The Plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang: A Genocide?
This academic essay was written for a school paper assignment in grad school. Introduction Recent media reports have raised concerns about the detrimental situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province, China. This is reinforced by the wave of circulating atrocious images of Uyghurs and testimonies from camp survivors describing the cruel experience. Despite this significant information, China has denied them and continued with its draconian policy and practice against the Uyghurs. The efforts of the international community for the Uyghurs had made a little impact on this seeming genocide. While some scholars considered the Uyghurs’ plight as cultural genocide (Zand, 2019; von Hein, 2019; Finnegan, 2020) , there’s still a gap in categorizing this as pure genocide due to insufficient evidence of intent and China’s strong power. In addition, the international legal framework has apparent loopholes in addressing the protection of cultural minorities. Hence, this brief article aims to ...