Nuria Zyden came to Ireland in 2009, became a naturalised Irish citizen and has three children who were born in the Republic.
A Uyghur, she grew up in Xinjiang, a majority Muslim province where locals are regarded with extreme suspicion by the Chinese Government.
“As a Uyghur person, growing up we were seen as politically disloyal and culturally disadvantaged,” Ms Zyden told Newstalk Breakfast.
“The State media frequently portrayed Uyghurs as extremists and discrimination in jobs and education left us with limited opportunities.
“After 9/11, the Chinese Government rebranded its repressions as a war on terror, using it as a pretext to expand mass surveillance.”
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Determined to keep her culture alive and speak out against Beijing’s oppression of her people, she helped found the Irish Uyghur Culture Association in 2014.
Like many Uyghurs living outside of China, she soon found that her advocacy had not gone unnoticed by Chinese officials.
“My activism has become a target [with] phone calls from the Chinese Government and all different types of harassment,” she said.
Most disturbingly, she feels they are blackmailing her elderly mother.
“My gentle, 74-year-old mother told me to not come home,” Ms Zyden said.
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“I don’t know what is really happening to her but I guess she has been questioned and probably she was in detention.
“I’m not really sure; she begged me, do not forget about the Chinese Communist Party raising us and wherever we go, we should appreciate [them].”
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The little red book is a propaganda tool where everything is censored unless it completely aligns with the Chinese Communist Party’s narratives.
You are questioning dozens of sources here from the EU, UK, US, NZ, and I don’t know how many other countries from around the globe, stories told by eye witnesses who could escape the concentration in China, scholars, rights activists, researchers, investigative journalists - only to then provide a single source which is the CCP.
Stay away from these sources and get a life.
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@mathemachristian@lemm.ee
You are just watching staged videos that are trading truth for views as part of a genocidal policy spreading a propaganda version of life for Uyghurs.
Edit to add one of your alt accounts: @mathemachristian@hexbear.net
I could have avoided a lot of this thread if I had read this first
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What an absurdly weird statement.
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Here is another tiny sample of a few dozens ‘non-RFA’ sources:
https://xinjiang.sppga.ubc.ca/teaching/documentaries
As you appear to like watching videos: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/087898-000-A/arte-reportage
Maybe you can manage to watch these two:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14405334
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925260
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