Uyghur American: I Was Born in a Chinese Reeducation Camp. I Will Always Fight China's Lies.
My mother gave birth to me while in captivity in China. On that day, in that prison called a reeducation camp, I don’t imagine that she could have envisioned the life I would eventually lead.
She could not have known I would obtain a law degree at American University, serve as vice chair for the U.S. Commission of International Religious Freedom, or receive the inaugural Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty. But while she may not have seen my future, I do know she had a dream for my life. She dreamt I would live in freedom and that her children’s children would grow up without the heavy burden of traumatic life experiences like torture, silencing or imprisonment.
I have the same dream for my fellow Uyghurs.
Source: Hudson Institute #Jul18
Uyghur American: I Was Born in a Chinese Reeducation Camp. I Will Always Fight China's Lies. - by Nury Turkel
#Uyghur #American #Reeducation #Camp #China #NuryTukel
My mother gave birth to me while in captivity in China. On that day, in that prison called a reeducation camp, I don’t imagine that she could have envisioned the life I would eventually lead.
She could not have known I would obtain a law degree at American University, serve as vice chair for the U.S. Commission of International Religious Freedom, or receive the inaugural Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty. But while she may not have seen my future, I do know she had a dream for my life. She dreamt I would live in freedom and that her children’s children would grow up without the heavy burden of traumatic life experiences like torture, silencing or imprisonment.
I have the same dream for my fellow Uyghurs.
Source: Hudson Institute #Jul18
Uyghur American: I Was Born in a Chinese Reeducation Camp. I Will Always Fight China's Lies. - by Nury Turkel
#Uyghur #American #Reeducation #Camp #China #NuryTukel