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The sources include western sources, but they are not limited to. Also, I have seen similar arguments when people would try to downplay Israel's atrocities towards Palestinians. Both on the source front (Qatar-run Al Jazeera) and on the semantics of both the usage and meaning of genocide.
Right right, "Re-education" camps. Making callbacks both to what the US did to the Japanese (and other Asians) back in 1942 and the War on Terror starting from 2001. No similarities here! Not. A. Single. One.
Zenz is not the first one to introduce the idea that the Uyghurs are being oppressed, nor does his character have an impact on what is and isn't real. With that said, what I see against Adrian Zenz is very reminiscent of the smear campaigns against academics/activists/spoke-persons that are at odds, oppose, or threaten the entity in power. The purpose of which is to discredit the person in question so that people look past what they say and the evidence they present.
Please do. Send me yours, and I will send you mine. Seeing widespread denial of the oppression against Uyghurs by leftists is actually quite a shock to me, so I am interested in what is being said, what is being presented. I am going to be brutally honest though, from what I have read and watched thus far, from you, from others, I am seeing Americans just by a different name. Whether it be denial or justification, the beats are all the same.
April 19, 2021: “Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots”- China’s Crimes against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims
May 14 2021: The faux anti-imperialism of denying anti-Uighur atrocities
May 24 2022: Xinjiang leak reveals extent of Chinese abuses in Uighur camps
September 1 2022: Potential ‘crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang, UN says
They are only limited to western sources.
There's mountains of evidence for US/Israel's genocide. There is zero credible evidence for this fake one. They've even taken down the wikipedia page because it looks ridiculous an allegation in comparison.
That's just a western slur. China never used that phrasing.
Zenz was paid by the BBC to come up with these allegations. He refused. They offered him more money and then he agreed. He's open about this.
This is a man who openly states that he's been sent on a mission from god to rid the world of homosexuality and communism. Characterising criticism of his objectivity as a "smear campaign" is ludicrous.
This is basically a DoS attack on the reader. No evidence is provided in this tome of nonsense from an organisation renowned as being a revolving door for American intelligence assets.
"This report was prepared with the assistance of the Stanford Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Clinic"
The next three links are from Qatar media, well known for its bias against China. No evidence is presented. The second article refers to a dump of AI generated images provided by Zenz as its only source. The third one says the UN says something could be "potentially" happening.
A UN Resolution of global south nations:https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/A/HRC/41/G/17
World Bank Investigation of Xinjiang:https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2019/11/11/world-bank-statement-on-review-of-project-in-xinjiang-china
Organization of Islamic Cooperation praises Chinese handling of Xinjiang:https://www.oic-oci.org/docdown/?docID=4447&refID=1250
http://www.inp.net.pk/china-lauds-oics-resolution-on-xinjiang/
Egyptian media delegates visit Xinjiang: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/430738-egyptian-media-delegates-provide-a-detailed-insight-of-the-situation-in-xinjiang
CIA agent caught disseminating propaganda via Reddit AMA:https://medium.com/@bobbyarlan/a-reddit-ama-claiming-to-be-a-uiyghur-quickly-exposes-a-cia-asset-slandering-china-1d667c098b77
https://web.archive.org/web/20181207031224/https://www.isi-consultants.com/rushan-abbas/
China has reason to be concerned with Uyghurs returning from fighting for Al Qaeda and the Islamic State:https://jamestown.org/program/returning-uighur-fighters-and-chinas-national-security-dilemma/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/3/1/isil-video-threatens-china-with-rivers-of-bloodshed
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-china/syria-says-up-to-5000-chinese-uighurs-fighting-in-militant-groups-idUSKBN1840UP
Malaysia has their own de-radicalization camps that receive praise on BBC news:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTDSEQwoZA&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BBCNews
Response to Xinjiang:https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=130&v=EovpQE6dZeE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NathanRich
Some real-site photos of satellite images:https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1208288.shtml
China bans anti-Islamic language on social media:https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1067405.shtml
The UN did not report China has ‘massive internment camps’ for Uighur Muslims:https://thegrayzone.com/2018/08/23/un-did-not-report-china-internment-camps-uighur-muslims/
Xinjiang: Facts vs Fiction:https://leohezhao.medium.com/xinjiang-facts-vs-fiction-bdc2aa403c91
An investigation into Adrien Zenz:https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/
https://chollima.org/who-is-adrian-zenz-the-christian-fundamentalist-leading-the-global-xinjiang-narrative/
Bonus: Zenz hilariously claims that "Taking things out of context is a typical misinformation tactic."
https://mobile.twitter.com/adrianzenz/status/1168165266313875457?lang=en
Thank you for sharing your sources. There is quite a lot to unpack, so it will be some time before I can read and assess them all thoroughly.
One thing that has stuck out to me like a sore thumb was the article concerning the report from the Egyptian media delegates visiting Xinjang. The the Egyptian government is a corrupt dictatorship that is brutally oppressive towards the Egyptian people, the most recent iteration having come to power by overthrowing its first democratically elected leader via coup de d'état. They are traitors to Muslims and are antithetical to the Palestinian cause, so anything that comes from that wretched goverment or its tightly controlled media should be given almost the same level of scrutinty as any coming from Israel. The same also applies for Syria.
In some of the articles mentioning the Ughyur terrorists/extremists, the Ughyur themselves are claiming to have been radicalized by religious repression. I wonder why they feel that way.
Many of your other sources do seem credible, and the claims against Human Rights Watch are both damning and explain some of the bullshitry that has been coming from them since October. The twitter posts you linked also seem credible in that they are combating some very egregious cases of misinformation--a staple of the online age.
These are just my thoughts so far, should I remember, I'll get back to you later. Once again, thank you for sharing your sources.
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https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1292893910973452289
Further myth-busting:https://aboutchina.carrd.co/#xinjiang
https://web.archive.org/web/20180821032854/https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1564669932542581
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/hzphui/every_uyghur_allegation_debunked_as_of_2020_july/
https://twitter.com/j_bigboote/status/1182726991675625472?s=21
https://twitter.com/ethan_parallels/status/1151153694517260288?s=21
How voluntary birth control can be turned into forced sterilization:https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1193454.shtml
A look at Chinese policy in regards to ethnic minorities: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1004884261051092993.html
Celebration of Uyghur culture:http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/19/c_136455823.htm
US public gets alternative reality of events:https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/in-xinjiang-controversy-china-is-the-target-of-u-s-violence-against-muslims/
A documentary on fighting terrorism in Xinjiang:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT57tZrqWDQ&list=WL&index=9&t=1258s&has_verified=1&bpctr=1614318338&ab_channel=CGTNAmerica
The US funds Uyghur separatists through organizations such as the NED:https://www.ned.org/wp-content/themes/ned/search/grant-search.php?organizationName=®ion=Asia&projectCountry=China&amount=&fromDate=&toDate=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&search=&maxCount=10&orderBy=CountryR&start=1&sbmt=1
https://mobile.twitter.com/nedemocracy/status/1337063301113581568?lang=en
The 9/11 Commission Final Report: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2005-pt18/html/CRECB-2005-pt18-Pg24156.htm
This illustrates the 'pivot to Asia' strategy for containing socialism:http://www.socialistaction.net/2020/08/27/u-s-militarism-toward-china-is-part-and-parcel-of-american-hegemony-syndrome/
Further military context:https://www.qiaocollective.com/en/articles/what-is-to-be-done
The US removes the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement from the Terrorist Exclusion List:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/05/2020-24620/in-the-matter-of-the-designation-of-the-eastern-turkistan-islamic-movement-also-known-as-etim-as-a
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/12/13/turkestan-islamic-party-desires-to-be-a-national-liberation-movement-after-us-de-blacklist/
UN Security Council on ETIM:https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/eastern-turkistan-islamic-movement
Americans now also blame China for epidemic:https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/07/30/americans-fault-china-for-its-role-in-the-spread-of-covid-19/
Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation:https://www.qiaocollective.com/en/education/xinjiang
Nearly 100 scholars and religious leaders in Xinjiang refute Pompeo with joint letter:https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1158473.shtml
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202102/1214579.shtml
Go back and rewatch the BBC coverage of the deradicalization program in Malaysia.
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