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Feb 2022
52m 37s

Bearing Witness to the Uyghur Genocide D...

Global Dispatches
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The 2022 Winter Olympics have kicked off in  Beijing. Meanwhile, in the northwestern Xinjiang region of China, the government is implementing policies that many human rights organizations and foreign governments have determined amount to crimes against humanity and even genocide against the Uyghur people.   The juxtaposition of this internationally celebrate ... Show More
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