China: The Uighur Tragedy
A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.
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A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.
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Genre:Documentary
Written By:François Reinhardt, Romain Franklin
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Découpages, YUZU Productions, ARTE GEIE, RTBF, RTS
Cast
François Reinhardt
Director
Alexis Victor
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sean Roberts
Self - Anthropologist
Xia Ming
Self - Political Scientist
Shen Dingli
Self - Political Scientist
Christopher Buckley
Self - Journalist
Shohret Hoshur
Self - Uighur Journalist
Adrian Zenz
Self - Anthropologist
Olsi Jazexhi
Self - Journalist
Kelbinur Sidiq
Self - Uzbek Refugee
Omir Bekali
Self - Kazakh Refugee
Tursunay Ziyawudun
Self - Uighur Refugee
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