When mugshot-style photos of 2,884 detainees in China’s Xinjiang province were released this week, Murat was terrified to look. “I am scared to find my own mother’s helpless eyes full of fear,” she wrote to The Dispatch. Secretary Antony Blinken did not mention the documents in a speech about the Biden administration’s China policy Thursday or announce new sanctions. “How can one still stay silent after seeing those gut wrenching photos, kids with their heads shaved, mothers with eyes brimming with tears? “I am encouraged by the principles that Secretary Blinken laid out,” the Republican told The Dispatch in a statement.

Source: New York Times May 27, 2022 11:01 UTC