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Nury Turkel

Shaun Ley meets Nury Turkel of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Amidst concerns about internment camps in Xinjiang, China, is he being duped or is China duping the world?

"Sense the party's thought, obey the party's words, follow the party's lead" - are the words printed in red on a building at an internment camp in Xinjiang, China. It is one of the country's wealthiest provinces and also one of its most restive. It has one and a half per cent of China's population, yet over 20 per cent of its arrests. Meanwhile, there are reports of over a million people currently in detention. The Government says the camps are needed to "re-educate" the people. Nury Turkel- Chairman of the Uyghur Human Rights Project disagrees. Uyghurs, an ethnic group who practice Islam, say Xinjiang has become a giant prison. Yet armed groups have killed hundreds in recent years, and the US and UK among others have placed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, based in the region, among those they call terrorists. Is he being duped or is China duping the rest of the world?

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Sep 2018 19:30GMT

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Presenter Shaun Ley
Interviewed Guest Nury Turkel

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