Uyghurs Protest China's Genocide on Historic Anniversaries Day
Date
11/11/2022 12:53:28 AM
(MENAFN- M. Sliwa Public Relations) WASHINGTON: Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tartars, and Mongols will join together on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1:30 PM – 3 PM at the White House; to commemorate the 89th and 77th anniversaries of the East Turkistan Republic’s Independence Day and call upon the U.S. government and international community to recognize East Turkistan as an Occupied Country and support our struggle to end China’s genocide and restore our independence.
WHAT: Uyghurs Protest China’s Ongoing Genocide on Historic Anniversaries Day
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 12, 1:30 PM – 3 PM
WHERE: In front of the White House (Lafayette Park), 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500 & livestreaming at [
WHO: East Turkistan National Awakening Movement
WEBSITE: [
China’s Severe Covid Lockdowns Result in Uyghur Deaths from Starvation
Recently, under the guise of COVID-19 prevention measures, officials have locked down entire cities, forcing residents in places like Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, and East Turkistan to quarantine at home or at specific quarantine centers for extended periods of time. The city lockdowns peppered across the nation impact all residents, not just foreigners—with many frustratedly posting online that they had run out of supplies at home.
Some residents see the country’s quarantine measures as a political means of division, as China has strategically targeted groups from its autonomous regions like Xinjiang, reports Foreign Policy.
At least 22 people in Ghulja, Xinjiang, died in one day due to starvation or lack of medical care under the forced quarantine. Other reports have shown multiple deaths among Uyghurs after their homes were sprayed with disinfectant [ to fight COVID-19.
“The Uyghur people are dying on a daily basis from China’s man-made forced starvation,” Sulayman Aziz, an epidemiologist and acting foreign minister of the East Turkistan Government in Exile in Washington, told Foreign Policy [ over email.
50 countries urge China to release detained Uyghurs
Condemning China's " crimes against humanity" in East Turkistan (renamed Xinjiang), 50 countries signed a statement earlier this month, calling for ''urgent attention'' from the UN against China's human rights violations against the Uyghurs, reports DW [
The statement, signed by mostly Western countries, read: "We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China, especially the ongoing human rights violations of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang."
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