Uyghur American Association and the
Uyghur Human Rights Project and also my
organization, the Campaign for Uyghurs,
we all are trying to raise awareness
on the mass atrocity and also try to
keep the community together.
It is difficult for the Uyghurs to leave China.
Because the region is controlled very tightly,
it's difficult for Uyghur people to get passports.
Passports are not just a given by just by applying.
The Chinese government monitors
the family history and any connection
with any kind of activism.
When I came to United States I witnessed
the Communist Chinese government
suppressing the Chinese students,
massacring and killing the students
who are peacefully demonstrating
in the Tiananmen Square.
That was a turning point actually for me
to even get involved more against the
the Chinese government's abuses.
Uyghurs are being monitored 24 hours a day.
For example this is a Ramadan time.
They are offering like snacks and water during the day.
With the surveillance system
the government can find out
who's fasting and who's not.
And not just the ubiquitous cameras,
but the facial recognition software, iris scanning,
they are even doing DNA collections, forcefully,
and checkpoints every couple hundred yards.
The entire population is being controlled.
It's it's not just as three million people
in the camp are being tortured or suppressed
also people living outside being monitored
and being controlled 24 hours a day.
So, China's using the technology to suppress people
as a human dignity, violating basic human rights.
