Accusations about #Xinjiang China is a huge topic that I will go into more detail another time. One thing that is striking about the controversy is how 'witness testimonies' quickly lose credibility. @DanielDumbrill recently interviewed Rushan Abbas, a 'Uyghur activist'. 1/12

Abbas is originally a Chinese Uyghur who moved to the US to become an ‘activist’ and propagandist, where she campaigns about the ‘human rights of Uyghurs in China’. #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #danieldumbrill #rushanabbas #arslanhidayat #cia #ned 2/12

She previously worked for Radio Free Asia, which has strong ties with the CIA and U.S. Agency for Global Media, an agency of the United States government which operates various state-run media outlets. #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #rushanabbas 3/12

More recently, she has set up Campaign for Uyghurs, which is an organisation that is funded by the National Endowment of Democracy, the propagandist branch of the CIA. These NED-funded outlets are designed to manufacture consent for aggressive actions against China, 4/12

such as sanctions that are designed to hurt Uyghurs and other citizens of Xinjiang, which may result in taking jobs and work away from them. Ultimately, this will not be helpful at all to their living standards. #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #rushanabbas 5/12

In Abbas’s interview with @DanielDumbrill, she often seems unable to provide evidence to support her accusations against China, reacts angrily, and even uses identity politics to aggressively confront Dumbrill's questions. #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china 6/12

Watch @DanielDumbrill's full interview with Rushan Abbas here: #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #danieldumbrill #rushanabbas #arslanhidayat #cia #ned #nationalendowmentfordemocracy 7/12

@DanielDumbrill also does a follow up analysis on his interview with Rushan Abbas: #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #danieldumbrill #rushanabbas #arslanhidayat #cia #ned #nationalendowmentfordemocracy 8/12

You can also read more on @DanielDumbrill's Twitter thread about Abbas: https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1317686025800486912 #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #danieldumbrill #rushanabbas #arslanhidayat #cia #ned #nationalendowmentfordemocracy 9/12

@DanielDumbrill also questioned Arslan Hidayat, another 'Uyghur activist', who similarly struggled to prove his accusations against China, and often contradicted himself. Watch the interview here: #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china 10/12

Here's @DanielDumbrill follow up Twitter thread on his interview with Arslan Hidayat: https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1295324772574715906 #xinjiang #eastturkestan #uyghur #uighur #china #danieldumbrill #rushanabbas #arslanhidayat #cia #ned #nationalendowmentfordemocracy 11/12

Credit @Mango_Press_ for this last clip, which matches Abbas with a photo of her in a US military uniform. I personally find it very suspicious that an 'activist for human rights' can work for the US, which is an imperialist empire that ramps up aggression around the world. 12/12