https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-uighur-muslims-china-tribunal-tells-un-2019-9
This article notifies us of a discussion that was held at the most recent UN convention. A group called the China Tribunal brought up allegations against China that the Chinese government was harvesting the organs of Muslim minority ethnic groups in China.
There has been a lot of controversy over the treatment of ethnic groups like the Uighurs in China over the past year. It has been discovered that there are camps the Uighurs are sent to, in western China, as part of an extremist ideology rehabilitation clinic. The Chinese governments claims the Uighurs in these camps are not prisoners and are there by choice. They say that the camps only exist to rid supposed high risk ideological extremists of their extreme views. They have shown the camps to the media as overall happy places that aren't abusive. Where the Uighurs dance and sing and paint. However many here in the west seem to think that this is not actually the case. People who have been released from the camps have claimed experiences of being chained, beaten, and electrocuted. People are claiming these camps to be comparable with what happened to the Jews in the holocaust.
Although it is really hard to know for sure what the truth is today, it seems like their is strong evidence that these Uighurs are being treated terribly. As someone who has lived in both China and Kyrgyzstan (within a few hours drive of the province in which these camps are located), it saddens me to see this. I like the Eastern and Western Chinese people. They are two very different cultures but both very deep and intricate ones. It's important that this situation is not forgotten about, so more investigation and action can take place.
by Alex Eberhardt
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