In this episode I bring Salih Hudayar onto the podcast to talk about the genocide being carried out by the Chinese government in East Turkistan and to talk about their push for independence.

Salih is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Security for the East Turkistan Government in Exile.

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Sources:

• East Turkistan confronts China as a colonial power in UN decolonization petition. East Turkistan Government in Exile. https://east-turkistan.net/east-turkistan-confronts-china-as-colonial-power-in-un-decolonization-petition/.
• ANI. (2026). ETGE, ETNM petition UN for East Turkistan’s recongnition as non-self-governing territory. ANI. https://aninews.in/news/world/us/etge-etnm-petition-un-for-east-turkistans-recognition-as-non-self-governing-territory20260506162112/.
• Minzner, C. (2025). China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights.
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• United Nations. Definitions of genocide and related crimes. The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect. https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition.