Le Monde, a leading French newspaper, published an editorial titled “The persecution of my people”. Rufina, a 16-year-old Uyghur girl from Uyghuristan/East Turkistan, tells about the Chinese oppression of Uyghurs in their homeland, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
Uyghur Genocide
The Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off on April 4, 2022, with the Uyghur genocide still raging in East Turkestan (Xinjiang of China). This is the same as a wedding taking place next to a funeral. One of the most common and long-held rules of etiquette is not to hold a wedding on the day of a neighbor’s funeral.
On a winter night in London, a teenage girl was holding a microphone reading out the numerous names of ethnic minorities who were suspected to be detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in ‘Xinjiang’ (that Uyghurs prefer to call Uyghuristan or East Turkistan)
Uyghurs in Japan gathered on the streets on Saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre, Uyghur Info wrote on Twitter.
Two House lawmakers are jointly nominating the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Campaign for Uyghurs to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the Uyghur genocide committed by the Chinese government, New Your Post reports.
On Saturday, a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times that urged athletes and business sponsors not to support the Winter Olympics and protest China’s persecution of the Uyghurs, Forward reports.
The French National Assembly voted 169 in favor and just one against for calling China’s treatment of Uyghurs genocide. The National Assembly officially recognizes the violence perpetrated by the People’s Republic of China against the Uyghurs as crimes against humanity and genocide. The resolution will likely strain ties between Paris and Beijing.
Join us for a conversation about the Uyghur genocide with Tahir Imin, founder of the Uyghur Times. Seven decades after the world and the Jewish community declared “Never Again,” an industrial-scale genocide is underway against the Uyghur people.
An ethnic Uyghur who escaped to Morocco is facing the possibility of being sent back to China while his wife fights for his freedom.
The European Uyghur Institute co-hosted and organized the second hearing with the French Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste) to determine whether Uyghur Genocide is happening, Uyghur Times | Uyghur Edition reported. The meeting took place in the French Parliament building in Paris on January 17.