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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
The Oppression Of Uighurs In China Continues, But Nobody Cares
This episode of CJ Werleman's Channel The Rage about the oppression of Muslim Uighurs in China is well worth a listen.
Werleman talks with activist Arslan Hidayat whose father has been imprisoned by Chinese authorities simply because of his Muslim-Uighur background.
For the past several years, barely more than a trickle of information has seeped out of the tightly controlled Chinese-occupied territory, but what we do know suggests China is using an array of brutal measures to eradicate any vestige of Uighur culture.
These measures include a total ban on any form of expression of Islam in Xinjiang. China has not only shut down mosques, but also has banned all Islamic texts, including the Quran, while Muslim sounding names are also outlawed, as are beards and clothing that suggest adherence to the Islamic faith.
Additionally, a huge surveillance campaign is targeting the minority.
Chinese authorities have made it mandatory for all Uighur Muslims to have their motorbikes and cars fitted with a GPS tracking device, so that authorities can pinpoint any Uighur at any given moment.
To make it short, 1984 is not just a dystopian futuristic novel – for Uighurs in China it is just daily life.
