10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Uyghurs - Why They're So Desperate to Get Out?
There is no Islamic threat in my view, it's a bunch of people just become so desperate. I don't believe any Uyghur went there voluntarily. It's the traffickers. The traffickers benefited from these people because they're so desperate to get out. They came to Turkey then without knowing they were transferred to the hand of ISIS. This poet, Abraim Paraj, who is one of the top poets living in exile in Turkey, and I have huge respect for him. His story is absolutely heartbreaking. He served three years in prison because he celebrated the life of Abraim Uyghurs when he was studying at Kachkar University literature. So after serving three
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