The Uyghur Community in China’s Xinjiang Are the Real Victims of Genocide

Uyghur men walk past the exit of an underpass after attending Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, in Kashgar in China's northwest Xinjiang region, on June 5, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

The word “genocide” has been hurled around so much and so loosely in recent months that much of the public has built up an immunity to a term that should make the hair on the backs of our necks stand up.