at The Atlantic, where she focuses on populism and nationalism.
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