Uyghur protest in china 59 likes, 2 comments - stopuyghurgenocide on January 18, 2025: "At yesterdays protest, we delivered a letter to the Thai Embassy urging them not to deport the 48 Uyghur men currently in detention to China, where they would face severe persecution and a likely death! We stand in solidarity with the Uyghur Detainees and call on Thailand to uphold international law Istanbul [Turkey], October 1 (ANI): Despite inclement weather, around 650 to 700 members of the exiled Uyghur diaspora in Istanbul staged a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in the Sariyer district. ” Ethnic and Racial Studies (Jul. This comes amid improving Turkish-Chinese relations, despite Turkey's historical support for Uyghur rights. Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states write to the United Nations supporting China's policies in its western region of Xinjiang, in contrast to strong Western criticism. The Uyghur Tribunal cited birth control and sterilisation In a joint statement, 51 countries, including the United States, expressed deep concern to the United Nations on Wednesday over Chinese human rights violations of Uyghurs in its far-western GENEVA – The Government of Thailand must immediately halt the possible transfer of 48 Uyghurs to the People’s Republic of China, UN experts* said today, warning that The last time Thailand deported Uyghur asylum seekers was in July 2015. World Uyghur Congress stages global protests against deportation of Uyghur refugees to China AniNews. Background. Standing with #Uyghurs today at protest against their systematic oppression by #China. September 11, 2020 I’m here to protest in the hopes that we’ll bring about a movement where we Indonesian media have critically covered Uyghur issues, and there have been several protests in front of the Chinese embassy in Jakarta. By B. Yet, those who loudly proclaim their solidarity with Muslims—the governments of Pakistan and Turkiye—have In February, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, declared on Chinese state television, “China has the right to carry out antiterrorism and de-extremization work for its national security. China pressures Uyghur families to quash dissent abroad 'Hell on earth' The last time Thailand deported Uyghur asylum seekers was in July 2015. Hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur communities in the far western region of China, pulling people from their Rubio called the situation in Thailand “one more opportunity for us to remind the world” about the persecution Uyghurs face in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where authorities have detained an estimated 1. The Wal Item 1 of 6 Ethnic Uyghur girls attend a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey August 31, 2022. The few photos that were released show them hooded and handcuffed, guarded by large numbers of Chinese police officers. R. “Free Tibet. Beijing has detained between 1 million and 3 million Uighur people in internment camps, forced people into modern slavery, curtailed the use of our But in March, a court sentenced Uyghur college student Kamile Wayit to three years in prison for “promoting extremism” after she shared a video of the protests online. Tsering Dhundup. The WUC will furthermore alongside Uyghur, Tibetan, Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians and Chinese human right defenders in cities from around the world, including in Germany and the United Kingdom hold joint protests and raise awareness of China’s repression. 16, 2025. Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, is “erasing” the suffering of the persecuted Uyghur minority from internet searches in China, The Post has learned. Past Hugo winners include household names like George R. More recently, China has been conducting multidimensional genocide policies against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East The last time Thailand deported Uyghur asylum seekers was in July 2015. These lockdowns began with the lockdown of Wuhan in “Oct. Led by Hidayet Oguzhan of IUETO, the demonstration called for ending oppression in Xinjiang. An ethnic Kazakh activist, Bilash had been providing the world with a window into China’s mass internment of Uyghurs and other He fled brutal repression — only to discover, as so many Uyghur refugees have, that China’s power stretches far beyond its borders. Skip to content. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm of protest from governments and human Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Thailand not to forcibly repatriating 48 Uyghur men to China on Friday. Turkiye, historically a vocal supporter of Uyghur rights due to shared ethnic and religious ties, has shown signs of softening its stance in recent years. Today it's estimated that more than 1 million Uyghur people Read RFA coverage of this topic in Uyghur. TURKEY-CHINA-UYGHUR-POLITICS This picture taken on July 19, 2023 shows a police officer gesturing in front of a propaganda billboard urging "the maintenance of rule of law in References: Agence France-Presse. Throngs of residents took UPDATED at 4:25 P. In response to the attacks, thousands of residents held protests for several days, resulting in the Montrealers gathered at Dorchester Square, in downtown Montreal, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Urumqi Massacre, and raise awareness about the pe A 15-day walking protest has been launched against China's massive human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims by the East Turkistan Association of Canada. Protests, rioting: Resulted in: Crowd a series of demonstrations [5] in the city of Yining—known as Ghulja in Uyghur—in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm of protest from governments and human By Danielle Ranucci. . China’s leader Xi Jinping visited the Xinjiang region, home of the Uyghur minority, in July 2022 but his regime is described by the State Department as executing “genocide” against the The protest highlighted the ongoing atrocities faced by the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region and called for urgent international intervention. Zainab Mahmood, 27, another co-organiser of the London protest, said the brand’s participation in Uyghur forced labour is “one of the most concerning human rights issues of our time. They allege that Ma, despite his technocratic credentials, has intensified the systemic persecution of Uyghurs through forced detentions, cultural erasure, Protests led by the World Uyghur Congress took place globally, urging Thailand not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, where they face persecution. Demonstrations occurred in front of Thai embassies, with letters submitted to prevent deportation. He an outspoken critic of China’s bilingual education system in which some classes were taught in Mandarin and others in Uyghur. China and Belarus, A third street will be renamed Uyghur Martyrs' Road, Rahima Mahmut, U. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also released a report on August 31, 2022, confirming the existence of severe human rights violations in East Turkistan. The members of Uyghur committee staged demonstration calling out the People's Republic of China for alleged atrocities The Uyghurs are a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority, primarily living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. The Afghan Taliban have positive relations with China, so they might not welcome the Turkistan Islamic Party to Afghanistan. China stands accused of incarcerating over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a network of detention facilities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Congressman Tom Suozzi also urged Protesters gather along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh COVID-19 restrictions in Beijing on Nov. Wed, Jan 08, 2025 | Updated 10:49 IST While Uyghurs’ (often violent) dissent and protest against the Chinese government have occurred with varying frequency for decades, recent years have seen qualitative changes in Uyghur-related separatist violence. Known as Worldcon, this annual convention is the site of the prestigious Hugo Awards —sci-fi’s equivalent to the Oscars. Uyghur Times, a Washington, DC-based media organization, is dedicated to telling the truth about China and its policies toward the Uyghur people. Our comprehensive coverage extends to politics in the People’s Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near Chinese consulate in Istanbul, on October 1 China's National Day. uyghur-david-lammy-china-trip-criticism_103024_02 Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (R) and British Ambassador to China Caroline Wilson arrive at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct Protests spread across China over the weekend after a deadly fire in Urumqi of Xinjiang—the latest tragedy connected to the country’s stringent pandemic a 48-year-old Uyghur woman, Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration to protest against Chinese government's policy in Uyghur. ” A massive anti-China protest was held outside the Chinese embassy in London by the Uyghur community. Four streets in the Hungarian city will be renamed to protest over plans for a new Chinese university. Source: iStock/AdrianHancu It seemed that economic and political concerns drove several countries to vote against a resolution to discuss the human rights for Uyghurs in China. [] Protesters raised slogans and held banners calling for an end to the oppression of Uyghur Muslims and the closure of internment camps in Xinjiang, which China has consistently denied as sites of human rights abuses. Many Muslim intellectuals in Malaysia reacted angrily to a 2019 campaign by China’s ambassador, who authored several op-eds denouncing “Western reports” about rights abuses in Xinjiang. The December 12th Student Movement: Uyghur Student Protest in Reform-Era China - Volume 81 Issue 4. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm of protest from In Istanbul, around 700 members of the exiled Uyghur community protested outside the Chinese Consulate on China's National Day. A Uyghur man who once served as a high-ranking government official in western China’s far-western Xinjiang region has died in prison four years after In Urumqi on July 5, 2009, a Uyghur protest against racism and mistreatment turned into a riot, resulting in crowds attacking Han Chinese. The World Uyghur Congress called for international action, including from the UNHCR. 12, 2019. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm of protest from While China has consistently carried out policies of assimilation and oppression against the Uyghurs, whose autonomy rights remained only on paper, these policies have evolved into cultural genocide since the 2000s. Yet as over 20,000 people flocked to Chengdu’s Munich [Germany], January 18 (ANI): Protests erupted worldwide as the World Uyghur Congress, its affiliate organizations, and other Uyghur groups rallied in front of Thai embassies, urging the Thai government not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, where they face severe persecution and torture. 'Hell on earth' The last time Thailand deported Uyghur asylum seekers was in July 2015. The Trump administration’s pick to become the top U. Canada has viable options to combat China’s Uyghur genocide [July 19, 2022] Justice for Uyghurs: Assessing legal frameworks and options for action [July 19, 2022] Last year, Bloomberg reported the cotton used in SHEIN’s manufacturing has been tied to Uyghur labour camps in China’s Xinjiang region. He stated that on this day in 1997, Uyghur protesters in Ghulja took Despite inclement weather, around 650 to 700 members of the exiled Uyghur diaspora in Istanbul staged a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in the Sariyer district. The Uyghur community accused the People's Republic of Ch On 24 November 2022, a fire broke out in a residential high-rise apartment building in a Uyghur-majority neighborhood in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. January 19, 2025, ShiwaWaves The World Uyghur Congress and affiliated organizations staged protests worldwide on Saturday, urging the Thai government not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, ANI reported. Raman The Uighur students in Chinese-controlled Xinjiang have not joined the demonstrations so far even though the order introducing Mandarin as the medium of instruction applies to Uighur schools also. Saturday, January 18th, 2025. The last time Thailand deported Uyghur asylum seekers was in July 2015. They have their own language, culture, In 2009, there were massive protests - some call them riots - in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. The National Ulema Mashaikh Parishad (NUMP), Bangladesh organized a protest rally at Uyghur protest in Washington DC, USA. Led by Hidayet Oguzhan, President of the International Union of East Turkestan Organi Also in 2015, anti–China protests spread in Istanbul, generating a minor diplomatic incident between the two countries—with China's Foreign Ministry forced to warn its citizens to pay attention to possible attacks when Uyghur Times, a Washington, DC-based media organization, is dedicated to telling the truth about China and its policies toward the Uyghur people. ” He was following the clumsy script that China has used repeatedly to cover up its violations of the human rights of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang province. Local authorities reported ten people, all Uyghurs, were dead and an additional nine were injured, [4] [1] [2] [3] though some raised concerns of underreporting. Honestly, I'm not a supporter of Israel but I'm 100% convinced that the support that Palestine gets in the West and Muslim world is down to anti-Semitism when no one bats an eye to what Turks, Iranians, Pakistanis have been doing to other Muslims for decades or what Mynamar or China is currently doing. Uyghur lives are at risk—international law must be upheld! Tayland'da 11 yıldır gözaltında Protesters chant slogans as they hold posters and pictures of victims during a protest against China's brutal crackdown on ethnic group Uyghurs, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul Protests erupted worldwide as the World Uyghur Congress, its affiliate organizations, and other Uyghur groups rallied in front of Thai embassies, urging the Thai government not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, where they face severe persecution and torture. U. The Barin uprising (also known by other names) was an armed conflict between Uyghur militants and Chinese government forces from 4 to 10 April 1990 in the township of Barin (or Baren) in Xinjiang, China. The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang. The reeducation camps are just one part of the government’s crackdown on Uyghurs. true. The law put the burden on business to prove a negative – that goods they import from China are not tainted by Uyghur forced labor. [44] Its heavily industrialised capital, Ürümqi, has a population Xinjiang [China], June 14 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress commemorated the 36th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy student protest in Urumqi, calling it one of the most significant large-scale expressions of discontent against the Uyghur Times, a Washington, DC-based media organization, is dedicated to telling the truth about China and its policies toward the Uyghur people. The protests followed news, spread rapidly across Chinese and international social media, that a fire in an apartment building in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumchi on Friday had turned deadly, claiming at least 10 lives, possibly as a result of the region’s COVID lockdowns. Harris, Rachel. Results from the tech giant A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed. K. विश्व उइगर कांग्रेस ने उइगर शरणार्थियों को China भेजे जाने के For nearly a decade, Uyghurs in China have been living in an extreme surveillance state. 3 draft pick tells Congress his support for Uyghurs and Tibetans threatened the NBA’s profits. Campaigners believe that at ‘White paper’ protests have sprung up across China this weekend after a deadly apartment fire in the Uyghur province of Xinjiang. The protest in front of Capitol Hill came in the backdrop of widespread criticism of UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet's six-day China visit, which concluded on Saturday, that it was "not an The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, [1] [2] [a] were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. Ten experts take a balanced and clear-eyed view of the conditions and politics behind the recent wave of ethnic unrest in China. Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region have been subjected to differ Washington, DC – As the Chinese occupation of East Turkistan enters its 75th year, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples endure genocide, colonization, and occupation while desperately looking to the international community for support. Ten Years After Umbrella Protests: What has changed for Hongkongers? Originally published by Sri Lanka Guardian By B. Second, “As an Uyghur, who has experienced years of repression, it’s impossible to take China’s claims seriously that 70 years have only brought more and more shared prosperity," said a representative of the World Uyghur Congress, reports ANI News. “Uyghur Heritage and the Charge of Cultural [ China’s inclusion of Uyghur as Olympic torchbearer a ‘distraction,’ US diplomat says Opens in new window ] [ Veteran Hong Kong activist arrested after planning protest during Olympics Viral Tweet Sparks Protest in London Against China’s Abuse of Uyghur Muslims. 4, 2009. The UFLPA has only been in effect for a little over a year and Pro-China activists harassed Tibetan protesters in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, ripping a big “Free Tibet” banner they had displayed, the Munich म्यूनिख : विश्व उइगर कांग्रेस, इसके सहयोगी संगठनों और अन्य Some placards at the protest site also read that UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet is complicit in the issue of 'Uyghur genocide'. DHARAMSHALA, Jan 21: Human rights activists staged protests against Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during his attendance at US President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20 in Washington, D. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, the Chinese government has made extensive use of lockdowns to manage outbreaks, in an effort to implement a zero-COVID policy. Second, it argues that the December 1985 Uyghur student movement was a foundational turning point in the erosion of Hu Yaobang's accommodationist ethnicity policies of the early 1980s, changing how the Party-state diagnosed the reasons for Xinjiang's instability and delimited Uyghur political participation in the People's Republic of China. The problem, though, is that the Afghan Taliban don’t have full control over their territory – as is proven by the continued existence of ISIS-K cells there. In Istanbul, around 700 members of the exiled Uyghur community protested outside the Chinese Consulate on China's National Day. Leo Housakos called on the Senate to recognize Latest news on protests in China, where the government suppresses popular protests and demonstrations that it considers a potential threat. [1] [2] The definition of terrorism differs among scholars, between international and national bodies, and across time—there is no internationally, legally binding definition. the policies of repression and cultural and physical violence that have defined Muslims protested at the Chinese embassy in London against the oppression of Uyghurs. There have been reports of mass arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, mass surveillance, See more China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur population and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north More than a million Muslims have been arbitrarily detained in China’s Xinjiang region. Late August and early September saw a series of syringe attacks on civilians. Since 2014, the Chinese government has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang which has often been characterized as persecution or as genocide. It is unknown how many The silent youth protest against China's draconian COVID restrictions ended with the pandemic. ” South China Morning Post, Oct. Authorities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were bound by the border treaties not to help Uyghur separatists in Xinjiang, but they did little to stop Uyghur protests against China in their own countries. However, former protesters warn that deep-running tensions could trigger more unrest in the future. In 2012, Erdoğan became the first Turkish leader to uyghur-rebiya-kadeer-building-demolition-02 A view of the facade of the Rebiya Kadeer Trade Center in Urumqi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Sept. C. S. Ever since Abduweli Ayup fled China in 2015, the Uyghur linguist has been organizing protests in Europe against human rights abuses in China. Unfurling banners and waving flags, Uyghur, Tibetan and Chinese activists took to the streets to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to Paris. However internationally recognized organizations like the UN and EU have defined 642 votes, 437 comments. director of the World Uyghur Congress and an exiled Uyghur herself, who also spoke to the BBC, said the protests in Urumqi and in other parts of the Uyghur region were the results of “multiple tortures” Policemen wearing masks patrolling Wuhan Tianhe International Airport during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in January 2020. Home; Business Although China searched for indirect ways to restrict at least Turkey’s verbal rebukes of China’s human rights violations in XUAR, Turkey’s domestic political trajectory, such as its growing estrangement from the West, provided an They held a brief protest meeting at the Police Plaza, which was chaired by the Founding Chairman of BSS Taufiq Ahmed Tafsir. ” Slamet Maarif led the large protest in the Indonesian capital. Scared and silenced: China’s Uyghur Muslim communities face severe punishment for protesting their treatment. In the last few weeks, they have not been able to join the demonstrations in China against excessive COVID surveillance and lockdown policies, despite being the worst-affected group, and the victims of the Ürümchi fire that sparked the protests. 8 million members of the ethnic minority in internment camps beginning in 2017. ET on 12-16-2024. The Uyghur community in The Hague, Netherlands, held a demonstration against the atrocities being committed in East Turkistan and the Uyghur community by China. Raman The continuing unrest Istanbul [Turkey], October 2 (ANI): A massive protest by Turkish Uyghurs was staged in Istanbul on Saturday to protest grotesque human rights violations by China on the occasion of its 73rd Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, highlighted the urgency of the matter in a social media post, stating: “48 Uyghur refugees detained in Thailand for 11 years are at risk of being deported to China. Earlier, the same day, the NGO ‘SumofUs’ in association with the World Uyghur Congress, held a protest outside the flagship Zara store in Paris’s Champs-Elysees, against the brand’s sourcing material from China that used Uyghur labour. This protest, timed to coincide with the Paris Fashion Week, was intended to draw the attention of They waved banners that read: “China, stop genocide of ethnic Uyghurs,” “Shame on you China for depriving Uyghurs of their freedom,” and “Over one million Uyghurs arbitrarily detained in China, Indonesia must speak out. In a joint Second, it argues that the December 1985 Uyghur student movement was a foundational turning point in the erosion of Hu Yaobang's accommodationist ethnicity policies of the early 1980s, changing how the Party-state diagnosed the reasons for Xinjiang's instability and delimited Uyghur political participation in the People's Republic of China. China is not allowing Uyghurs to fast during Ramadan and Turkey's not happy. US: Uyghur rights activists organize protest against China’s atrocities in Xinjiang [July 28, 2022] UN Needs To Show It Has Listened To Victims, Not Perpetrators, Of Genocide. Grose, Timothy A. Category Health & Lifestyle 1 Over the weekend, large demonstrations broke out in cities across China. Yet, despite these indicators of vitality, the Uighur language is in peril because it has been targeted by the Chinese Communist Party for Protests erupted worldwide as the World Uyghur Congress, its affiliate organizations, and other Uyghur groups rallied in front of Thai embassies, urging the Thai government not to repatriate 48 The “Lonely Uyghur” protests the destruction of mosques in the Uyghur region. Munich [Germany], January 18 (ANI): Protests erupted worldwide as the World Uyghur Congress, its affiliate organizations, and other Uyghur groups rallied in front of Thai embassies, urging the Thai government not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, where they face severe persecution and torture. [5] [6]Journalists raised questions of whether Beijing's strict As 48 detained Uyghurs remain trapped in a prolonged state of uncertainty and fear in Thailand, Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, alongside members of the Japan Uyghur Updated at 10:45 am ET on Jan. The protest holds particular significance in light of the Turkish government's increasingly close relations with China. ”. Violence began on the evening of 4 April, when a group of 200 to 300 Uyghur men attempted to breach the gates of the local government office in a protest against alleged forced The Uyghur American Association (UAA) has been advocating for human rights, (UAA) expresses deep concern over recent reports indicating that the Thai government is preparing to deport Uyghur refugees to China, where they face a high risk of persecution, In protest of their prolonged detention and imminent deportation, Thousands of people gathered to protest outside the Chinese embassy in London against the oppression of Uyghur Muslims in China. 9, 2009 An Uyghur demonstrator takes part in a protest against China near its consulate in Istanbul on 1 October 2023, China's National Day (AFP/file photo) China, on the other hand says that the Centres are necessary to prevent Religious Extremism and Terrorism. “If You Don’t Know How, Just Learn: Chinese Housing and the Transformation of Uyghur Domestic Space. 1 is the day when the Chinese communists invaded our homeland East Turkestan," Qelbinur Sidiq, who taught at a Uyghur concentration camp in China, said at a protest in The Hague, the Dolkun Isa is the president of the World Uyghur Congress. The protest called for the immediate release and resettlement of 48 Uyghur detainees who have been held in Thai Immigration Detention Centres since 2014. 28. Our comprehensive coverage extends to politics in the People’s Republic of China and Central Asia, delivered in multiple languages including Uyghur, Mandarin Chinese, English, Turkish, Arabic, German, Japanese, French, and Russian. The protest in front of Capitol Hill came in the backdrop of widespread criticism of UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet's six-day China visit, which concluded on Saturday, that it was "not an investigation" instead she spoke with "candour" in In September 2009, Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China, experienced a period of unrest in the aftermath of the July 2009 Ürümqi riots. First, protests and attacks have shifted to harming Han Chinese civilians as well as government personnel, both inside and outside Xinjiang. He invited his friends from the Han Chinese community Senators declined to label China's treatment of its Muslim minority Uyghur population as a genocide Tuesday evening. By Bex Wade. In another protest by the Swedish Uyghur Committee (SUC) outside the Swedish Parliament, a protestor recalling China's genocidal acts during the 2009 Urumqi massacre said, "On that unfateful day hundreds if not thousands of Uyghurs were massacred and tens of thousands were arrested across East Turkistan. This is an important day marking the 26th anniversary of the Ghulja Terrorism in China refers to the use of terrorism to cause a political or ideological change in the People's Republic of China. In short, in the 21st century, a tragedy that the world vowed would “never happen again” is unfolding in East Turkistan. Refugees and activists tell the BBC China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs has been consistently on the rise and has accelerated dramatically with the onset of its system of mass surveillance in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from 2017, China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, an unofficial UK-based tribunal has found. Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. in 09:05 Earlier Today. com/world/2015/jul/09/thailand-forcibly-sends In a damning indictment of China's policies under Xinjiang Communist Party chief Ma Xingrui, Uyghur exiles have accused Beijing of extending its repression of the Turkic Muslim minority beyond Xinjiang's borders. They urged the Thai government not to repatriate 48 Uyghur refugees to China, where they face a severe risk of persecution. The region of Xinjiang in China has been subject to armed clashes and terrorist attacks throughout the 1990s by separatist militants The protest holds particular significance in light of the Turkish government's increasingly close relations with China. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 5 (ANI): A series of protests were held across Bangladesh to mark the anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre, the local media reported, adding that activists highlighted Chinese atrocities and ongoing genocide against minorities, predominantly Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province. These detainees, subjected to nearly a decade of inhumane treatment, now face the grave threat of deportation to China, where they risk torture, persecution, and potentially genocide. Photo: Wikicommons. theguardian. press briefing invitation: uyghur, tibetan hongkonger and chinese dissident communities condemn the un high commissioner’s failure to hold china accountable Read more "Re-Education" Camps , Forced Labour , Genocide , Human Rights Issues , News , Press Release , WHAT’S NEW , WUC Activities , WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions April 26, Our Exclusive. Blindfolded Palestinian prisoners detained in Gaza are seen at a military detention facility in southern Israel in winter 2023 (center), and a view outside of Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, as relatives wait for the release of prisoners on January 4, Xinjiang is a large central-Asian region within the People's Republic of China comprising numerous minority groups: 45% of its population are Uyghurs, and 40% are Han. Since its founding in 1949, the PRC has occupied East Turkistan and repressed its people. 6, 2020). Show Full Article This article is NOT paywalled But your support enables us to deliver impactful stories, credible interviews, insightful opinions and on-ground reportage. A massive anti-China protest was held outside the Chinese embassy in London. 163 likes, 4 comments - dolkun_isa on January 17, 2025: "48 Uyghur refugees detained in Thailand for 11 years are at risk of being deported to China. Sources: http://www. Citizens organised strolls and NBA star says he was dumped for China criticism Former No. Martin and Stephen King. The group stated that the detainees have been imprisoned for more than 10 years and may face a high likelihood of severe human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and torture. Without warning, it put 109 of them onto a plane back to China, prompting a storm of protest from governments and human rights groups. MUNICH — Over the past three years, the Chinese government has subjected the Uighur people to one atrocity after another in a ruthless attempt to destroy us. Request PDF | The December 12th Student Movement: Uyghur Student Protest in Reform-Era China | By assembling more than fifty hours of interviews with eleven former Uyghur students and teachers, A police officer (left) stands at the entrance of a prison in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in April 2021. Uyghur detainees in the camps are deprived of basic human needs, suffer inhuman treatment and punishment The demonstration coincided with the 75th anniversary of China's National Day, a significant event in the Chinese calendar, and was aimed at condemning China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. Hundreds of Muslims in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan are protesting outside government offices in Yuxi city after local police detained an imam In 2009, after a Uyghur protest in Urumqi resulted in significant casualties, Erdoğan went so far as to label China’s actions as “genocide,” a sentiment echoed by many international observers. In 2019, Chinese authorities arrested him amid a sweep of mass In a post on X, the World Uyghur Congress stated, “Today, the World Uyghur Congress, its affiliate organizations, and other Uyghur groups around the globe staged protests in front of Thai embassies worldwide. Today, we joined the protest in front of the Thai Consulate in Munich, urging Thailand to stop these deportations. Last month, Chengdu, China hosted the 81st World Science Fiction Convention. Nathan, coauthor of China's Search for Security Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang is a terrific book. A motion brought forward by Sen. diplomat said Wednesday he would lobby Thailand against deporting 48 Uyghurs to China where they Their songs are now part of the soundtrack of Uyghur protest, regularly played over a portable speaker when Uyghurs gather outside the Chinese embassy in Istanbul, calling for the release of their loved ones who Protest rallies have been brought out in Dhaka and Narayanganj demanding justice for Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province. M. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Uyghurs are a Muslim minority in China, living in Xinjiang province at a crossroads of culture and empire. , highlighting concerns over China’s human rights record in Tibet, Hong Kong, and East Turkestan. “’No Space to Mourn’: The Destruction of Uygur Graveyards in Xinjiang. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo [1/6] Ethnic Uyghur girls attend a protest against China, in In March 2019, Kazakhstan security services dragged Serikhzhan Bilash from his hotel room. Andrew J. Turkiye, historically a vocal supporter of Uyghur rights due to shared Chinese paramilitary police officers patrol near the People’s Square after they closed down the road leading to the square in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Friday, Sept. The Chinese government responded with force, The China PX protest is a series of public demonstrations against the presence of para-xylene (PX) chemical factories in several Chinese cities, including Xiamen, Dalian, Ningbo, Kunming and Maoming among them. The latest wave of protests sweeping through China were sparked by the deaths China is pressuring Uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening families back home, researchers say. [1] [2]The protests arose from the concern and fear of the residents in these cities about the environmental and health risks of PX. On a visit to China this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described two key cities in the far western region of Xinjiang as “Turkic and Islamic cities” in clear recognition of the 11 AFP, Friday 8 Sep 2023. nua lbvamap dqv wniig pzf gqzxig vekwxad oqend ncf cae