The Plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China: A Cultural Genocide

Activity Type: 
Panel Discussion
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Date: 
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Online (Zoom)

Registration is required: t.ly/aYMI

Join us for an important CGM Virtual Conversation: The Plight of the Uyghurs Muslims in China: A Modern Cultural Genocide.

The distinguished panel includes Sean Roberts, Director of the International Development Program at the Elliot School of International Affairs and author of The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority (Princeton University Press), Nury Turkel, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Council, and Mirhigul Tursun, a survivor of the camps in Xinjiang.

Moderated by Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, co-hosted by the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, Congregation Beth Shalom (Pittsburgh), and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Center for Governance and Markets
Non-University Sponsors: 
Congregation Beth Shalom
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
Yes