Nury Turkel > Quotes

“The Communist party, under General Secretary Xi Jinping, has tried to label anyone who tries to oppose China’s crackdown as “separatists” or “terrorists,” designations punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty, just as they did with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and peaceful Buddhist monks in Tibet.”
― Nury Turkel, No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs

“the People’s Republic of China has rounded up as many as three million of them, as well as other Muslim ethnic groups, into what it euphemistically calls “reeducation camps.” These arrests are extrajudicial, based on an individual’s race, ethnicity and religion, the same criteria used by Nazi Germany to round up Jews and Roma.”
― Nury Turkel, No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs

“For the first time since the heyday of the antebellum South, cotton slavery is once again polluting the global economy on an industrial scale.”
― Nury Turkel, No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs