Скачать или смотреть “We Don’t Even Know If They’re Alive”: China’s Mass Atrocities against the Uyghurs

Uyghur researchers and others are working tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to document the harsh tactics the Chinese government has pursued since 2017 against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, western China. The US government has determined that these acts—including mass detention, disappearance, and forced labor—amount to genocide and crimes against humanity. Uyghur families have spoken out as they struggle to learn what has happened to their loved ones.

Hear from senior US government officials, Uyghur researchers, and other experts who shared new information about the Chinese government’s mass atrocities, even as the Chinese government tries to conceal information from the rest of the world.

Captions for this video are available in English, Uyghur, and Chinese. بۇ ۋىدېئونىڭ ئىزاھاتى ئۇيغۇرچە يېزىلىشى مۇمكىن. 该视频附有中文字幕。

Speakers
Welcome
Esther Starobin, Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer

Opening remarks
Senator Marco Rubio, Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Vice Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Representative Jim McGovern, Co-Chair, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Member, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Mark Lambert, China Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, US State Department

Panelists
Muetter Iliqud, Project Researcher, Uyghur Transitional Justice Database
Rahima Mahmut, UK Director, World Uyghur Congress
Rian Thum, Senior Lecturer on East Asian History, University of Manchester

Moderator:
Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Photo: Uyghur women in Xinjiang province. Courtesy of Alexandra Williams
Quote: Uyghur activist Mamatjan Juma. USHMM interview