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No Escape: A Uyghur's Story of Oppression, Genocide, and China's Digital Dictatorship

No Escape: A Uyghur's Story of Oppression, Genocide, and China's Digital Dictatorship

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  • Create Date：2022-05-09 19:21:34
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Nury Turkel
  • ISBN：1335469567
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Reviews

M Moore ，

Wow！ What an interesting， infuriating and eye-opening account of a history and current events I knew nothing about until this extremely well told account。 The hardships， atrocities and mind-blowing lack of leadership on so many levels is so frustrating。 The bravery of Nury Turkel to tell the story of his people and continue to fight for justice is inspiring and commendable。 Highly recommend this piece of nonfiction！Thanks to Librofm and Harlequin Audio for this #gifted audiobook。 My thoughts are Wow！ What an interesting， infuriating and eye-opening account of a history and current events I knew nothing about until this extremely well told account。 The hardships， atrocities and mind-blowing lack of leadership on so many levels is so frustrating。 The bravery of Nury Turkel to tell the story of his people and continue to fight for justice is inspiring and commendable。 Highly recommend this piece of nonfiction！Thanks to Librofm and Harlequin Audio for this #gifted audiobook。 My thoughts are my own。My reviews can also be found at www。instagram。com/justonemoorebook。 。。。more

Maggie Tokuda-Hall ，

holy shit， I hated reading this book and also think everyone should read this book。 truly terrifying shit happening in China。

Bookclubbish ，

CategoriesHuman Rights， History of China， Social Activists Biographies & Autobiographies

Valarie ，

Nury Turkel was born in a Mao era prison in China as a member of the Uyghur minority and was later imprisoned as part of the recent genocide of Uyghurs。 He managed to escape China and make a name for himself in the US as an advocate for the Uyghur people。 His story is at once mesmerizing， horrifying， hopeful and depressing。 He talks a great deal about what he went through and he highlights the stories of several other Uyghurs who have escaped。 These people have so much courage and I am astounded Nury Turkel was born in a Mao era prison in China as a member of the Uyghur minority and was later imprisoned as part of the recent genocide of Uyghurs。 He managed to escape China and make a name for himself in the US as an advocate for the Uyghur people。 His story is at once mesmerizing， horrifying， hopeful and depressing。 He talks a great deal about what he went through and he highlights the stories of several other Uyghurs who have escaped。 These people have so much courage and I am astounded by what they have gone through。 This is an important book for people all over the world to read。 There are still too many who are ignorant of what is happening in China。 The more publicity this situation gets the sooner it will hopefully be changed。 Please read this book！ Thanks @netgalley for the ARC。 。。。more

wellreadtraveler ，

I listened to this book with Libro。fm and I cannot explain how moving it was。 Unfortunately this was the first I’ve heard about the Uyghurs and the way China used， abused， and imprisoned their own people。 I remember being in high school drivers Ed class and hearing about rules being broken in the states， and other countries。 China was by far the most extreme， such as a person caught stealing would have their hand chopped off。 I remember thinking “I bet they don’t have any crime there！”。 As I lis I listened to this book with Libro。fm and I cannot explain how moving it was。 Unfortunately this was the first I’ve heard about the Uyghurs and the way China used， abused， and imprisoned their own people。 I remember being in high school drivers Ed class and hearing about rules being broken in the states， and other countries。 China was by far the most extreme， such as a person caught stealing would have their hand chopped off。 I remember thinking “I bet they don’t have any crime there！”。 As I listened to this story and heard the way some people were treated it broke my heart。 Even if you weren’t in jail you were monitored with facial recognition cameras so you could be identified later， everyone was watched on surveillance， and China was/is always policing its people。 Essentially everyone is scared of being noticed or calling attention to themselves for fear of being imprisoned。 The stories of torture， rape， sterilization， children being taken from mothers， families destroyed， it was all so hard to hear but so necessary。 It also saddened me to hear about big brand companies who are turning a blind eye to their products being made in “sweat shops”。 Honestly I made a list of these companies and plan on not giving them my business。 These people who tell families their loved ones are in “reeducation camps” aren’t telling the truth， these are interment camps that have imprisoned innocent people。 I finished listening to this story and it’s still so heavy on my chest。 。。。more

Trina ，

Excellent book。 Terrifying that genocide continues to happen。 More people need to become aware of this。 This is the 2nd book I've read about the horrific treatment of the Uyghur people。 We need to spread the word and be much more careful about the products we buy （to reduce financial incentives for these work prisons）。Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC and Libro。fm for the audio version （which I had to switch to when my e-copy expired）。 Excellent book。 Terrifying that genocide continues to happen。 More people need to become aware of this。 This is the 2nd book I've read about the horrific treatment of the Uyghur people。 We need to spread the word and be much more careful about the products we buy （to reduce financial incentives for these work prisons）。Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC and Libro。fm for the audio version （which I had to switch to when my e-copy expired）。 。。。more

Anne ，

The systemic genocide of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang by the government of China is very well documented by Mr。 Turkel。 He also focuses on how U。S。 companies are aware of the forced labor the Uyghurs unwillingly provide in the making of U。S。 products。No Escape， along with the book Made in China by Amelia Pang make me regret anything I've purchased that says "made in china" on the label。 China goes way too far in its control over its citizens， including torture， sterilization of Uyghur women， im The systemic genocide of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang by the government of China is very well documented by Mr。 Turkel。 He also focuses on how U。S。 companies are aware of the forced labor the Uyghurs unwillingly provide in the making of U。S。 products。No Escape， along with the book Made in China by Amelia Pang make me regret anything I've purchased that says "made in china" on the label。 China goes way too far in its control over its citizens， including torture， sterilization of Uyghur women， imprisonment， and removing hundreds of thousand of Uyghur from their households。 。。。more

Leah M ，

Thank you to libro。fm for providing me with an ALC of this book。While I know a tiny bit about the Uyghur's plight， this book taught me so much about what is actually happening， and how it happened。 I was most surprised about the way that China uses technology to monitor the people living there， and how it's been twisted to oppress an entire group of people。 Nury Turkel shares his own story， knowing that his family members still live in China and are at great risk。 He also conducts interviews wit Thank you to libro。fm for providing me with an ALC of this book。While I know a tiny bit about the Uyghur's plight， this book taught me so much about what is actually happening， and how it happened。 I was most surprised about the way that China uses technology to monitor the people living there， and how it's been twisted to oppress an entire group of people。 Nury Turkel shares his own story， knowing that his family members still live in China and are at great risk。 He also conducts interviews with survivors of the "reintegration" camps that are contributing to a massive genocide， both of people and an entire culture。 The most dangerous part of this entire story is the way that China controls so much of the market， so that many governments and large companies aren't able to stop doing business or impose strong sanctions on China without massive repercussions。 At the same time， I'm absolutely outraged that the free world is basically just sitting by and allowing this to happen。This book is well-written and narrated beautifully and sensitively， especially with such a difficult and painful topic that directly affects the author。 。。。more

Marika ，

A gripping， eye opening history/memoir written by Nury Turkel， a human rights attorney and Uyghur activist。 He writes about the plight of the Uyghurs， （prounouced wee-guhr） an ethnic minority group who mainly live in the Xinjiang region of the People’s Republic of China。Turkel spares no details as he writes about the current of the Uyghur crisis， a crisis that many in the West are not aware of。 In fact most of what he writes seems unbelievable but sadly is all true。 Over a million Uyghurs （some A gripping， eye opening history/memoir written by Nury Turkel， a human rights attorney and Uyghur activist。 He writes about the plight of the Uyghurs， （prounouced wee-guhr） an ethnic minority group who mainly live in the Xinjiang region of the People’s Republic of China。Turkel spares no details as he writes about the current of the Uyghur crisis， a crisis that many in the West are not aware of。 In fact most of what he writes seems unbelievable but sadly is all true。 Over a million Uyghurs （some reports report 2 million） have been forced into Chinese re-education camps for political and cultural indoctrination。 Camps where crimes against humanity occur。 This is an important read about the Uyghurs who are being systematically erased。 * I read an advance copy and was not compensated 。。。more