Mihrigul Tursun’s Faith Posed an ‘Existential Threat’ to the CCP, So They Tried to Crush It

When Mihrigul Tursun arrived in the United States, nothing around her made sense.

The food, clothes, and buildings that permeated her new life were unfamiliar and disorienting. Insomnia and anxiety haunted her. When she managed to sleep, she was plagued by nightmares of what she’d escaped. In moments of distress, she would withdraw to the bathroom to scream and weep in privacy, running the shower and playing loud music to conceal the noise from her young children.