Name: The China Freedom Trap
Brand: Optimum Publishing International
SKU: 9780888903433
Price: 16.99 GBP
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The China Freedom Trap

My Life on the Run

By (author):Dolkun Isa, Foreword by:Nury Ablikim Turkel

Published by Optimum Publishing International

In Stock

£16.99

Published: 10-Oct-2023
ISBN: 9780888903433

Paperback / softback
280 Pages

Subjects:
Religious intolerance
persecution & conflict
Political science & theory
Political control & freedoms
Asia
China

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In The China Freedom Trap, Dolkun Isa details his experiences working as a Uyghur political figure in the West and the barriers he has faced as a result of China's growing influence on liberal institutions.

He describes his co-founding of the World Uyghur Congress and the ways in which China has attempted to disrupt and discredit Uyghur activism to further their agenda. This influence was perhaps most evident in the INTERPOL Red Notice that shadowed Isa for 21 years and almost cost him his life as he narrowly escaped extradition to China.

In the midst of detention and deportation in democratic countries, Isa also finds himself uncovering corruption and peeling back the layers of the liberal institutions to find China at its rotting core.

his book serves as a historical account of the political activities and behind-the-scenes diplomatic battles between China, the Uyghurs, other interested or invested countries and institutions; a personal account of Isa’s struggle for the freedom of himself and his people.

Ultimately is serves as a warning to other activists, policymakers, and interested parties: China's power and influence run deeper than most can fathom, they are growing, and they cannot be ignored.

Dolkun Isa (born 2 September 1967) is a Uyghur activist based in Germany, designated as a terrorist since 2003. He is the 3rd and current President of the World Uyghur Congress since 12 November 2017. He previously served as General Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the congress, respectively, and has spoken on behalf of the rights of the Uyghurs which make up the majority population in that region. He has also presented Uyghur human rights issues to the UN Human Rights Council, European Parliament, European governments and international human rights organizations. In 1988, when he was studying at Xinjiang University he led the students' demonstration on 15 June 1988 in Urumqi against alleged discrimination and unfair treatment of Uyghurs and was expelled from the school in the same year. He later continued his studies in Beijing from 1990 to 1994. In November 1996, he played an important role in establishing the World Uyghur Youth Congress in Germany and served as Executive Chairman and President. In April 2004, he played an important role in the establishment of the World Uyghur Congress.He also served as the Vice-President of UNPO.

Nury Ablikim Turkel (born 1970) is a Uyghur attorney, public official and human rights advocate based in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedoms. Turkel was born in Kashgar. After his undergraduate graduation in 1995, he moved to the United States. He was president of the Uyghur and is currently serving as the chairperson of the board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a Washington, D.C.-based project for Uyghur human rights research and documentation.In 2020, Turkel was appointed a commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Turkel is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer and the first Uyghur American to be appointed to a political position in the United States. In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the World.