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I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps. This is my story.

Today’s post has nothing to do with money but it’s so important that I wanted you to see it.

It is not easy to read and recounts stories of torture, so I would not be upset if you decided it wasn’t for you. But if you can, read it. When you hear about what China is doing to Uighurs in Xinjiang, such as this CBS News Hour piece, this is what they’re talking about.

I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps. This is my story. [Varsity] – “In the first installment of our new series shedding light on current humanitarian crises, Victor Jack sits with Ӧmir Bekali, a Uighur Muslim who recounts his imprisonment, torture and indoctrination at the hands of the Chinese state.”

We’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.