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Personal reflections on the effects of the camp system on Uyghur society, as well as the world's response, by a Uyghur modernist philosopher

Essay on the effects of surveillance in Uyghur society; terror capitalism  by Darren Byler (2019). ISBN: 978-0-7618-7229-0 (2021, by Mamtimin Ala).

The Uyghurs

KASHGAR, XINJIANG / China - October 4, 2017: Three elderly men of the Uyghur minority having a conversation at a street in Kashgar Old Town. Chinese flags are mounted on the house in the background.

KASHGAR, XINJIANG / China - October 4, 2017: Three elderly men of the Uyghur minority having a conversation at a street in Kashgar Old Town. Chinese flags are mounted on the house in the background.

Human Rights

Hotan, China-October 3, 2017: Blue-eyed grandfather of the Uyghur Turkic people holds his napping grandson in his arms while they both sit on the steps of a store at the city's bazaar. Xinjiang Region

Hotan, China-October 3, 2017: Blue-eyed grandfather of the Uyghur Turkic people holds his napping grandson in his arms while they both sit on the steps of a store at the city's bazaar. Xinjiang Region

International Response

Strasbourg, France - July 11, 2015: Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration to protest against Chinese government's policy in Uyghur

Strasbourg, France - July 11, 2015: Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration to protest against Chinese government's policy in Uyghur

About this Resource:

Type(s) of Resources: 
  • Resource Books
  • Primary Source(s): 
  • First Person Accounts
  • Grade Level(s): 
  • 9-12
  • Audience(s): 
  • Community Member
  • Student
  • Teacher
  • Discipline(s): 
  • Language Arts
  • Social Studies