Ordinary Japanese have taken to the streets to join Uyghurs in their protests against the Uyghur genocide. The Manga-style testimony booklets created by Shimizu Tomomi about Uyghur victims of Chinese concentration camps have become powerful tools in spreading awareness about the atrocities committed by China.
Month: April 2022
Chinese netizens started using various hashtags to circumvent content censorship over Shanghai’s lockdown policy. As the creative resistance deepened, Weibo soon banned the first line of the Chinese national anthem #起来不愿做奴隶的人们 , China Digital Times (CDT/Chinese) tweets.
The online information war between China and the West is not only taking place in Chinese or English but has found its way to Spanish-speaking social media in Latin America, too.
‘Today, on April 15, 2022, I called my parents at 10:10 am, Kashgar time. We talked for 42 seconds. The call was abruptly cut off before my mother had the chance to speak. I had been worried about her health,’ Tahir Mutällip Qahiri tweets.
Victims of Communism hosted a press conference at the Willard Hotel Washington, DC, to hear the testimony of Ovalbek Turdakun, a Kyrgyz Christian from East Turkistan (Uyghuristan) who had experienced detainment in a Chinese concentration camp.
The Great Translation Movement only opened its Twitter account in March 2022 but has already managed to gain a hefty 116,400 followers! They have assembled ‘Mandarin to English’ translations of Chinese social media posts under one hashtag: #TheGreatTranslationMovement.
During Ramadan, Uyghurs used to assemble after sunset to break the daytime fast with an ‘Iftar’ meal. It used to be a joyful event: Delicious foods had been prepared throughout the day, and families would sit together for a meal after the evening prayers. A few years ago, the communist regime abolished this tradition in the Uyghurs’ homeland. These days, in fear of retribution, it takes courage and innovation to observe the tradition.
Uyghurs living in Japan are calling out Pakistan to stop supporting China’s genocide of Uyghurs, the Print reports.
Newly Leaked List Includes 7 Prisoners Who Studied Under Ilham Tohti
By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Chinese government should immediately release all remaining imprisoned students of the Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, Human Rights Watch said today. A government list of prisoners leaked in December 2021 indicates that six of the seven students on the list were sentenced in December 2014 to between three-and-a-half and eight years in prison. Although they would have completed their sentences, it is unclear whether they have been released.
The Chinese authorities have sentenced the renowned Uyghur singer and musician, Tursun Sheyih, to ten years in prison on July 30, 2021, Uyghur Times Uyghur edition reports. Uyghur scholar Abduwali Ayub confirmed the news to Uyghur Times on April 3.