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Communist China's Policy of Oppression in East Turkestan

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ASIA RFA: How old were you<br />

when you first heard about the <strong>East</strong><br />

<strong>Turkestan</strong> problem? And how?<br />

AD NAN OK TAR: I have known<br />

about it s<strong>in</strong>ce middle school. It has<br />

always angered me, stressed me.<br />

Ch<strong>in</strong>a has always been an issue <strong>in</strong> my<br />

m<strong>in</strong>d. I always th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> the children<br />

there. I th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> the young girls. Of<br />

what must be happen<strong>in</strong>g to them <strong>in</strong><br />

the hands <strong>of</strong> the irreligious Ch<strong>in</strong>ese.<br />

What is go<strong>in</strong>g on, one can’t imag<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

Just th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>nocent children, young<br />

girls, imprisoned <strong>in</strong> a dark cave like<br />

that; I have always thought <strong>of</strong> it as a<br />

cave like that, with bats fly<strong>in</strong>g<br />

around, like <strong>in</strong> the horror films. I<br />

always thought <strong>of</strong> them as people<br />

made to live <strong>in</strong> a nightmare. That is<br />

why I have always lived with the urge<br />

to liberate them. I have had the idea <strong>of</strong><br />

the Turkish-Islamic Union ever s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

childhood. It just cont<strong>in</strong>ues grow<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

<strong>Communist</strong> <strong>Ch<strong>in</strong>a's</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Oppression</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Turkestan</strong>

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