More than 12,000 likes. Shahnura Kasim shows family photos to the camera. Grandma, aunt, uncle. She doesn’t want to introduce her family on Instagram. She has more pressing reasons. The caption says: Where are my relatives? Shahnura, an 18-year-old student from Munich, is a Uyghur. Her grandmother is in a Chinese re-education camp. Shahnura draws attention to the fate of her relatives and that of many other Uyghurs on Instagram and TikTok. In China, the Uighur population is considered a minority and has been oppressed by the Chinese government for years. “Why is everyone looking away?” Asks Shahnura.
Munich schoolgirl campaigns against the oppression of the Uyghurs – Munich
