Boston Uyghur Association
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بوستۇن ئۇيغۇر بىرلەشمىسى A non profit advocacy organization based in Boston, Email: info @bostonuyghur .org Be a volunteer or donate:
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East Turkestan flag once again raised at Boston city hall on Nov 12th, our national day.
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We had the pleasure of hosting our first Uyghur Cultural Festival! Thank you to all who came on a Thursday afternoon. We hope to continue providing the greater Boston community with more opportunities to learn and share in Uyghur culture, history, food, and humanitarian issues.
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Uyghurs stand with Ukraine!
We simply can’t let authoritarian regimes like Russia and China get away with they crimes against humanity.
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Using the data from
@shahitbiz
, we are launching a new campaign of sending greeting cards to innocent prisoners in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). This would be a simple act from you, but it would mean a lot for the prisoners if they do receive it.
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Starting from this Saturday, we will start protesting in front of VolksWagen dealerships in Boston area.
@VWGroup
still have factories running in the Uyghur region using forced labor.
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Happy Doppa day. Doppa refers to the traditional Uyghur hat. Doppa day was initiated more than 10 years ago by young leaders in order to preserve our culture. In the beginning, authorities showed some support, but not long after, they prevented anyone from celebrating this day…
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This weekend we were at New England Muslim Festival talking about Uyghur culture and the current political situation. We want to thank the organizers for creating such a great event, and for all the people who stopped by to talk to us and to write postcards to Uyghurs in prison.
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People in mainland China are celebrating the new year while millions of Uyghurs are still facing a genocide under CCP.
Local Bostonian Uyghurs are doing a protest at Harvard Square on Sat, Feb 13th at 1pm. Please join us to hear Uyghur stories first hand.
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We invite you to join our 2nd annual Uyghur Cultural Festival.
Sign up by 6/15 at (space is limited)
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GDA protest in Boston along with Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers, Chinese and Taiwanese allies. Our goal is to stop the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
#NoBeijing2022
#NoRightsNoGames
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Yalqun Rozi, father of
@KYalqun
&
@YTumaris
.
Yalqun is a renowned scholar and critic among Uyghurs. In 2018, he was sentenced to 15 years for his role in textbook editorial.
#WriteToUyghurs
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Kamile Wayit, sister of
@KewserWayit
.
Kamile is a 19-year-old college student in Henan. She was detained on Dec 12th, 2022 when she returned home in Atush, Xinjiang.
#WriteToUyghurs
@freekamile
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This Sunday, there will be screening of a short film, Whispers of Hope, featuring the Boston Uyghur Community.
The filmmaker will be present for a discussion after the screening.
Trailer can be seen here:
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Join us on Sunday (Feb 5th) at 2pm for a demonstration at Harvard Square. We will be commemorating the victims of the Ghulja Massacre from Feb 5th 1997.
#uyghur
#ghuljamassacre
#china
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Our
#Boston
coalition team once again demonstrated its strength to China’s ambassador
@AmbXieFeng
at
@Kennedy_School
Special thanks to
@SFTHQ
- Boston chapter for organizing this. Thanks all for showing up despite heavy rain.
#China
#tibet
#HongKong
#harvard
#Uyghur
#harvard
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Renagul Gheni, sister of
@Qelbinur10
.
Renagul was an art teacher in Charchan county. She was detained in Aug 2018 and later sentenced to 17 years for keeping Quran and praying at her father’s funeral.
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Join us on Monday, Feb 5th at 6:30 pm for a vigil at Harvard Square (in the pit). We will be commemorating the victims of the Ghulja Massacre from Feb 5th 1997.
#uyghur
#feb5th
#ghuljamassacre
#ghulja
#ili
#demonstration
#vigil
#eastturkistan
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Thanks everyone for coming out in such a short notice. Despite the rain, we got more than 30 people and many of them are Han Chinese. It shows the resistance is moving in right direction.
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On this Thanksgiving, we are thankful to our followers and supporters of the Uyghur Cause. To show our gratitude, we’ve partnered with
@theuyghurcollective
to give away a t-shirt to 50 randomly chosen winners within next 24 hours.
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Today, we joined an Iftar at
@Northeastern
organized by its MSA. Dozens of students participated in our campaign and wrote postcards to innocent prisoners. On this 27th night of Ramadan, we hope you keep
#Uyghurs
in your dua.
#WriteToUyghurs
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This weekend we joined the Iranian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Chinese democracy communities to protest against dictatorships. Despite the unsurprising Boston weather, the event was very well organized by
@BostontoIran
and had great turnout.
#IWD
#bostontoiranwomen
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Ekpar Asat, brother of
@RayhanAsat
.
Ekpar was a young entrepreneur, philanthropist and creator of a popular Uyghur website, Baghdax. He was detained in 2016 and later sentenced to 15 years.
#WriteToUyghurs
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On the 29th day of Ramadan, we joined an Iftar at
@Harvard
and asked students to write postcards to innocent
#Uyghur
,
#Kazakh
and other detainees in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). Glad dozens of students were willing to help.
Please always keep us in your prayers.
#WriteToUyghurs
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We will be at the
@thermofisher
headquarter in Waltham on Friday to demand them to uphold their corporate responsibility and stop aiding and abetting in China’s massive campaign of non consensual DNA collection especially towards Uyghurs and Tibetans.
#uyghur
#tibet
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Please join us in remembering the #Ürümchifire victims of 11/24/22, and the 1 year anniversary of the
#WhitePaperMovement
.
Meet us at the pit behind the Harvard Square Station at 7:30 pm, Dec 2nd! Bring your flowers, electric candles, and posters.
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One of our supporters in Utah started mailing out dozens of postcards. If they were to receive these cards, this would mean world to them.
#WriteToUyghurs
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We had a few people come up to ask us about how they can help. Please remember to keep boycotting made in China products, as well as companies that are complicit in forced labor such as Nike, Zara, Shein, and so on.
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Thanks everyone for joining us at
@vwmedford
last week. We appreciate it. This week our coalition group will be covering 3 dealerships. We will NOT stop until we reach our goal. Currently more than 20 cities participate across the globe. Please join us!
@BugTheRabbit
@VWGroup
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Very fortunate to have the amazing Uyghur photographer and calligrapher Ablikim Emet residing in the Boston area.
His photo exhibition sponsored by
@Harvard
and
@UyghurAcademyUS
started last week. Opening ceremony was yesterday.
Photos are up till June 30th. Go check them out.
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Sadir Eli, father of
@SadirAdila
.
Sadir is a 52-year-old businessman and a banker. He was sentenced to 20 years in 2018 for fasting during Ramadan.
#WriteToUyghurs
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Had a very successful coalition protest today. Honored to have
@BenForWard3
@erika4rep
@MayaMitalipova
and many others as guest speakers. Thanks to everyone that could join us today. We will have Tuft’s CI closed in no time.
@MonacoAnthony
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Happy Ramadan! Last year, we we able to collect and distribute almost $1000 zakat to the needy. We can help facilitate same way this year. Thanks for everyone’s support.
#zakat
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Thank you
@isbcc
for giving us a space to introduce our culture and our cause to the greater Boston community on past Saturday. It’s always amazing to see representatives from so many different cultures come together over shared experiences and food!
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Great to meet with
@RepStanley
in Waltham today.
We explained the
#Uyghur
genocide and discussed what he can do for us as a State Representative.
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Mailing another batch of cards to innocent prisoners in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). So far, 500 postcards are sent.
There are almost 2000 people with addresses and we are hoping to send each person at least one card.
Join the campaign:
#WriteToUyghurs
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27 years ago, on Feb 5th, 1997, Uyghur youth in Ghulja protested for Justice in sub zero degree and China responded with violence. We will never forget the Ghulja massacre that took place on that day.
#Uyghurs
#ghulja
#ghuljamassacre
#eastturkestan
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Even if not, it would put pressure towards China and shows that people outside do care.
If you would like to participate, please fill out this form.
You can send your own customized messages about Eid or anything else you would like to say to them.
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And not surprisingly
@CityOfBoston
’s Asylum Office is the 2nd lowest in the nation to accept Asylees. New York is the lowest.
⚡️ New
@UyghurProject
report TOMORROW!
"No Time to Lose: Uyghurs Stuck in the United States Asylum System"
In our new report by
@henrykszad
, we document the plight of Uyghur asylum seekers in 🇺🇸 suffering long delays in the asylum process.
Watch this space!
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While it is no secret that Uyghurs are facing genocide in East Turkistan, here we are in the free world, witnessing, once again, our traditional dances and dresses are being culturally appropriated. Truly outrageous!
Yesterday’s event by
@QARI1509
& sponsored by
@CityofQuincy
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Happening in Boston tomorrow organized by Chinese dissidents
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Thank you everyone for coming despite a weekday morning. We marched down from Massachusetts State House to China Town in Boston.
Appreciate all the speakers. We cannot let China get away with
#StarvationGenocide
in East Turkestan.
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Come join our protest in front of the Thailand consulate this Friday, May 5th at 3-4 pm. Recently two Uyghurs have died in a Thailand detention center, where they had been kept since 2014. There are still around 50 Uyghurs detained there.
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Boston Uyghur Association will be participating in New England’s biggest Muslim Festival this Sunday, Sep 3rd 12-7pm to show Uyghur culture and raise awareness on the current Uyghur crisis.
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On our postcard campaign, we are highlighting Elijan Mamut, father of
@sydaaaAli
.
Elijan is 48, and a businessman. He is missing since May 2017. His daughters are advocating for him for years, but there is barely any news from him.
#WriteToUyghurs
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So far we mailed about 100 cards, and we would like to send thousands. We can mail you pre-addressed and pre-stamped cards if you would like. Please follow the instructions on the form.
You could also run this campaign within your group of friends, and we could reimburse you.
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On Friday, we attended
@freeuyghurnow
’s last stop of their Uyghur awareness tour at
@Northeastern
.
@KabirQurban
gave a great talk about who Uyghurs are, why these issues are happening, and what people can do to help.
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Thank you to those who came out to the vigil on Saturday - no one is free until we are all free from the CCP regime.
There must be justice for those who died last year in the #Ürümchifire and from the zero covid policies.
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It was good to see
@SenMarkey
come and talk to us at our tent as well, and share words of solidarity with the Uyghur community.
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Oct1st marks the 73rd anniversary of the CCP regime. The Boston Uyghur Association along with SFT Boston, FAPA, HKSAM, and TAB Boston came together to protest against what the Chinese government has stood for during this time: Suffering. Oppression. Genocide.
#globaldayofaction
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This coming weekend,
@menevere
and renowned Uyghur calligrapher Ablikim Emet will be introducing Uyghur calligraphy at Lowell Folk Festival, one of the largest folk festivals in the US.
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We thank everyone who came out yesterday. It does take a lot of courage and strength for Uyghurs to stand up against a genocide being committed by the 2nd most powerful country in the world. However, we can’t stop. It’s your responsibility as much as ours.
#UyghurGenocide
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Currently the protest is happening in more than 20 cities across the globe and we are growing. We will NOT stop protesting until we shut down the
@volkswagen
factory in occupied East Turkistan (Xinjiang).
Reach out if you want to be part of the campaign.
#VWfinancesgenocide
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FYI, registration deadline is today!
We invite you to join our 2nd annual Uyghur Cultural Festival.
Sign up by 6/15 at (space is limited)
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Today’s protest at
@vwmedford
was quite successful. We had open conversation with the manager. We emphasized that we won’t stop demonstrating until we reach our goal of shutting down the
@VW
factory in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and message was delivered to the headquarter...
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Happy International Mother Language Day!
Boston Uyghur School students are also featured on this video.
Happy
#InternationalMotherLanguageDay
from Uyghur Schools around America! So glad to be apart of this amazing community trying to keep the Uyghur language alive!
Watch full video here:
@UN
@UNESCO
@UyghurAcademyUS
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Coming up tomorrow
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You can also call your government representatives to ask them to support Uyghur-related bills. And of course - please keep spreading awareness! Don’t forget about the Uyghur genocide.
#freeuyghurs
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Sadir is believed to be serving his sentence in Aghu (阿湖) prison in Atush, Xinjiang.
Please show your support to Sadir and write to him.
You can submit your request using google form below and we will post some of the postcards here.
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🚨Saudi
@KSAmofaEN
will be deporting
#Uyghur
Abula & 13-year-old Baibure.
Please call the Saudi Embassy and urge them to stop!
@UNHumanRights
@ipacglobal
@UNHCRUK
@secblinken
@mevlutcavusoglu
do NOT let this happen.
Via
@FreeUyghurNow
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For months afterwards, people involved in the demonstrations were hunted down, imprisoned and tortured. 26 years later, the situation has deteriorated into genocide. We must not let this continue.
Please come to show your support and learn about what is happening.
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Join us on this Sat, Oct 1st!
In
#Boston
? Join GDA to protest:
-
#starvationgenocide
against Uyghurs
-
#zerocovidpolicy
lockdowns against Tibetans + Uyghurs
-Systematic collection of DNA from Tibetans
-Jailing speech therapists in Hong Kong for publishing “seditious” children’s books
📍Boston City Hall 11 AM
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Renagul is believed to be serving her sentence in Sanji (Changji) prison .
Please show your support to Renagul Gheni and write to her.
You can submit your request using google form below and we will post some of the postcards here.
#WriteToUyghurs
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Boston based famous Uyghur photographer and calligrapher Ablikim Emet’s photos are featured on this article. You can visit Harvard and see his photos in person until end of June.
NEW ARTICLE
Stunning shots by photographer Ablikim Amat capture the natural beauty that’s at stake in the Uyghur region, where China is extracting the land's abundant natural resources.
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Why is this making the headline so late? But late is better than never
Muslims in China's Xinjiang are flagged as ‘violent extremists’ for simply practising their religion, says Human Rights Watch
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If you would like to support this campaign financially, our Zelle is info
@bostonuyghur
.org. For donating via other methods, please see .
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Banning an app takes years in the US, while it takes only days in China. That’s how they brag about “effectiveness” of their political system.
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Great thread summarizes the broken immigration system in the US.
Many
#Uyghurs
including Bostonian Uyghurs have been deeply affected by this policy for years. No need to mention Boston is 2nd last to accept Asylees in the nation.
This is the first time I travel abroad using this refugee travel doc since I was granted asylum in the US. I've always said that I am just lucky in this process while thousands of
#Hongkongers
&
#Uyghurs
struggle to see progress on their asylum applications . 🧵US lifeboat policy
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We haven’t posted much recently, but our
@VW
protest is still ongoing at
@vwmedford
and a few other dealerships in Boston area.
@BugTheRabbit
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We had very unpleasant experience at the
@vwmedford
dealership today. Of course, they were not happy to see us again. However, they started throwing our flyers on the ground, started yelling at us and honking. We were frustrated over their disrespectful treatment...
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Sad
NEW: The Discovery Channel produced a "documentary" about Xinjiang with CCP outlet CGTN, airing last month. It presented a sanitized version of the region, where Beijing is carrying out crimes against humanity.
@RepJimBanks
led a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David
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Happening tomorrow
🚨 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION 🌎
October 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the PRC. While 🇨🇳 hosts celebrations whitewashing their atrocious human rights record with false notions of liberation and progress, we will be taking to the streets to highlight the real truth of Tibet's history
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Today’s Monthly vigil at Harvard Square. See you next month on on 3rd Thursday, which is March 21st 7-8pm.
PS: We congratulate
@RepYoungKim
’s “
#Uyghur
Policy Act” passed the House. Looking forward to its next steps in the Senate going smooth.
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Thank you 🙏
Congrats
#Waltam
-based
@BostonUyghur
& Angel Dance Company on receiving
@masscultural
FY22 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Arts & Culture COVID-19 Recovery Program grants! S/O to my
@asiancaucusma
colleagues for prioritizing this $$ in FY22 budget!
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We are one year closer to our independence!
Happy East Turkestan National Day!
#ETNationalDay
#Uyghur
#Boston
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For those who couldn’t make it to the protest, please follow the action items in this flyer:
Call
@ChineseEmbinUS
&
@AmbQinGang
demanding China to stop
#StarvationGenocide
!
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On that day, a peaceful demonstration against the government’s failures to protect Uyghurs from societal issues like drug abuse and joblessness turned into a massacre as the police cracked down with violent force.
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