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Never Again and Again: Why Genocide Occurs Today

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 12:38pm

While studying China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a student researcher came across references to a genocide against the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang Province in northern China. The Chinese Communist Party organized the systematic displacement and genocide of this important ethnic group. Consequently, he organized a panel discussion to inform the Lehigh University campus community, the residents of the Lehigh Valley and, ultimately, the world, about this ongoing atrocity.