Washington, D.C. — December 17, 2024 For Immediate Release Contact: Hena Zuberi hena@justiceforall.org (202) 922-5878…
“Are they alive?”: Uyghur Muslims demand videos of relatives in Chinese internment camps
China accidentally opened a can of worms when it released a video this weekend purporting to prove that an imprisoned Uyghur musician was alive and well, contrary to recent reports that he’d died in Chinese custody. But the tactic backfired — within hours, Uyghurs around the world took to social media to post pictures of their loved ones believed to be in Chinese internment camps. They demanded that China post “proof of life” videos for them, too. Read the full story.