Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. The placard in the background reads: "We won't give up! No to Chinese Communist Party". REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wave flags of Turkey and East Turkestan during a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator waves a Turkish flag during a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators set fire to a makeshift Chinese flag during a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator burns a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Flags reflect in Bilal Ibrahim Turkistani’s sunglasses during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Salih Hudayar, Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, speaks during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Salih Hudayar, Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, speaks during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Zulfikar Mustafa puts up an American flag during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Zulfikar Mustafa puts up an American flag during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with mostly Uyghur residents burned down amid China’s Zero Covid policy, outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades. 

Salih Hudayar, Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, speaks during a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Uyghur advocates take part in a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Uyghur advocates take part in a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Uyghur advocates take part in a rally after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with a majority of Uyghur residents was set on fire amid China's Covid Zero out policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Flags fly during a rally where demonstrators asked the United States government to intervene after an apartment in downtown Urumqi with mostly Uyghur residents burned down amid China’s Zero Covid policy outside of the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades. 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator holds a large East Turkestan flag during a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators hold a large East Turkestan flag during a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur girls attend a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

An ethnic Uyghur girl holds an East Turkestan flag during a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur women pray during a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) attends the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues/Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, And International Cybersecurity Policy joint hearing "Atrocities in Xinjiang: Where Do We Go From Here?" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

A woman cooks in her house next to the remnants of other houses, demolished as part of a building renovation campaign in the old district of Kashgar, in Xinjiang province August 3, 2011. Picture taken August 3, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

A Uighur man sleeps during a sandstorm as he rides his horse cart delivering hay around the Paklamakan desert, some 100km (63 miles) east to Yecheng, in the region of Xinjiang in this April 5, 2008 REUTERS/Nir Elias 

A woman in Uyghur ethnic dress stands inside the compound of Universal Electronics Inc in Qinzhou, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China, April 13, 2021. Picture taken April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A woman uses her phone under a giant screen showing news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wearing masks take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator wearing a mask takes part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wearing masks take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wearing masks take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator shouts slogans as he holds an East Turkestan flag during a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

People dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region perform during a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

People dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region perform in front of a screen with China's flag during the rehearsal of a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

Women dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prepare backstage before a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik