Hasan Piker in China, the Forgotten Uyghur Genocide, and Where That Leaves Europe with Alerk Ablikim

In the relentless churn of global crises—from Ukraine to Gaza to Sudan—some horrors risk fading from view not because they've ended, but because our attention has simply moved on. Chief among these is the plight of ethnic minorities in China.

This week on The Neomedieval Ledger, host Samuel Dempsey talks with Alerk Ablikim about how China's systematic repression of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hongkongers continues—and how influential Western voices are now actively whitewashing these atrocities.

Alerk Ablikim is the founder of Alerkin Consulting, representing Chinese ethnic minorities in the Netherlands. As a Uyghur activist, policy advisor, and co-chair of the Europe working group of the Green Party in the Netherlands, Alerk has spent years documenting the Uyghur genocide.

They examine:

The attention deficit: Has the reality on the ground changed, or has this crisis simply fallen victim to the media cycle?
Daily life under repression: What existence looks like now for Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hongkongers as surveillance and control intensify
The Hasan Piker phenomenon: How one of the internet's most influential political streamers whitewashed China's human rights record—and what it reveals about the far left's blind spots
-The erosion of leverage: Why Western sanctions have failed, supply chains remain entangled, and Xinjiang's surveillance technology is now exported globally
Europe's complicity: The barriers and opportunities Alerk faces advocating in the Dutch Parliament—and whether there's still hope for meaningful action

If you want uncompromising analysis on the genocide in Xinjiang, the failure of Western pressure campaigns, and what leverage still exists to confront transnational repression—this conversation is essential listening.