One year after the Ürümqi fire that kicked off protests across China: Interview with Uyghur activist Rushan Abbas

Global Voices interviewed Uyghur activist Rushan Abbas to assess how the human rights situation of Uyghurs has changed since the Ürümqi fire and talk about the future of Uyghur-Han Chinese relations.

Global Voices
#Chinese regime authorities have detained Behtiyar Sadir, 46, a well-known #Uyghur nutritionist & national-level health coach for messages he posted on social media, according to Sweden-based siblings & police in #Urumchi.
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/behtiyar-sadir-12212022173133.html/ampRFA
Uyghur nutritionist confirmed detained in China’s Xinjiang

Authorities arrested Behtiyar Sadir in mid-October for posting photos on WeChat.

Radio Free Asia

Protesters outside #London's #ChineseEmbassy yesterday (10 Dec) marking #InternationalHumanRightsDay with banner like a street sign for #WulumuqiRoad (#Urumqi / #Urumchi Road) where anti-#CommunistParty protests took place in #Shanghai.

The road sign in Shanghai would have read "Wulumuqi" rather than "Urumqi".

Editorial #Photography / #Photojournalism available via #Shutterstock #ShutterstockEditorial.

#China
#HumanRights
#中国
#中國

Avec @Valerie_Rabault et @rglucks1 autour de @DilnurReyhan @UyghurInstitute pour appeler au rassemblement de demain à 14h place de la Bastille en soutien au peuple #Ouïghour et en hommage aux victimes de l’incendie d’#Urumchi. Ne fermons pas les yeux devant ce genocide en cours.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/yjadot/status/1598672064633720832

Yannick Jadot (@yjadot)

Avec @Valerie_Rabault et @rglucks1 autour de @DilnurReyhan @UyghurInstitute pour appeler au rassemblement de demain à 14h place de la Bastille en soutien au peuple #Ouïghour et en hommage aux victimes de l’incendie d’#Urumchi. Ne fermons pas les yeux devant ce genocide en cours.

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No one believes the official account.
Angry protests have been rampaging through the streets of #Urumchi gathering in the main square of the city to demand an end to the #COVID lockdowns that have seen entire areas sealed off for more than 3 months.
#urumchifire
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https://bitterwinter.org/china-fire-in-urumqi-protests-everywhere/
United Nations officials & other world leaders have called on #Beijing to respect the rights of #Chinese citizens to protest, a day after dozens of cities broke out in protests against COVID-related lockdowns spurred by a deadly fire in #Urumchi city, #EastTurkistan
#EndUyghurGenocide
#Urumqi
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https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-protests-reaction-11282022161201.html
World leaders call on Beijing to respect rights to protest

U.N. official also calls for COVID restrictions to be ‘proportionate.’

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