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10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Do You Have Family in Some of These Camps?

From August 2016, no one would answer my phone calls. People removed me from Vichad. For two months, I cannot get hold of anyone. In the end, on the 3rd of January, I called my eldest brother and didn't stop for almost two hours. And he said, why? Because as Muslim, and my father is a very religious man. He said, they did the right thing. Please leave us in God's hands. We leave you in God's Hands too. But I can understand the threat. It might have been warned by the police that if you ever answer the call or if you call her, then you will be taken to the camps.

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