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

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

Stephen Knight

Mar 17, 2021

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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