Thank you James for your informative and thoughtful writing on the situation faced by the Muslim Uyghur community, which raises important awareness on a pressing human rights issue. 🏵️🏵️

In recent years, the Muslim Uyghur community has been subjected to a range of human rights abuses by the Chinese government, including forced labor, mass surveillance, and religious and cultural suppression.
According to some reports, up to one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities are currently being detained in what China calls "re-education" or "vocational training" centers, but which many have labeled as concentration camps.

Historically, the Uyghur have played an important role in the development of the Silk Road trading network, which connected China with Europe via Central Asia.
The Uyghur Khaganate, a Turkic empire that lasted from the 8th to the 9th century, was one of the largest and most powerful ethnic confederations of its time.

In recent years, a number of prominent Uyghur Muslims have gained international attention for their advocacy work, including Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman and human rights activist who was imprisoned for six years by the Chinese government, and Rahima Mahmut, an advocate for Uyghur rights based in the United Kingdom.

It is evident and regrettable that the international community and the USA have been notably silent on the human rights violations against the Muslim Uyghur population, while exhibiting considerable attention towards the Ukrainian conflict with Russia.
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