Even before the publication of the article, China’s campaign against the Uighurs was one of the world’s worst-kept secrets.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/she-exposed-chinas-crimes-against-the-uighurs-now-she-needs-the-world-to-save-them/

Since 2017, according to estimates, Chinese authorities have sent more than 1.8 million Uighurs to forced labor camps, leaving their families in the dark about their whereabouts or well-being.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/she-exposed-chinas-crimes-against-the-uighurs-now-she-needs-the-world-to-save-them/

That appeared to shift under the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid government, which twice voted at the UN to condemn China over its persecution of the Uighurs.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/she-exposed-chinas-crimes-against-the-uighurs-now-she-needs-the-world-to-save-them/

The foreign minister conceded that “Turkish-Chinese ties have suffered over Beijing being disturbed by our attitude on the Turkic Uyghurs issue,” including a Turkish refusal to extradite to China Uighurs resident in the country.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/06/challenging-china-turkey-walks-a-fine-line-on-repressed-uighurs/