China: The Uighur Tragedy
A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.
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China: The Uighur Tragedy
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 1, 2022
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
62%
Original Title
Chine : le drame ouïghour
Production Companies
Découpages, Yuzu Productions, ARTE GEIE, RTBF, RTS
Director
François Reinhardt
Description
A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.