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Rushan Abbas, a Muslim Uyghur living in America, delivered remarks at the Hudson Institute in 2018 about China\\u2019s persecution of Uyghurs. Six days later, her sister was arrested by the Chinese government.

\\u201cMy freedom of speech in America as an American citizen, my First Amendment right, cost my own sister\'s freedom,\\u201d Abbas, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs, says.

Abbas describes her sister as someone who was living an \\u201cordinary life.\\u201d

\\u201cShe\'s not famous. She\'s not an educator. She never traveled to any of the Muslim-majority countries. But yet, [the] last five years and nine months, that she\'s in jail now,\\u201d says Abbas, who was born in China but moved to America 35 years ago.

The Chinese Communist Party views \\u201canything that\'s different as a threat,\\u201d Abbas says. \\u201cSo, the Uyghurs believing in religion and speaking a different language and \\u2026 having completely unique cultural differences\\u2014all this the Chinese government is taking as a threat.\\u201d

Since her sister was imprisoned in China, Abbas quit her job and began advocating full time for the freedom of Uyghurs just like her sister.

She joins \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to explain why the Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Uyghurs and what Americans can do to help.

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