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Ronda Jacobson's avatar

I totally agree with you. The world ignores so much injustice, and then blames Israel for striving for security. Pure hypocrisy!

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Kafr Dhimmi's avatar

Come on Fern you know no Jews no news rules. What kind of lede is Alawite ophthalmologist despot kills thousands of coreligionists in endless civil war meh tis but a skirmish. As president and founder of the order of ancient sarcastic cynics I commend you on this mornings post.

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Fern (writing FernMusing)'s avatar

Rebecca, you’re correct, that was poorly worded on my part. There are 12 million Uighurs in Xinjiang. The latest articles are saying 2-3 million are in camps. And though Xinjiang is just under 2% of China’s population, it accounts for 80% of all IUD insertions in China.

This is the most comprehensive article I’ve seen on the topic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/is-china-committing-genocide-against-the-uyghurs-180979490/

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Rebecca Lesses's avatar

Fern, I think the 12 million figure for Uighurs in Chinese camps is too high. I've usually seen the number as one million.

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