Uyghurs Protest for Independence: 'Never Forget' The Urumchi Massacre
Date
7/3/2023 11:18:59 PM
(MENAFN- M. Sliwa Public Relations) Uyghurs Protest for Independence
''Never Forget''
The Urumchi Massacre
White House,
July 5th, 2 PM - 3 PM
WASHINGTON: The day after the US celebrates its 247th birthday, Uyghurs will commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Urumchi Massacre and call on governments worldwide, including the US, to take meaningful action to end China''s ongoing genocide, slave labor, forced organ harvesting, forced sterilizations and other crimes against the Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan and support East Turkistan''s right for independence.
Wednesday - July 5th, 2 PM – 3:00 PM
The White House / Lafayette Square
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Pennsylvania Ave NW & 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
& Live-Streaming at
The U.S. Congress and government have agreed, and so too have over a dozen parliaments, including those of Canada, the Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom, that the crimes committed against the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in East Turkistan constitue genocide, according to the definition in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
Despite official recognition of China’s ongoing genocide in East Turkistan, the passage of the Uyghur Policy Act, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and the imposition of some sanctions against Chinese officials, China’s genocide in East Turkistan continues in 2023.
Who are the Uyghurs?
Genetic studies show that the Uyghurs are the modern hybrid descendants of the native Indo-European and Turkic tribes that inhabited Central Asia. Due to no satisfactory census of the population, most Uyghur and East Turkistan organizations estimate that the population of the Uyghurs are around 30 – 35 million worldwide.
* China refers to East Turkistan as “Xinjiang (New Territory),” a highly offensive term to most Uyghurs. Throughout its unique history, East Turkistan has maintained a distinctive, sovereign, national and religious identity. Except during periods of Chinese occupation, East Turkistan has also maintained a separate and sovereign political and territorial identity.
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