EXCLUSIVE: Codepink's hard-left activists dismiss claims they're secretly funded by Chinese Communist Party, but then refuse to condemn the mass detention of Uyghurs and talk up China's 'freedom'
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DailyMail.com spoke with Codepink activists, who skirted criticism of China
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Anti-war progressive group has done an about-face on China since its founder married a mega-wealthy benefactor with ties to the CCP
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Another Codepink stalwart, Cynthia Papermaster, said they were 'libelous, utter garbage.'
'We are a feminist anti-militarism and peace activist group, and I imagine there are those benefitting from the billions spent on militarism and war who want to hurt our efforts,' she told DailyMail.com.
But when pressed on human rights issues that Codepink members once discussed frankly, Papermaster appeared to go soft on Beijing.
The group in the past vehemently bashed China's treatment of its mostly-Muslim Uyghur minority.
When asked, Papermaster said she could not 'recall a Codepink campaign or stance on the Uyghurs.'
'Our campaign is "China is Not Our Enemy",' she said.
This was 'in light of the saber-rattling and consequent harm to Chinese Americans resulting from anti-Chinese sentiment,' she added.
DailyMail.com pressed Papermaster on the mass detention of some one million Uyghurs in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, which involves forced sterilizations and other abuses.
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