Uyghur activists started a hunger strike outside the White House on Monday demanding the US hold Beijing accountable for the persecution of Uyghur communities. Photos posted by the Uyghur American Association showed activists waving the flag of East Turkestan \- the name they use to refer to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region – and the US flag in Washington, alongside placards calling on Joe Biden’s administration to protect Muslim communities targeted by China. The campaigners included four people who said they had survived Chinese concentration camps. They said they would continue their protest …