A fire broke out in an apartment in Urumqi city, the capital of the Chinese-occupied East Turkestan (Xinjiang). The authorities say an extension of the electrical outlet caused the fire.
Urumqi
It has been learned with great sorrow that the fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, resulted in the loss of lives and injuries. We express our condolences for this tragic occurrence and wish the injured a speedy recovery.
On November 25, the Information Office of the People’s Government of Urumqi, Xinjiang, held a press conference to introduce the situation of the “11.24” fire accident.
Aziz Hajim, an Uyghur religious scholar, public figure, and the person in charge of the Urumqi Khantangri mosque reconstruction, passed away in Urumqi on Friday, October 7, at the age of 102, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
There have been extended COVID-19 lockdowns in the Uyghurs’ homeland from the beginning of August. The first outbreak in the area was reported on July 31.
To combat outbreaks of COVID-19 in ‘Xinjiang’ (the occupied East Turkistan) Chinese authorities are planning to use similar methods as they have used to quell dissent against authorities, Japan Times reports.
On July 5, Uyghurs living in Finland held a protest in Helsinki to commemorate the 2009 Urumqi Massacre.
On 5 July 2009, tens of thousands of Uyghurs took to the streets in Urumqi to demand justice for the brutal killing of Uyghurs a few days ago in Shaoguan city, China.
what started as a peaceful demonstration in Urumchi, turned into an ethnic clash, as international media likes to describe
“Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Uyghur student movement”.
Twenty years ago on this day, December 12, 1985, tens of thousands of Uyghur youth aligned on the snowy Urumqi streets and shouted loud against the colonial regime, seeking freedom, liberty, human rights, and democracy. The Uyghur youth expressed their desire for freedom and their brave and indomitable spirit against the colonialists.