Today, Rushan Abbas, founder and President of the two time Nobel Peace Prize nominated Campaign for Uyghurs, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress & author of Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight For Freedom, issued the following statement:
I am deeply alarmed by the remarks of Canadian MP Michael Ma, suggesting that if one has not personally seen forced labor in China, it cannot be true. By that logic, every dictatorship could erase its crimes simply by hiding them well enough.
The CCP’s ongoing Uyghur genocide is recognized by the independent London tribunal ruling and a dozen countries, including Canada. Uyghur forced labor is documented through credible reports, survivor testimonies, supply chain investigations, and even Chinese state media. UN experts stated in 2026 that the conditions may amount to enslavement. Calling these crimes anything else is ignorance at best and a defense of the CCP at worst.
I am a firsthand witness to this genocide. My sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, has been imprisoned for almost eight years in retaliation for my advocacy as an American citizen. If there is no genocide and forced labor, why does the CCP still hold her and try to silence me?
And, this is not only about Uyghurs. Tibetans and Hong Kongers are all suffering under the same authoritarian regime. These cases should not be treated as a partisan issue but as a global moral and security threat that demands urgent attention.
I will be in Ottawa on 22 and 23rd of April and welcome a direct discussion with MP Ma on this matter and present the undeniable evidence of Uyghur atrocities and forced labor.
-Rushan Abbas,
President, Campaign for Uyghurs
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Jayoe.com lived and worked in China and has toured China extensively
His wife is Chinese. He is American.
He has a more nuanced view of things in Jinxiang. He never saw what you describe.
Do you think some Canadians are treated poorly in Canada? Yes! It's natives possibly? It's handicapped or elderly? They would all be better treated in China.
We have much to learn from China.
Check it out. I trust his viewpoint.
You trust someone living in a communist country to tell you the truth about life under the communist regime? That’s funny and very naive. For me, there is no difference between Xi, DJ, Kim, Putin or any other autocrat. They are all members of the Epstein class.