Does
@chamath
speak for you
@SocialCapital
,
@VirginGalactic
,
@warriors
? To not only question the genocide carried out against Uyghurs but to outright say it doesn't matter- where does that fall on the social responsibility scale?
#Stand4Uyghurs
on November 13 & join the rally to call for an end to the CCP's genocide against the
#Uyghurs
of East Turkistan! Millions are in concentration camps & are suffering under the Chinese regime's oppression.
Use your voice! Learn more:
Thank you
@iyiparti
Vice Chairman
@yavuzagiraliog
for your vocal support of the
#Uyghurs
. In these challenging times your voice gives us encouragement!
@CUyghurs
was honored to meet with Mr.
@mikepompeo
in order to express gratitude on behalf of the
#Uyghur
community.
His dedication to stopping the Uyghur
#genocide
& support for
@SecBlinken
's continued actions to do so was very moving. Thank you Mr. Pompeo!
It takes an inconceivable amount of Resilience, Strength, and Vulnerability being an Uyghur. Every day is a battle of survival. If you are dissatisfied with your mundane life, Please find an Uyghur friend, Please listen to his/her story. Gratification+Appreciation begins here!
#Laylat
al-Qadr, the night that the holy Quran was revealed, is a night of extreme importance for
#Muslims
around the world. We extend our greetings to the brothers & sisters in the community & ask for their remembrance of the
#Uyghurs
in prayer.
@OIC_OCI
While Muslims observe their holy month of Ramzan, Uyghurs are prohibited from fasting by the
#CCP
.
Also, under
#China
's “ethnic unity” campaign, Uyghur families are pressed to follow non-Muslim traditions, including drinking alcohol, and eating pork.
"We should boycott the Winter Olympics. When we try to do something like this to be assertive, we can create more pressure on the
#HongKong
& Chinese gov that HK people are not alone & the US will not keep silent."
@SunnyCheungky
@CECCgov
on
#NoBeijing2022
to support CCP victims.
"The world won't react to the
#CCP
until it sees the CCP...and the best way to see it is to force them to react." Acute observations from
@lukedepulford
on "States Responsibility to Prevent Genocide"
#StopUyghurGenocide
Join us at a protest commemorating the victims of the July 5th, 2009 Urumchi Massacre and raise the voices of
#Uyghurs
under genocide.
🗓️ July 5th, from 4- 6 PM
📍 3505 International Place, NW, Chinese Embassy, Washington DC.
@CUyghurstudy
,
@UyghurCongress
"Unfortunately, in Jan 2021, the HK gov arrested every single one of the participants in the primary election. If I had been in
#HongKong
, I would have been arrested as well... political persecution is still ongoing."
@SunnyCheungky
@CECCgov
on
#CCP
attacks on democracy in HK.
Omer Rozi tells the
@TribunalUyghur
about torture he experienced, describing a "water prison" consisting of "dirty water, extremely cold." He testified that "I had to stand in the water above my chest. They would change the water every 3 hrs. It was impossible to stand straight.
Campaign for Uyghurs wishes everyone a happy and blessed Eid, make sure you keep your
#Uyghur
brothers and sisters in your prayers. We hope next
#Ramadan
we can celebrate in a free
#EastTurkistan
!
"Every violation is a violation. But that said, in the
#Uyghur
region, I think we are seeing, frankly, one of the worst cases of human rights violations of our time."
"[I]t is a test to the global community as to how you react to this."
@eri_arfiya
I’m not the best speaker
But I will not sit in silence
I’m not a revolutionary
But I will not sit in compliance
.
.
I’m
#Uyghur
, from
#EastTurkestan
Missing my family, my friends
Missing the street food and my land
Praying it will come to an end.
.
A poem frm
@KabirQurban
“Bachelet legitimized... the genocide and crimes against humanity by the Chinese communist regime,” said CFU executive director
@RushanAbbas
. “Bachelet had a choice to do her job with integrity. She chose not to. She must resign now.”
#BacheletResign
The
#CCP
coerces even the elderly & children into forced labor.
Dr.
@adrianzenz
's latest research shows those who fail to comply with the cotton picking are liable to be labeled “extremists,” and then sent for “re-education”.
Uyghur who served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics & was a loyal CCP official is serving a 14-year jail sentence for watching “counter-revolutionary videos” in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi said.
#Olympics
#UyghurGenocide
Today marks the third birthday Dr. Gulshan Abbas has spent in detainment. It is a solemn reminder of the human cost of the cruelty inflicted by the Chinese regime on the
#Uyghur
people.
#FreeGulshanAbbas
@RushanAbbas
offers these words to commemorate this special day:
CFU's
@RushanAbbas
: "We use our words as weapons, by them the oppressors are condemned. The
#Chinese
regime & Xi Jinping have shown that what they fear most are words, and thoughts. May their worst fear be realized today as the citizens of the world unite in saying:
#RESISTCCP
We are are deeply saddened by the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister
@AbeShinzo
. We express our condolences to the people of
#Japan
and to his loved ones. He was a close friend of the
#Uyghur
people and will be missed.
#ShinzoAbe
The CCP's
#UyghurGenocide
targets intellectuals & cultural figures to destroy the Uyghur culture. The Chinese regime's crimes must be stopped and Uyghurs must be freed.
#FreeYalqunRozi
Millions of Uyghurs are suffering in concentration camps. Among those who are arrested is my innocent father
#YalqunRozi
. He's a famous writer, literary critic, and educator and was sentenced to 15 yrs by the
#CCP
. China release my father Yalqun Rozi!
#FreeYalqunRozi
#FreeUyghurs
🚨 Fire breakout in Urumchi city building.
This apartment building in Urumchi that is on fire had been sealed off due to
#China
’s “Zero-Covid” Policy.
More than 10 people including two children are reportedly dead as a result.
Read for more 👇🏻
.
@nuryturkel
@IRFSummit
’s kick-off said “The oppressors, the governments that don’t like religious freedom & known to be human rights abusers, want us to feel that we are hopeless and as late senator John McCain used to say, ‘hope is the best weapon against oppression.’”
Today Dr. Gulshan Abbas spends her birthday for the 3rd time alone.
#Uyghur
mothers like her are among the millions taken by the Chinese regime. We call for her immediate release on medical parole given her deteriorating health.
Join us today in demanding:
#FreeGulshanAbbas
The
@TribunalUyghur
Determines China is Committing
#UyghurGenocide
This is a historic moment made possible by the efforts of hundreds of individuals, especially those brave enough to testify before the tribunal in the face of intimidation by the CCP.
"It's an unwritten rule that police are allowed to torture prisoners....I don't think you need to be trained....watch what happens & you will know what to do..."
Chilling testimony from a witness from the Chinese police on the treatment of
#Uyghurs
at the
@TribunalUyghur
“It was very crowded...we could only sleep 2 hrs a night..there was no water to wash..without our consent, our hair was shaved off..”
-Gulbahar Jelilova describes the conditions of her cell while in detention for the
@TribunalUyghur
#UyghurGenocide
#UyghurTribunal
Such a pleasure to have a meeting w/
@SpeakerPelosi
& to have Commissioner
@nuryturkel
join us.
We had a wonderful talk on the issues & challenges facing the
#Uyghurs
, & atrocities against women. We are thankful for her example on prioritizing human rights & ending this
#genocide
“The issue of Uyghur genocide is also a feminist issue...
#Uyghur
women are bearing the brunt of the
#CCPs
genocidal policies while their bodies are the battleground.”
@RushanAbbas
CFU echos
@UyghurCongress
’ call to;
1. Release OHCHR report on the
#UyghurGenocide
in
#EastTurkistan
2. Assure secure meetings with
#Uyghur
rights groups
3. Make sure unfettered access is guaranteed
Join us at the protest in Geneva on May 13.
Support:
A boycott of the
#Beijing2022
Olympics is critical to put pressure on the regime to end its
#genocide
against the Uyghurs.
Watch
@RushanAbbas
and others speak about the importance of this movement to VOA below.
"In the attached 3,800 word document, the
#Chinese
consulate provides only a brief rebuttal to each of these credible claims made against
#Beijing
, with most amounting to an evidence-free denial, compiled in a single paragraph."
Ms.
@rushan614
of
@CUyghurs
testified at the joint hearing "Ending Global Religious Persecution", hosted by the Foreign Affairs Committee's Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights Subcommittee & the Oversight and Reform Committee's Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Subcommittee.
"Uyghur women’s bodies are the battlefield that the CCP is waging their genocide upon. Women are facing forced sterilizations and forced to accept IUDs, birth control, and hysterectomies."
@RushanAbbas
@SurreyPolitics
on the impact on
#UyghurWomen
of the CCP's
#UyghurGenocide
.
Wonderful united action to
#resistCCP
today. This evil will not stand while we are united together & bold to speak the truth. Many thanks to Congressman
@RepTedYoho
for coming out in support of the Uyghur community today!
#globaldayaction
The IOC has made themselves complicit in Uyghur genocide by allowing the CCP to host the games.
Sponsors & broadcasters have made themselves complicit by profiting & sharing the games.
#BoycottBeijing2022
"People should get creative, we need to get Silicon Valley involved, technology has played a significant role in the ongoing genocide. Several [SV] firms have been helping firms added to the blacklist."
@nuryturkel
at
#JHUFAS
on complicity in
#UyghurGenocide
+
#UyghurForcedLabor
11/ In June 2020, at an urgent U.N. Human Rights Council debate on racism & police brutality, I asked why a regime that locks up 1 million Muslim Uighurs was put on the U.N. panel that vets human rights monitors.
China's rep then lashed out at me at for "abusing human rights."
"Genocide is not a term to be used lightly... but it's clear if you look at the Genocide Convention, many indicators of genocide are there, not least forced sterilization, which has been well documented."
@benedictrogers
@SurreyPolitics
's event on the
#UyghurGenocide
.
"In the past 25 years, we ignored the rising challenge of
#China
& only now are approaching an appropriate level of alarm. Beijing’s calling cards are there for all to see: HongKong, Orwellian &
#Uyghur
#genocide
, Taiwan, and much more..." by
@hughhewitt
.
@lukedepulford
speaks on "States Responsibility to Prevent Genocide" panel for
@UniofNewcastle
conference "Xinjiang Crisis", stating "In the UK alone promised changes....have yet to materialize."
#StopUyghurGenocide
"No I was not allowed to bury my child in the way that
#Islam
requires." Mihrigul Tursun testifies for
@TribunalUyghur
She was told by guards "There is no God..we are your god..we created you, we fed you.." & "This is
#China
, we can do whatever we want.."
@OIC_OCI
@CAIRNational
"When I talk abt representation, I'm...referring...to my own experience with seeing what happens when we don't take democracy seriously" says
@eri_arfiya
, 🇯🇵's first
#Uyghur
rep.
"We are of course victims of genocide. But we are so much more than that."
Omer Rozi tells of his cellmate in detention being shot "to pieces" and testified to the
@TribunalUyghur
that he was forced to clean up the pieces of flesh.
The CCP saw an opportunity to spread their propaganda & fuel genocide denial- and broadcasters took the bait.
Maybe there should have been a more critical look about what message China was trying to spread here?
#BoycottBeijing2022
BREAKING: Foreign Affairs Committee of Italian Parliament adopts UNANIMOUSLY resolution condemning the severe human rights violations against
#Uyghurs
. Grazie Italia. This growing condemnation for the
#UyghurGenocide
must be followed by decisive action.
"Uyghurs are dying, let’s be clear. While the world drags its feet on confronting reality, and what has built over decades, this is the truth.”
- Director of Public Affair
@JulieM615
speaking today at the Global Day of Action in DC.
#UyghurGenocide
#Uyghurs
There is an "'extremely high risk' that products sold on Temu could have been made with forced labour," as shared by
@BBCNews
.
Call on the Chinese government to free Uyghurs from forced labor!
"The Scottish Government has confirmed its intention to not send any ministers or officials to the coming Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining the US government in a diplomatic boycott of the event."
🏴 is boycotting the games & saying
#NoBeijing2022
!
"Based on new information, the most logical responsibility & culpability for this campaign rests primarily with central government, most notably the Politburo central committee."
@adrianzenz
on the
#CCP
responsibility for
#UyghurGenocide
at
@TribunalUyghur
.
Join us on the 31st July where the largest demonstration for our
#Uyghur
brothers and sisters will take place outside the
#Chinese
Embassy and Consulates & demand the Chinese government *STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW*
Head to via
@Islam21c
for more details.
"We know that we've an obligation to stand even when it's hard to do so because we serve something larger than ourselves & we know the value of sacrifice. We're facing enormous darkness, & are in desperate need of a light."
@RushanAbbas
speaks for a virtual event.
#UyghurGenocide
Today's the 8th ann. of the detention of
#IlhamTohti
,
#UyghurScholar
&
#SakharovPrize
laureate.
Through the brave actions of his daughter
@JewherIlham
& all those who hold him in the highest regard, we'll ensure that the unjust persecution he is enduring will not go unanswered
We must
#BoycottBeijing2022
for the sake of all Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians and all peoples suffering by the hands of the CCP.
The
#GenocideGames
is a slap in the face of the spirit of the Olympics & human dignity.
Two days ago, young Tibetan & Hong Kong activists sent a message to the world:
As the Olympic torch is passed from Tokyo to Beijing, all eyes must turn to
@Beijing2022
. We call on youth activists everywhere to join our movement & raise your voice against the Genocide Games.
“It’s really difficult for me to even think about..”
Tursunay Ziyawudun testifies for the
@TribunalUyghur
to being raped in the camp.
Incredibly painful to hear. The chamber is silent, the audience transfixed in horror.
"The entire process of the Uyghur Tribunal have been of great significance to
#Uyghur
and Kazakh people... in the final judgement of the tribunal, ruling China's govt is committing genocide brought a great sense of relief."
@Dolkun_Isa
, WUC President.
“In 2017, I was in the camp. It was six floors, with the detained women from 18-40 years old. Their hair was shaved off.” Kalbinur Sidiq at Voices of Survivors panel at
@UyghurCongress
7th General Assembly.
#UyghurGenocide
.
@mehliya2
, our Canadian student liaison, protesting + raising awareness of
#UyghurForcedLabor
in East Turkistan, where
@VWGroup
recently opened a factory.
Operating in East Turkistan, where the CCP is committing a genocide against Uyghurs, is complicity.
#StopUyghurGenocide
PRESS RELEASE 🚨
Omarjan Matsedik, brother of CFU Deputy Director
@TurnisaQ
, passed away in China's detention camps. We extend our deepest sympathies to Matsedik's loved ones.
The
#UyghurGenocide
has cost lives. We cannot rest until the
#CCP
is stopped.
These 4 Uyghur camp survivors, who faced unimaginable suffering, are starting their week long protest in Geneva, calling on
@UN
High Comm.
@mbachelet
to release the
#UyghurGenocide
report. If her visit is to have any credibility, she must release her report immediately.
“Let the summit in
#Cornwall
result in an action plan to tackle these three crises & the common thread that links them: the Chinese Communist Party regime’s mendacious, repressive, criminal, & dangerous behavior”
Excellent piece by
@benedictrogers
“During my visit, the government assured me the system had been dismantled.”
Without a full, unfettered, meaningful investigation, how can
@UNHumanRights
@mbachelet
determine this is true?
#BREAKING
Human Rights chief
@mbachelet
“unable” to assess
#Uyghur
human rights abuses, frames them in the context of “anti-terrorism” and “de radicalisation” measures (which they aren’t).
The
#CCP
is relocating large numbers of
#Uyghurs
from
#EastTurkistan
to
#China
proper, where the
#ChineseVirus
is spreading.With the ongoing
#genocide
against Uyghurs, we ask, where r the values of western democracies, the faith of the Islamic world & conscience of all humanity?
"Londoners put off by
#CCP
behavior have blocked, once and for all, the construction of a new super embassy... prompting fury in Beijing but jubilation in the exiled community of
#Uyghurs
..."
#EndUyghurGenocide
"President-elect
@JoeBiden
has labeled
#China
’s mass detention and re-education program for Xinjiang’s
#Uyghur
minority as “genocide” and called for an international effort to make a united stand against the campaign."
via
@bpolitics