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Uyghur Stories

The insatiable pain of loss for a Uyghur exile, trying to come to terms with separation from those he loves.

Yalkun Uluyol giving evidence on Uyghur forced labor at the UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2024. Flanked by Rahima Mahmut, left, Director of the World Uyghur Congress in London, and Hamid Sabi, right, Counsel to the Uyghur Tribunal held to determine the genocide of the Uyghurs (2021). Screenshot.

His crime: “untrustworthy” for having relatives abroad. His punishment: 16 years in jail.

Read more at “How Yalkun Uluyol Lost His Father and Thirty Family Members”

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