Istanbul [Turkey]ANI, 10/12/2010: Uyghur activists protested in front of the Chinese Consulate in Sariyer District Istanbul. They raised concerns about human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang Region.
Around 120 to 130 people, most of them women and children, gathered at the Chinese Consulate around 10:30 AM on Friday. They read Quranic verses and sang National anthems from East Turkestan or Turkey.
Notably, protests were held before Human Rights Day, which is celebrated by the United Nations on December 10.
Abdul Selam Abdullah (a representative of Uyghur NGO East Turkestan Human Rights) called on the International community for help to save the Uyghur population from extinction. He accused the Chinese authorities, under the pretext that Covid-19 control measures were in place, of killing Uyghurs.
Magfiret Ubul and Rusen Mahmud, women activists, raised concerns about forced marriages and sterilization under the Chinese regime. They appealed to humanitarian organizations and other countries for unity against atrocities in East Turkestan.
On the evening of December 8th, representatives of the Refah Party (Welfare) Party as well as NGO Dogu Turkistanlilar Federasyonu protested in front of the Chinese Consulate around 8.30pm (local time).
Mahmud Damollah of the DTF urged Turkey’s government to do more than just issue statements about the Uyghur genocide.
Following the deaths of several Uyghurs during a Urumqi apartment fire on November 24, protests about the Uyghur problem have grown in Turkey. Eight protest demonstrations against China have been held in Turkey since then. (ANI)
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