Day: July 24, 2025

This is the full version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Rushan Abbas. The interview was released on Epoch TV on July 19, 2025.In this episode, Rushan Abbas reveals how the Chinese communist regime has escalated its campaign against the Uyghurs.Uyghurs are being mass surveilled, forcibly sterilized, and exploited as slave labor both in Xinjiang and in other provinces across China. There are growing signs of large-scale forced organ harvesting in the region—including an apparent special lane in the city of Kashgar’s airport dedicated to the transport of human organs.In 2018, the Chinese regime imprisoned Rushan Abbas’s sister Gulshan in an apparent attempt to silence Rushan. Her sister was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and she has since spent almost seven years detained—with no end in sight.Rushan Abbas is the author of the powerful memoir “Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom.” She is the founder and executive director of the Campaign for Uyghurs and chairperson of the World Uyghur Congress’s executive committee.CHAPTER TITLES0:00:00 Mass Detention, Organ Harvesting, and Introduction to Rushan Abbas 0:01:12 Rushan Abbas’s Story and the Impact of Chinese Occupation 0:03:11 Transnational Repression and Personal Consequences 0:05:12 East Turkestan vs. Xinjiang: Identity and Historical Context 0:06:41 Current Reality for Uyghurs: Criminalization and Genocide 0:09:41 Western Influencers, Propaganda, and Whitewashing Genocide 0:12:46 International Recognition and Use of the Term “Genocide” 0:16:27 Forced Labor, Slave Labor, and Global Supply Chains 0:21:03 US Legislation and Global Response to Organ Harvesting 0:22:49 The Cost of Silence and Global Inaction 0:27:20 Chinese Regime’s Treatment of Citizens and Ethnic Groups 0:29:10 Han Nationalism, Racism, and Totalitarian Control 0:31:32 Chinese Students Abroad and State Influence 0:35:42 Personal Sacrifice, Family Repercussions, and Speaking Out 0:39:47 The Nature of Totalitarian Regimes and Moral Choices 0:40:26 Organ Harvesting as a Window into the Regime’s Nature 0:43:48 Media Manipulation and Western Complicity 0:47:32 Chinese Government’s Justifications and False Narratives 0:50:18 Message to the Uyghur Diaspora and Call for Unity 0:51:58 Closing Remarks and Farewell