Episode 314 – Why does the world not punish China for cultural genocide?
If we look at how many nations put down – or in the worst case scenario kill – ethnic minorities, the list would be a long one. ISIS and the Yazidis. The Ottomans and the Armenians. The Serbs and Bosnian Muslims. And there are many more. The PRC has been trying to eliminate its Uyghur population for decades and yet this gets little coverage. I explore why with a specialist on the matter at Human Rights Watch.
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Many Uyghurs found asylum in Turkey, but are now seeing that safety threatened – The Globe and Mail
About my guest
Yalkun Uluyol is the China researcher at Human Rights Watch. His research and publications primarily focus on China and a wide range of topics, including international political economy, foreign policy, civil and political rights, religious freedom, forced labor, and transnational repression. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Yalkun was a researcher investigating Uyghur forced labor and global supply chains at the Forced Labor Lab at Sheffield Hallam University. He was also a co-founder of the project – Uyghur Rights Monitor – leading research on government officials and entities complicit with atrocities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
