The Urumqi Massacre of July 5, 2009, marked a critical turning point in the Chinese government’s repression of the Uyghur people. In this article originally published by Islam21c, CUS Executive Director Abdulhakim Idris examines how economic dispossession, coercive labor transfers, and an expanding digital surveillance system converged following the massacre, laying the foundations for today’s system of mass detention and genocide.
Originally published by Islam21c. Read the full article here.
Copyright Center for Uyghur Studies - All Rights Reserved