Category: Nury Turkel

‘Reeducation Is a Code Word for Human Reengineering’: Nury Turkel on the CCP’s War on Faith

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treats people of faith “as though they carry an infectious disease [that] needs to be cured … ‘Reeducation’ is a code word for human reengineering,” says Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). He was born in a reeducation camp in China during the Cultural…


[Premiering 7:30PM ET] ‘Reeducation Is a Code Word for Human Reengineering’: Nury Turkel on the CCP’s War on Faith

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treats people of faith “as though they carry an infectious disease [that] needs to be cured … ‘Reeducation’ is a code word for human reengineering,” says Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). He was born in a reeducation camp in China during the Cultural…


[Premiering NOW] ‘Reeducation Is a Code Word for Human Reengineering’: Nury Turkel on the CCP’s War on Faith

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treats people of faith “as though they carry an infectious disease [that] needs to be cured … ‘Reeducation’ is a code word for human reengineering,” says Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). He was born in a reeducation camp in China during the Cultural…


China Book Review: Nury Turkel’s ‘No Escape’

Commentary Nury Turkel was a Uyghur boy once from the city of Kashgar, China. To be sure, he was no ordinary Uyghur. His father was a math teacher. Turkel worked for an American consulting company in Beijing. But then, no Uyghur is ordinary anymore. They are all under the terrifying pall of genocide imposed by…


Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

“They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human rights advocate Nury Turkel, vice-chair of the U.S. Commission…


[PREMIERING NOW] Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

This episode will premiere at 7:30 p.m. ET.     “They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human…


[PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET] Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

This episode will premiere at 7:30 p.m. ET.   “They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human rights…


Attack on Senior US Official’s Brother May Have China Link

News Analysis Nury Turkel, one of the world’s most prominent Uyghurs, is under pressure from Beijing. The Washington-based American lawyer was instrumental in legislative and executive actions by the U.S. government to support Uyghur human rights in China. In the context of rising transnational repression by Beijing, including violent attacks linked to the Chinese Communist…


Beijing’s Modern ‘Cultural Revolution’ Threatens Western Civilization: US Commissioner

The communist regime in China is waging another “Cultural Revolution” and this time it has worldwide implications, said Nury Turkel, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “What is happening in China today, with respect to religious ethnic minorities, with this repressive environment … is literally a Cultural Revolution on steroids,”…


Inside Communist China’s War on Faith—USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel, Born in a Chinese Re-Education Camp

Nury Turkel was born in a Chinese re-education camp where his mother was imprisoned at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Chinese Communist Party has been waging a war on faith, Turkel says. Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are being treated as…