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Demonstrators wave Turkish and East Turkestan flags as they shout slogans during a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey November 6, 2018.

Turkey changes its tune on China’s crackdown against Muslims

February 14, 2019Conflict & Justice

Turkey ended several years of conspicuous silence on China’s massive incarceration campaign of Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang. Some hope it’s a tipping point for other Muslim nations to finally weigh in.

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