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      • richietozier4 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        When even the Taliban doesn’t condemn the uyghur “genocide”, you should really stop to think

      • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Turkestan_independence_movement#Government_in_Exile

        One of the most seminal events of the East Turkestan independence movement was the establishment of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile by a group of Uyghur, Kazakh, and Uzbek East Turkistani independence activists from across the globe in Washington D.C. on 14 September 2004.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salih_Hudayar

        Salih Hudayar (Uighur: سالىھ خۇدايار; born 21 May 1993) is a Uyghur American politician known for advocating for East Turkistan independence. He founded the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement and has since been leading the movement calling for the "restoration of East Turkistan's independence." On November 11, 2019, Hudayar was elected as the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed East Turkistan Government-in-Exile... At the age of 7, Hudayar came to the United States with his family as political refugees. He grew up in Oklahoma and joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard while enrolled in the ROTC program in hopes of becoming a military officer, he was later given a medical discharge due to a kidney condition. Hudayar studied International Studies & Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, graduating in January 2017.

      • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        the thing is that the Taliban are 1 group in Afghanistan. they represent 1 ethnic group in Afghanistan, the Pushtu, and don't have much say or influence outside of that. there are many many small local groups including Afghan Uyghurs, remnants of ISIS, and so on, who do not follow the Taliban