Sauytbay knew if she showed dismay at what she heard, or put a foot out of line, she might end up there herself. Then one day, a new group of prisoners arrived, including an 84-year-old grandmother from a shepherding family in the mountains. Spotting Sauytbay – a fellow ethnic Kazakh – among a sea of Chinese faces, the trembling old woman threw her arms around her and appealed for help. Sauytbay thinks she may briefly have returned the embrace. The old woman was led off and Sauytbay, suspected of conspiracy, was whisked into the black room.
Now she is telling the full story of her incarceration, the torture she says she experienced, the horrors she witnessed, and her escape from China. The UN estimates that more than one million Uighurs, Kazakhs (the second-largest ethnic group in the region) and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in China. There are credible reports of slave labour and of the enforced sterilisation of women. China says the camps were set up t
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The World Affairs Council of St. Louis â a non-profit organization which assists the community in understanding global culture, policy and business ârecently hosted the virtual International Leadership Visitors Program to honor 2021 International Women of Courage award winner Mayerlis Angarita of Colombia.Â
World Affairs STL was selected as one of only 12 councils in the U.S. to participate in this Visitors Program opportunity, which connects the awardees with American counterparts to share strategies and ideas to empower women around the globe.
World Affairs STL hosted Angarita, who has advanced peace and human rights in Colombia. She founded Narrate to Live, a civil society organization that now serves more than 800 women victims of conflict. After the most recent attempt on her life, Angarita engaged the highest levels of the Colombia government to advance a comprehensive action plan to prevent violence agains
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World Affairs STL hosted Angarita, who has courageously advanced peace and human rights in Colombia. (Mayerlis Angarita)
The World Affairs Council of St. Louis (World Affairs STL) a non-profit organization that assists the community in understanding global culture, policy, and business recently hosted the virtual International Leadership Visitors Program (IVLP) to honor 2021 International Women of Courage award winner Mayerlis Angarita of Colombia. World Affairs STL was selected as one of only 12 councils in the U.S. to participate in this IVLP opportunity, which connects the awardees with American counterparts to share strategies and ideas to empower women around the globe.