Ep#172 - Rahima Mahmut - 'Stop Uyghur Genocide'

This week on The Knight Tube Stephen Knight welcomes Uyghur Human Rights Activist Rahima Mahmut (@MahumtRahima). They talk about the oppression of Uyghur Muslims in China and what people can do in response

0:00​ Start
0:28​ About Rahima's work and background
1:58​ Who are the Uyghur?
3:45​ Leaving China/The Baren Township riot
4:53​ Fears of surveillance
8:00​ Religious freedom in China & crackdown on Uygurs
13:00​ Concentration camps? Genocide? Rahima's family
17:15​ How is China suppressing the truth?
25:28​ “Never again” and Western apathy
32:32​ What can be done about China? The Genocide amendment
39:55​ Joe Biden's comments on China and Donald Trump
45:15​ Personal security concerns
48:43​ The response from within China
53:16​ What can we do?

Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H7jQr0Rr7zs

Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign: https://www.stopuyghurgenocide.org.uk/​

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