I was born in a Chinese 'reeducation camp.' I'm watching history repeat itself
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Nury Turkel, a Uyghur dissident born into a Chinese 'reeducation camp,' writes half a century later, China is targeting the Uyghur population with a new fervor. Democracies and nongovernmental organizations alike must do significantly more to support the Uyghur struggle -- even if it comes with an inevitable backlash from the Chinese government.
When I was born, the Uyghur region -- like the rest of China -- was in the throes of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. It was a period of totalitarian zeal: Almost anyone suspected of not being adequately communist was beaten, jailed or killed. Religious and ethnic minorities were particular targets.
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