Kara Abramson, independent scholar-Understanding and promoting human rights in Xijiang

Kara Abramson, independent scholar: "Independence is not a dirty word. The Scots can have this discussion. It's just harder for Uyghurs to do that. It's not a conversation that they can have, in part, because of China's spin on this and in part, I think, because the West has bought some of that spin. Uyghurs, Muslims, terrorist attacks... thus independence becomes a dirty word..."