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Tasmiha Khan

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Tasmiha Khan is part of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) Alumni Network and has her MA in Social Impact. She is also a 2018-2019 American Association of University Women Career Development Awardee. Follow Khan @CraftOurStory to learn more.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 05, 2019 | Tasmiha Khan | International, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
The world looks on as China resumes its persecution of Uighurs: A conversation with Mihrigul Tursun

As Congress deliberates ratifying the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019, Women Under Siege spoke with Mihrigul Tursun, a Uighur refugee, about her experience at what she describes as an "ethnic cleansing camp" for Uighurs in China's Xinjiang region.

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