WRAL/New York Times: Uighur Americans Speak Against China’s Internment Camps. Their Relatives Disappear
Speaking last month at a Washington think tank, Rushan Abbas relayed tales of suffering she had heard about China’s repression of ethnic Uighur Muslims — including the detention of members of her husband’s family in a widespread system of mass internment camps.
Within six days, Abbas’ ailing sister and elderly aunt disappeared from their homes in northwest China. No family members or neighbors have heard from them in more than a month.
Abbas is an American citizen and Virginia resident; her sister has two daughters and both live in the United States. They all assume the women are being detained in the camps, which Western analysts estimate hold up to 1 million people.
Abbas said they had fallen victim to the persecution against which she had been campaigning — and because of her.
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WNU Editor: Can't say that I am surprised. China has a policy that if you do not criticize the government, they will leave you alone. But if you do, be prepared for the consequences. What bothers me is how the Western media and political class are racting to China's treatment of the Uighurs. A Saudi journalist disappears in a Saudi consulate in Turkey and there are calls for severe economic and political actions against the Saudi government. A million Uighurs are put in labor camps .... and aside from a few news stories, all we hear are crickets from our governments.
