An Uyghur Primer: The Roots, Realities and Consequences of China's Policies in Xinjiang

City of Brass has put together a fantastic primer on the long-suffering Uighur population of East Turkistan (or, in Chinese officialese, "Xinjiang"), its history, the human rights restrictions it currently faces and the meaning of the recent violence that has erupted there.  I strongly encourage each and every one of my readers to review this primer, to familiarize yourself with the issue and to share this link with anyone and everyone: This is a human rights issue that, at the very least, ought to be on our moral radar.