William Ramsey Investigates Salih Hudayar of the East Turkistan Government in Exile on Demographic and Cultural Engineering in East Turkistan.
Dec 1, 2025
Salih Hudayar, an Uyghur activist and leader of the East Turkistan Government in Exile, discusses critical issues surrounding East Turkistan. He provides a gripping historical overview, highlighting key independence efforts and the impact of demographic changes due to Chinese policies. Salih reveals troubling details about mass detentions, forced labor, and gender abuses, while also linking these issues to global corporate complicity. He passionately advocates for Uyghur self-determination as a solution to ongoing repression and genocide.
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History Of East Turkestan's Lost States
- Salih Hudayar recounts East Turkestan's repeated independence attempts and violent suppression since Qing conquest in 1759.
- He traces modern annexation, Soviet collusion, and the 1949 Chinese takeover that ended the East Turkestan Republic.
Household Pairing And Pointed Social Monitoring
- Salih describes the household pairing program where 2.2 million Chinese officials monitored Uyghur families and graded them.
- He lists arbitrary demerits like beard, religious practice, owning a tent, refusing pork or cigarettes that labeled people as security threats.
Reeducation Centers Function As Concentration Camps
- The internment system includes high-walled camps, surveillance and forced 'vocational training' that function as concentration camps.
- Satellite imagery and camp architecture contradict China's vocational-training claims.
