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Uyghur and Tibetan Voices Project
Tursunay Ziyawudun Former Uyghur detainee.
“I am still like a dead person even though I am living.”
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“Clear intention is to sterilize us, decrease our population and their intention is to eradicate us.”
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“They monitor us through this app that they make us download. We can’t use religious words. If you use the words, police comes in a couple of minutes and detain you…we are not allowed to teach our kids our religion. We can’t say we have a Quran in the house. We had to teach our kids not to say anything.”
Source: Panel discussion at the Muslim Community Center of East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Friday, January 21, 2023. Sponsored by Uyghur Foundation, MCA Bay Area, Tarbiya Institute & Uyghur American Association.
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