Tahir Imin Uyghurian
In 2021, what must be included in activism agenda of Uyghur diaspora?
Following are my suggestions to Uyghur groups and individuals across the globe:
- Getting governments around the world to officially recognize the “Uyghur Genocide”.
- Renew our efforts on getting a “Prevention of Uyghur Forced labor Act” past in the U.S., and European countries.
- Continuing our works on calling major global companies to stop their collaboration with Chinese companies complicit in Uyghur forced labor.
- Raising awareness among Hollywood stars about Uyghur genocide and getting them to speak and act on it.
- Making efforts to increase the number of countries that support the Uyghurs in the UN from 39 in 2020.
- Strengthening advocacy in the Muslim World and getting 3-5 Muslim majority countries to support the Uyghurs.
- Strengthening various activities of the Uyghurs in Turkey. With the support of the Turkish people, pressuring the Turkish government to refrain from extraditing any Uyghurs to China.
- Rescuing Uyghur refugees stranded around the world including Thailand and Syria especially the women and children.
- Strengthening cooperation with Jewish and Christian organizations.
- making efforts to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Recommendations on internal reforms:
- Reforming Uyghur organizations. Unifying the governments in exile into one government in exile. Establishing an Uyghur parliament in the diaspora.
- Enhancing the relations and cooperation between the Uyghurs in Central Asia and the Uyghurs in other countries. Bringing the Uyghurs in Central Asia to the Uyghur national movement.
- Strengthening Uyghur cultural and political nationalism.
- Bringing the Uyghur children that were born and grew up in the West to the Uyghur national movement and providing them with opportunities to participate in it.
- Establishing a strong Uyghur education fund.
- Give trust and belief to every Uyghur that a free, and democratic Uyghur nation will prevail and rise up.
- All Uyghur organizations must start to work on getting the recognition that the Uyghur land is an occupied territory by China.
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