Oppression Disguised as Progress: My Xinjiang Experience

<p>I met Abduweli Ayup in Auckland during my interview with the creative team on the acclaimed documentary&nbsp;<a href="https://www.allstaticandnoise.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">All Static &amp; Noise</a>. The film highlights the plight of the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China. He was one of the Uyghur individuals featured in the film. He was detained by the Chinese government for establishing a Uyghur kindergarten in Kashgar and &Uuml;r&uuml;mqi. His time in the detention centre was marked by torture, but he managed to secure his release in 2014 and subsequently fled China in 2015.</p> <p>Before meeting Ayup in person, I had watched the documentary, and upon learning about Ayup&rsquo;s experiences, I couldn&rsquo;t help but share my own journalistic connection to Xinjiang.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@jhemmylrutteng/oppression-disguised-as-progress-my-xinjiang-experience-947b77a56d31"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>