Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s Genocide on the Uyghurs
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Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s Genocide on the Uyghurs
March 14 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
March 14, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Hybrid
As a globally-recognized champion for Uyghur democracy and human rights, President of the World Uyghur Congress Dolkun Isa has faced intense persecution from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Forced to flee his homeland, Dolkun Isa’s siblings were sentenced to prison, his mother died inside an internment camp, and Dolkun Isa narrowly escaped extradition to China when the regime falsely issued an Interpol Red Notice on him. Despite this relentless persecution, Dolkun Isa has never ceased speaking out against the atrocities being committed against the Uyghurs.
In his new book, The China Freedom Trap, published by Optimum Publishing International, Dolkun chronicles his life story pursuing justice and freedom for the Uyghur people, from early days in the 1980s as a student leader of pro-democracy demonstrations in East Turkistan to winning prominent human rights awards (including the 2019 NED Democracy Award) for his tireless advocacy. Join the author, acclaimed Washington Post journalist Josh Rogin, and former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Kelley Currie, to discuss Dolkun’s harrowing life journey, the behind-the-scenes diplomatic battles that Ambassador Currie helped him navigate, and what the international community can do to bring an end to the CCP’s genocide against the Uyghur people.