Stand With Uyghurs
Jewlan sings “Happy Birthday to You” to his mother, Suriye Tursun, at a public rally. Suriye has been missing since 2018, and has allegedly been sentenced for “assisting in terrorist activities”.
There has been an increasing amount of disinformation and deniers about the validity of this issue. Here are testimonies of victims' families compiled by Uyghur Pulse. Take notice of disinformation and keep pushing to close the camps.
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Who are Uyghurs?
The Terminology Normalisation Committee for Ethnic Languages of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region recommends that the spelling Uyghur, corresponding to the pronunciation [ujγur], be used as the English transcription of the word. (source)
Uyghurs are ethnically and culturally Turkic people living in the areas of Central Asia commonly known as East Turkistan. The Uyghurs have a rich cultural history going back almost 4,000 years.
Before embracing Islam in tenth century, Uyghurs believed in Buddhism, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity. Today, Uyghurs practice a moderate form of Sufi Islam and lead predominantly secular lives.
With only a few extremely rare exceptions, Uyghurs continue to be the only population in China consistently subjected to executions for political and religious offenses.
Genocide of Uyghurs
Uyghurs concentrated into state-sponsored concentration camps (advertised to the global public as 're-education camps') are one of the many ways Xinjiang China tries to eradicate Uyghurs.
In 2018, a United Nations human rights panel said that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uyghurs in China have been held in these so-called "re-education camps". Many reports cite up to three million Muslims are held in 500 different concentration camps. (source).
China is also destroying Uyghur burial grounds, effectively trying to fully eradicate Uyghur’s ethnic identity and ancestry in Xinjiang. (source)
Xinjiang government is also destroying cultural sites in Kashgar's Old City, a site that holds numerous historical touchstones and cultural significance to Uyghur Muslims. (source 1) (source 2)
UHRP also reported many Uyghur academics and religious figures detained and missing. (source)
Professor Ilham Toti arrested in January 2014Professor Rahile Dawut, ethnographer and Uyghur folklore expert detained since Dec 2017.Translator and poet Abduqader JümeUyghur Imam Abduheber Ahmet jailed in 2018 for 5 years Former Editor in Chief of the Xinjiang Cultural Journal and prominent journalist Qurban Mamut detainedUyghur rapper Ablajan Awut Ayup detained and sent to concentration campPhotographer Lu Guang arrested in China on November 2018Poet, writer and screenwriter Perhat Tursun Xinjiang University president Tashpolat TeyibAcademic translators Abdulqadir Jalaleddin and Muhammad Salih Hajim (who died in custody in early 2018)
Extensive bibliography compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö [email protected]
#HearUyghurs
this is to direct attention to victim testimonies and news. updates will go first.
Hear what they have to say: 'One story at a time'
SCMP: Beijing 2022: ‘China will seriously sanction’ any country that boycotts Winter Olympics, says state-backed media chief - (Keep pushing on #NoRightsNoGames2022)
NYTimes: 'Absolutely No Mercy' Leaked Files Expose How China Organised Mass Detentions of Muslims
Medium: List of Re-education Camps in Xinjiang 新疆再教育集中营列表
Why do Muslim countries stay silent on the Uyghur genocide? - An article by @FreeUyghurNow
“The Government Never Oppresses Us”: China’s proof-of-life videos as intimidation and a violation of Uyghur family unity.
Disinformation, Propaganda and The Uyghur Crisis: The Chinese government’s attempts to craft and promote a false narrative, in respond to international criticism of its large-scale detention of Uyghurs and other Turkic people.
The fight is far from over: A recent investigation uncovers over 5 million blanked out spots in Baidu Maps which reveal 428 locations in Xinjiang bearing hallmarks of newly built concentration camps.
Disguised as a bogus 'poverty alleviation' scheme, an ethnic Han manager at a garment factory in Xinjiang discloses disturbing details of local Uyghurs’ abuse.
New evidence indicates that ‘graduating’ detainees from Xinjiang’s ‘re-education camps’ have been sent directly to factories to work in other parts of China. - Demand action for brands to stop the exploit of Uyghurs.
Uyghur exile in Turkey describes cruelty of Chinese camps
NYTimes: Inside China’s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers
Uyghur genocide is a physical genocide.
What has happened to me: a testimony of an Uyghur woman
Forced to teach in Uyghur concentration camp: Sayragul Sauytbay says that she was made to work as a teacher in a detention camp holding Uyghur Muslims. - Audio Interview with the BBC.
A report by BMC Medical Ethics revealed Uyghur detainees being used for organs harvesting by falsifying organ donation data. (source). A lawyer representing The China Tribunal addressed the UN council with proof of organ harvesting (source).
Hair products such as wigs are allegedly made of Uyghur detainees hair (source)
Uyghur women are forced to marry and sleep with Han Chinese men to remove them out of Islam. Many detainees are subject to pack r*pe. (source).
Inmates were sometimes forced to eat pork, forbidden in Islam, as punishment (Source 1, 2)
Petitions
do not donate to change.org petitions. your donation does not go directly to the cause!
China: Respect Uyghur Rights Before Hosting 2022 Olympics #NoRightsNoGames2022
Add your name to Freedom United’s call on Zara and Nike to exit the Uyghur Region
Tell Apple to stop using Uyghur forced labour through Freedom United’s campaign
To United Nations: Justice For Muslims in Chinese Concentration Camps
Torchlight Uyghur Group: Release the 1 Million Uyghurs Detained in Nazi-Style Concentration Camps
To United Nations: Stop China From Torturing Muslims In Concentration Camps
Demand China Release 3 Million Uyghurs Before Coronavirus Outbreaks in Concentration Camp
Tell Congress To Pass Legislation On Human Rights Abuses In Xinjiang, China
Justin Trudeau: Le désistement de l'appui de l'Algérie à l'internement des Ouïghours au Xinjiang
Free the Uyghurs! *almost 1M signatures!
Investigate the Exploitation of Uyghurs in Chinese Factories
Stand Up For The Uyghur Muslims In China *3M signatures needed!
My mother is a retired medical doctor. Free her from China's Concentration Camp!
Government of Canada: Petition To Make It A Hate Crime To Remove A Hijab From A Muslim Woman’s Head
Mobilise the cause
Time is up. Tell your favorite brands to stop profiting from Uyghur forced labour.
End Uyghur Forced Labour
Join the #NoRightsNoGames campaign - Find your national Olympic committee here and contact them (Here's a .txt sample of a message you can use.)
Demand a call for action, write to your local officials, your country's ambassador to China and China's embassy in your country. Here are infos and a template provided by IUHRD.
Share petitions
Tweet @Olympics The IOC has a responsibility to ensure that the Olympic Games are held in a country that respects international norms. If China maintains its internment camp policy into 2022, they are not a fit host. #NoRightsNoGames2022
Write to the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies. Urge action to trace missing family members of Uyghurs.
Call your US congress representative
Share UHRP's briefings with your community leaders, your Muslim leaders, and ask them to speak about these issues. (1, 2)
Boycott your favourite companies complicit in Uyghur forced labour. (Buy local or thrift instead!) - Here are the fortune 500 companies doing business in Xinjiang
Boycott made in China cotton
Advocacy groups
Bitter Winter
Campaign for Uyghurs website
Darman Foundation
Free Uyghur Now
International Support for Uyghurs
Lawyers for Uyghur Rights
NoRightsNoGames website
Save Uyghur
The Silence to You by Yu-Jing Huang
The Tarim Network
Uyghur Tribunal
Uyghur Human Rights Project twitter instagram
Uyghur American Association
Uyghur Bulletin
Uyghur Congress website
Uyghur Aid twitter
Uyghur Pulse channel
World Uyghur Congress
Xinjiang Victims Database
Donate
Fund Uyghur Tribunal: UK Tribunal to investigate China’s alleged genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur and other Muslim population
Uyghur Documentary Film Fundraiser
Support a Uyghur concentration camp survivor in the U.S
Buy Uyghur cookbook 'Silk Road Recipes: Parida's Uyghur Cookbook' by Gulmira Propper
Muslimgiving: Feed a Uyghur family
OnenationUK: Help feed Uyghur family refugees in Istanbul
Stop Uyghur Genocide
Charity Right: Support 400 women with children whose husbands are missing or are locked away with nutritious food packs
Ummah Welfare Trust: Help Uyghur refugees in Turkey with financial and household aid
Xinjiang Victims Database Testimony Work
Crowdsource medical examinations for Xinjiang ex-detainees
Shukr Foundation: Donate to distribute Qurban in Turkey to Uyghur widows, orphans and other vulnerable Turkic people
Google Uyghur
Let's defend Uyghur culture in Europe
Support Uyghur Human Rights Project
Support Save Uyghur Campaign
More sources
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Let's Get Involved
Help the Uyghurs carrd
Justice For Uyghur Muslims carrd
Save the Uyghurs carrd
The Torture of Uyghur Muslims carrd
The Uyghur Plight carrd
Uyghur Muslim Genocide carrd
Who are Uyghur carrd
Uyghurs on Instagram
Compilation of Instagram accounts on Uyghur culture and people.
@learning.uyghur
@touchofturkestan
@uyghurphotos
@uyghur_people
@uyghurwomenig
@uyghurum.music
@uyghurcollective
Uyghur Business
Buy their stuff, check them out or simply share their profile to others!
Alim Adil Couture
A New Path Clothing
Guzel Zakir Art
Simo Basic
The Uyghur Collective
Activists
A list of advocates for Uyghur rights and voices. Follow them on their respective social medias for more news and close updates on the fight for Uyghur rights.
Abdurehim Gheni
Alfred Uyghur
Arfat Erkin
Aydin Anwar
Erkin Sidick
Jewher Ilham instagram twitter
Raphaël Glucksmann instagram twitter
Zumretay Arkin
Support Uyghurs
Here are some ways you can help amplify Uyghur voices and culture.