Everytime I read the latest atrocity propaganda from the US based on "personal testimony," I always search for their names to see if they've changed their testimony over time. I instantly recognized Tursunay Ziyawadun's name because she's changed her story multiple times
Isnt it awfully convenient that Western state propaganda outlets like the BBC publish claims that are "impossible to verify" as if they are facts? Why not just refuse to publish wild allegations until you have credible evidence? The point is spread sensationalist nonsense
This is not the first time supposed "testimonies" from Xinjiang have changed over time. Another famous "witness" that Western propaganda outlets repeatedly cite is Sayragul Sawatbay, who's been documented to have multiple contradictions and inconsistencies
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/12/uighurs-forced-to-eat-pork-horror-stories-told-by-chinese-defector-seem-to-evolve.html
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/12/uighurs-forced-to-eat-pork-horror-stories-told-by-chinese-defector-seem-to-evolve.html
If you dont think imperialist propagandists are capable of doing something as evil and twisted as to use fake testimonies in order to justify militaristic aggression and invasions, you should remember the fake "satellite images" and "testimonies" for Iraq https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/5/how_false_testimony_and_a_massive
If China's mistreatment of Uyghurs is really as widespread as Western atrocity propaganda says they are, then why do they cite the same "witnesses" who change their story all the time? Why not find real victims with consistent testimonies?
In any case, I'm not arguing that there's no mistreatment of Uyghurs whatsoever, I'm saying that "journalists" shouldn't frivolously spread extreme unverifiable claims of "systematic rape," "genocide" and "cultural genocide" without *credible evidence* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/international-criminal-icc-china-uighur-genocide-claims
Also: even if every single accusation from Western propaganda outlets like the NYT, BBC etc were true, you should know that the US-UK are guilty of *far worse,* and you should be more concerned with your own countries' crimes instead of being hypocrites https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/the-us-is-doing-far-worse-than-what-it-accuses-china-of-doing-to-the-uighurs-ce762b09a651
If you're one of those bloviating hypocrites who condemn China's alleged atrocities more than your own countries' crimes for which you bear more responsibility and control over, you should prioritize the discussion of holding your own govt accountable first
The US is also complicit in enabling Saudi Arabia's actual genocide in Yemen, yet Western "journalists" publish deceptive propaganda portraying Saudi Arabia positively, yet compare these propagandists' silence on Yemen. They have no moral credibility https://fair.org/home/freedom-is-blossoming-after-dismembering-a-journalist-saudi-arabia-goes-on-a-pr-spree/
Any comparison of Western media's coverage of Saudi Arabia vs China will instantly reveal them as US-UK apologists for US-UK war crimes and their allies' crimes, and lying hypocrites who pretend to care about human rights and authoritarianism
Also, former US colonel Lawrence Wilkerson literally admitted that part of the reason the US is still illegally occupying Afghanistan is to exploit the Uyghurs into destabilizing China, so stop being gullible dupes who swallow Western propaganda