Silence in the Face of CCP’s Repression Is ‘Oxygen’ for Regime, Author and Uyghur Activist Says

A detention facility in northwestern Xinjiang region, China, on July 19, 2023. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

Beijing uses silence as fuel for its repression campaign, says a Uyghur activist and author, who is calling on the Canadian government to address transnational repression by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Rushan Abbas is president of the U.S.-based Campaign for Uyghurs and author of the book “Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom.” She told The Epoch Times in an interview on May 6 that her book is not just her personal story, but a window into how the international community is affected by the CCP’s “authoritarian playbook.”