Uighur activists applauded Turkey for speaking out, but many questions why it is only now coming to their defense. Tahir Imin, a Washington-based activist, said he and others provided documentation of China’s incarceration of Uighurs to the Turkish government for more than a year without a response.
“We hope the Turkish government will continue its support of the Uighurs’ basic human rights, as the West has been doing, and try to do more,” Imin said.
The Original Source:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/12/families-of-missing-uighurs-call-for-proof-of-life-videos-from-chinese-government Tahir Imin, an activist based in Washington, wrote: “Show us my daughter… 11 children separated from their parents, and 20 family members including my brother Adil, stepmom
Read the full article “Tahir Imin, a founding member of online news site the Uighur Times, was one of the activists who helped lobby the State Department to help Yusuf.
What would you do if you got word that your brother is in prison because of you? This is the heartrending situation Tahir Imin is in. He’s just