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@StudentsUyghurs
for our student wing.
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@UyghurStop_Uy
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On the eve of the
#GenocideGames
, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers and Tigrayans are staging an alternative opening ceremony to protest the Chinese gov's atrocities and the IOC's complicity.
Expect speeches from MPs & activists, political theatre and a ceremonial torch.
The UK parliament unanimously declares China to be perpetrating genocide.
This is an historic move. We thank the House of Commons for making the right decision.
Extremely encouraging that Canada has voted to recognise the situation in the Uyghur region as genocide.
The UK cannot shirk its international duties. Only passage of the
#GenocideAmendment
will allow us to hold China's Government to account.
A massive thank you to all those who came out today to protest against Volkswagen operating in the Uyghur region. Your courage and your commitment is inspiring!
Join us at 1:30pm on Thursday for a socially distanced protest in Parliament Square to demand the UK recognises the situation in the Uyghur region as genocide
A woman who spoke out on the use of rape against Uyghurs got a call from her sister back in China. But it wasn’t her face who appeared but this police officer who warned “your family & relatives are with us. You must think very carefully about that fact.”
🟡🚨 LIB DEMS INCLUDE UYGHURS IN PARTY MANIFESTO! 🚨🟡
We thank the
@LibDems
for their commitment to recognise the
#uyghurgenocide
and the atrocious human rights abuses happening in the Uyghur Region of so-called "
#Xinjiang
" 🙏🧵 (1/2).
A significant move by University of Manchester. Other Universities should follow suit and end their commercial relationships with companies linked to the Uyghur region.
Tomorrow, we join Tibetans and Hong Kongers outside the BBC to mark one month until the Beijing Olympics.
We are calling on broadcasters to use this global event to highlight the practice of mass human rights abuses, rather than allow the Games to distract from the atrocities.
Student leaders from universities around the UK have added their name to this open letter to
@DominicRaab
asking him to endorse the
#GenocideAmendment
.
Dominic, will you listen?
THREAD: Barcelona footballer
@AntoGriezmann
ended his relationship with Huawei after reports the tech giant developed facial recognition software that would identify Uyghurs for Chinese police. Let's ask British celebrities linked to Huawei if they will follow his lead 1/
TODAY Stop Uyghur Genocide joined Tibetan and Hong Kong allies on Westminster Bridge to stand in solidarity with the brave
#Sitongbridge
protestor in
#Beijing
.
Resistance movements across the globe will continue to amplify this call for dignity, freedom and justice✊
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
BREAKING NEWS: UK PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO DELARE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS PERPETRATING GENOCIDE & CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY UYGHURS.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
This year marks 29 years since China won its first medal at the Winter Olympic Games in 1992.
Photos show Ye Qiaobo celebrating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics on February 20, 1992. Looking forward to China hosting the
#Beijing2022
Winter Olympic Games! 👏
Next week, Parliament has the chance to recognise the crimes against Uyghurs for what they are: a genocide. If ever you have wanted to help Uyghurs, now is the time. Contact your MP & tell them it's time to follow other parliaments and called it genocide.
🧵 On February 5th, we will be marking the anniversary of The Ghulja Massacre and remembering its victims. We invite you to read the informative threads that will be published by our team in the lead-up to this date ➡️
@MahmutRahima
@CommunityUyghur
@UyghurCongress
@CUyghurs
On Friday we're protesting 72 years of violent CCP Gov't. Rally starts at Piccadilly Circus at 18:30, then we'll march to the Chinese Embassy.
We'll be joined by key voices in the movement, including
@benedictrogers
,
@finnlau_cd
,
@MahmutRahima
and friends from
@UkTibetan
.
"Every time I see a world leader shaking hands with Xi Jinping, I am reminded that the survival of my community is not important enough for them to take a stand."
An incredibly powerful statement from
@MahmutRahima
at the
@ipacglobal
#G20
counter-meeting this morning.
9 years ago today Professor Ilham Tohti was arrested for his promotion of peaceful dialogue on the discrimination of Uyghur people.
Nearly a decade later, Professor Tohti remains in detention. Our thoughts are with his family, who we join in demanding his immediate release.
Our director
@MahmutRahima
on why she needs MPs to vote for
@timloughton
’s motion calling for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Write to your MP at and ask them to say no to the
#GenocideGames
With just over a year until
#Beijing2022
there are reports that the Chinese Govt believe it will be a propaganda coup for them. We want to make sure nobody can talk about the Games without mention of the
#Uyghur
Genocide. Help us by tweeting that these are the
#GenocideGames
Crucial solidarity from Bosnia & Herzegovnia's Islamic Community over
@WMuslimCC
's offensive & painful comments following their trip to the Uyghur region.
The Chinese regime's policies are not 'counter-terrorism measures,' they are the tools of genocide.
“When Western leaders chose to welcome China back into the global community after Tiananmen, they told our oppressors that the world was willing to accept their transgressions. We have been paying the price ever since.”
@MahmutRahima
&
@wuerkaixi
:
@ChineseEmbinUS
Spinning forced sterilisation & abortion, mass rape and violence against women as 'emancipation' is obscene. Here's the reality in the words of women from the Uyghur region.
We are deeply disturbed by the news that
@jooeysiiu
and Tsela Zoksang have been arrested in Greece. Freedom of speech and protest are fundamental rights. Full solidarity with these young and brave activists. They must be released immediately.
🚨BREAKING!🚨
Tibet & Hong Kong student activists have just been arrested at the Acropolis in Athens in protest of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, just 48 hours before the Olympic Torch will be handed to Beijing in the very same place.
Follow this space for more updates.
Huge turnout to our anti-CCP Day protest on the 72nd year of the Chinese Regime’s cruelty and violence.
@MahmutRahima
spoke passionately about the genocide of her people. Solidarity in the crowd was strong.
No amount of cute branding by the Chinese government can disguise that
#Beijing2022
is the
#GenocideGames
This is what they are trying to distract the world from. WARNING: disturbing content.
Tonight at Trafalgar Square, our Executive Director,
@MahmutRahima
, delivered a powerful speech to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Round three of the
#GenocideAmendment
votes are coming up very soon. Keep your eyes peeled as we have lots of big plans in the works. We are really going to need everyone's support this time around, so please do write to your MP and ask them to back the genocide amendment today.
“Hundreds of thousands of children left in the care of extended families following the detention of their parents have been forcibly removed to State institutions...Infants as young as a few months old have been removed from their families.”
🚨LIVE NOW🚨
We're outside the FCDO with a group of Uyghur community members, activists and allies to demand a meeting with Foreign Sec
@JamesCleverly
.
Erkin Tuniyaz should never have been invited to the UK, now the Uyghur community demand engagement of their own.
#TuniyazOUT
A legal filing, a protest, a cross-community letter and countless articles later it's been confirmed: genocide perpetrator Tuniyaz will not meet with the FCDO.
This is a HUGE win for the
#Uyghur
community and all those who stand beside them.
#NEW
We understand from 🇬🇧 government sources that the meeting between
@FCDOGovUK
officials and Erkin
#Yuniyaz
will not be taking place.
IPAC would like to thank the many politicians and activists who came together in this successful campaign.
We are so pleased that the House of Commons has voted for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics - unanimously passing the motion.
Thank you to all of the MPs, organisations, and individuals who stood in solidarity with the Uyghurs, and against the
#GenocideGames
.
Listen to
@doritoliver
's personal plea to
@BorisJohnson
and
@10DowningStreet
this morning on
@SkyNews
.
'Commerce and money is of course, very important, we all have to live. But human life is more important.'
Sign her petition here:
🚨EMERGENCY PROTEST🚨
📆Feb 13
⏰10am-5pm
📍UK Foreign Office
On Monday
@MahmutRahima
& fellow activists will be outside the FCDO demanding a meeting with
@JamesCleverly
.
Meetings should be with Uyghur activists & survivors, NOT perpetrators of genocide.
Join us in protest👇🏼
#BREAKING
We are outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall where is the new Chinese Embassy site is being discussed.
Plans promise a huge upscaling of the 🇨🇳Embassy & a pledge to spend 200k+ on CCTV cameras around the site.
This is a threat to all communities facing the CCP’s repression.
.
@Lord_Collins
do you commit to standing with the Uyghurs & protecting our NHS?
Uyghur activist
@MahmutRahima
is calling on you to support amendment 108 to the Health & Care Bill, which would prevent the procurement of NHS equipment from areas at risk of genocide
#UnmaskGenocide
🚨BREAKING🚨 The
@TribunalUyghur
has declared the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uyghurs & other Turkic groups in the Uyghur Region. The UK gov now must fulfil its moral & legal obligations to act to prevent these atrocities from taking place any longer.
Uyghurs must "register" with authorities if they are fasting. In reality, this means fasting is banned. If growing a long beard is grounds for arrest, no Uyghur can "register" their fast without fear. An egregious violation of basic religious rights.
Action Alert: Write to your MP to ask them to vote for Tim Loughton's motion calling for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
You can write to your MP in under a minute using this link:
Say no to the
#GenocideGames
This Friday marks one-year anniversary since the Urumchi Fire. China’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown measures resulted in the casualties of nearly 50 people on 24 November 2022.
Join us for the vigil this week to commemorate the victims 🕯️
6:30pm-7:30pm
49 Portland Place
W1B 1JL
“Alicia Kearns has joined officials demanding action on Uyghur forced labour in solar supply chains.”
We are glad to see 43 MPs and 32 NGOs signing the statement, and are grateful to
@aliciakearns
and all the signatories for the support of
#Uyghur
cause.
The Chinese Government put sanctions on a law firm whose landmark legal advice concluded a genocide is taking place against Uyghurs. They forced the firm to remove the opinion, but we still have it. They want to silence those speaking out, so here is a thread on its contents. 1/
Before voting tomorrow, please watch this video
@halfon4harlowM
. Holocaust survivor Ruth Barnett MBE recorded this message, on behalf of Stop Uyghur Genocide and
@YetAgainUK
for you.
Thank you to everyone who joined our powerful gathering today at Royal Mint Court. Your solidarity with the
#Uyghur
,
#Tibetan
,
#HongKong
, and
#SouthernMongolia
communities sends a powerful message against the CCP’s atrocities.
Today, our coalition of Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong groups marched from Piccadilly Circus to the Chinese embassy to mark the 73rd anniversary of the formation of the PRC.
Hundreds of protestors spoke with one voice: our struggle and resistance is shared.
Proud to announce that our Executive Director
@MahmutRahima
has been awarded the World Uyghur Congress Outstanding Achievement Award.
Thank you
@UyghurCongress
for recognising Rahima's hard work and dedication.
On December 10 we joined Tibetan, Hongkonger and Chinese democracy activist for our annual Human Rights Day rally.
It's amazing to see our coalition grow and strengthen year on year.
"This is not an isolated or temporary problem. It must be a policy."
Key report on forced organ harvesting, with reference to the "halal" organs of Uyghurs appealing to Muslim "organ tourists." This gruesome practice reveals the Chinese regimes depravity.
Proud to be with the Tibetan community today on Tibetan National Uprising Day.
Tibet has been under occupation for over 70 years. Since then, human rights have been destroyed in the country.
Uyghurs stand with Tibetans in the shared struggle for justice✊🏼
#NEW
Glasgow council ready to pass our motion banning solar tainted with Uyghur forced labour ‼️
Responsible procurement is vital to securing a just transition which protects Uyghurs from crimes against humanity.
This is what solidarity looks like 👏
After Canada and the United States declared that the crimes against Uyghurs *are* a genocide earlier this week, the Dutch parliament became the latest to vote to recognise the genocide.
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Baren Massacre. Please read our post, and learn about what happened. ➡️
Please remember the victims of the Baren Massacre of 5/4/1990 & demand life, human rights, and freedom for the Uyghur people. 🙏🧵
#BarenMassacre
#UyghurGenocide
Today, people all over the world are taking to Volkswagen showrooms to protest and ask them to close their factory in the Uyghur region.
Join us in taking a stand.
🪧Share your experiences today with
#VWStopUyghurGenocide
📝Sign the pledge at
We came tantalisingly close to passing the
#GenocideAmendment
But we did win sanctions on some of those who are directing the genocide against Uyghurs. Our campaign to recognise the genocide continues. Thanks to the MPs and the tens of thousands of campaigners who supported us.
"use the platform it gives us to generate maximum attention on China’s human rights violations...turn Beijing 2022 from a propaganda victory for the CCP into a publicity coup for the cause of freedom & human dignity"
@benedictrogers
on the
#GenocideGames
Outside the Hikvision expo with
@BigBrotherWatch
protesting the use of Hikvision equipment by UK public bodies.
This surveillance tech is integral to the mass-criminalisation and detention of Uyghurs. The U.K must stop funding genocide.
Stop Uyghur Genocide are now in Piccadilly Circus with activist groups,
@Nus_Ghani
,
@Afzal4Gorton
and
@DavidAltonHL
.
To all here - thank you for standing against the
#GenocideGames
in solidarity with Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers and Tigrayans
Labour voted for the resolution naming a genocide against the Uyghurs. How will they bring CCP to account?
Will they:
- ban imports of products made by forced labour?
- require businesses to ensure their supply chains are -free of this?
- stop new trade agreements?
@DavidAltonHL
‼️🔈We are
#hiring
a Communications Officer and Coordinator.
Please send your CV and covering letter, addressing how you meet the requirements in the person specification to contact
@stopuyghurgenocide
.co.uk by 12th September, 23:59 pm.
Full details in the thread below ⬇️
"The UK is still shipping in products made from Uyghur blood labour, the Government is still contracting firms complicit in genocide such as Hikvision"
@aliciakearns
gave an impassioned plea to the Government to sever links between the British taxpayer and the Uyghur genocide.
📢 The message from our Exec Director,
@MahmutRahima
, on
#InternationalWomensDay
. The theme of this day in 2024 is “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress.” We encourage you to help us demand accountability for Uyghur women and empower them by investing in their courageous voices.
We are proud to share our open letter on the
@TribunalUyghur
's landmark verdict, signed by some of the leading voices on the Uyghur Genocide.
It is time for
@BorisJohnson
and
@trussliz
to uphold their legal and moral duties to the Uyghur people.
📝🧵 Today marks
#WorldPoetryDay
!
Despite facing persecution from the Chinese government, the Uyghurs continue to write poems in their native language, in defiance against cultural erosion under the CCP regime.
Art: Marwayit Hapiz.
Source: The Atlantic and Radio Free Asia.
Our Director
@MahmutRahima
will be on
@RestIsPolitics
Leading podcast with
@campbellclaret
discussing the Uyghur struggle, her activism & culture.
Uyghur activists take risks every day to speak out. It's crucial this lived experience is platformed.
Tune in next week to listen!
🚨We have our first result: the Gov has promised a review into NHS procurement🚨
We are banking this progress, but it is nowhere near enough. We urgently need
@sajidjavid
and
@pritipatel
to take meaningful action to ensure that Uyghur slave-made products stop entering our NHS.
Today is Mihray Erkin's birthday. Mihray was detained by Chinese authorities when she returned to the Uyghur region after learning her father was in a camp, later dying in their custody. Solidarity to her family, who deserve justice. This is the Chinese gov's cruelty laid bare.
TOMORROW - we are co-hosting an alternative Olympic torch relay to 'Say No to the Genocide Games' alongside
@neveragain
,
@YetAgainUK
,
@BTB_UK
,
@freetibetorg
and other brilliant organisations. Join us at Trafalgar Square @ 12pm.
‼️📣 We are happy to announce that SUG is
#hiring
a Campaigns Officer.
If you have skills, experience, and aptitude we are looking for, and want to help a small but dynamic human rights
#charity
grow, please send your CV and cover letter to contact
@stopyghurgenocide
.co.uk.
We will be outside the Chinese Embassy on the 9th of December at 6pm for a peaceful protest and commemoration.
Join us as members of the Uyghur community share their stories and commemorate missing loved ones in the wake of the
@tribunaluyghur
's landmark verdict.
This
#InternationalWomensDay
's we are asking the world to
#BreaktheSilence
on the Chinese government's assault on Uyghur women.
No woman should live with the trauma of child separation, forced sterilisation, torture and sexual violence. We all have a responsibility to speak out.
A reminder that the surveillance technology used to monitor Uyghurs held in concentration camps is found across UK schools, hospitals and government buildings.
The UK gov must
#BanHikvision
to protect national security and prevent the Chinese gov's high-tech genocide.
👁️Hikvision uses facial recognition & behavioural analysis to flag Xinjiang's ethnic minorities to authorities.
A concentration camp survivor revealed to
@ipvideo
how these cameras, which are used across the UK's public sector, were used to surveil him.
🚨 Job opportunity announcement 🚨
Interested in joining our team? We are thrilled to announce that we are advertising for a brand new Campaign Assistant to Director/Researcher.
For more information please see our website:
BREAKING: UK House of Lords passes Lord Blencathra’s Uyghur Slavery Amendment 177 to 135.
Next up: we need MPs to stand with the Uyghur community and support this amendment in the Commons.
#UnmaskSlavery
#StopUyghurGenocide
Uyghur people are missing family members, their language disappearing & community being destroyed. Loved ones are leveraged for silence & those speaking out do so at personal risk. They deserve transparency from the UN +
@mbachelet
, and all of our respect.
HUGE WIN 🚨
Tesco is removing Hikvision and Dahua from its stores, in response to our joint letter with
@freetibetorg
and
@BigBrotherWatch
outlining the companies’ role in the persecution of Uyghurs and Tibetans.
Good move
@Tesco
- who’s next? 👀
“It is a disrespect to what every Uyghur has been forced to endure that the Chinese Regime has, once again, been given the privilege of hosting an Olympic Games”
@MahmutRahima
speaking at the alternative Olympic Torch Rally in Parliament Square today
Doctors, lawyers and human rights campaigners have written to
@GillianKeegan
calling for an inquiry into
@TheBgiGroup
links to UK universities, which threaten national security, data privacy & risk complicity with human rights abuses that enable Uyghur Genocide.
@10DowningStreet
We take great pride in our Executive Director,
@MahmutRahima
, who was invited to and attended the Humanitarian Reception at Buckingham Palace this week, where she had the honour of meeting with His Majesty the King.
Join us on Monday night to learn more about the situation in the Uyghur region and how you can take a stand. Hosted by Durham Students for Uyghurs, the panel will feature
@MahmutRahima
,
@lukedepulford
,
@Joe_E_Collins_
and
@jayapathak_
. Not to be missed!
Imagine your children were taken away from you for no reason and you couldn't get them back. That's the reality for millions of Uyghurs. Please take five minutes to read this heartbreaking BBC report on the stolen Uyghur children.
‼️BREAKING NEWS‼️
This is “the first case in the world” involving Uyghur forced labour to successfully disrupt supply chains which are complicit in the ongoing genocide of Uyghur and other Turkic people in the Uyghur Region!
The Judgment:
Read our 🧵⬇️