International Observatory of Human Rights Protests the Unlawful Detention of +1 million Uyghurs in Re-Education Camps in China
5 February 20195:00 pm – 7:00 pm,
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What: A protest outside the Chinese Embassy in solidarity with the Uyghur Community
When: Tuesday 5 February 2019, 5pm to 7pm
Where: Outside the Chinese Embassy, 49-51 Portland Pl, Marylebone, London W1B 1JL
The International Observatory of Human Rights will join the Uyghur community in London outside the Chinese Embassy at 5pm on Tuesday 5 February to protest the unlawful detention and persecution of the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang region of western China.
The protest is being held on the anniversary of the 1997 Ghulja massacre, where hundreds of peaceful protesters were killed by Chinese State security forces. 2019 also marks the 30-year anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, so the protest will be an opportunity to highlight China’s human rights record on the first day of the Chinese New Year of the pig.
The protest is to call on the Chinese authorities to:
- close internment “Re-Education” camps and immediately release all those held in arbitrary detention.
- reveal the names, whereabouts and current status of all those who have been subjected to enforced disappearance in China.
- cease policies of forced cultural assimilation and social re-engineering, known as “Cultural Genocide”, focused on the Uyghurs, Tibetans, Southern Mongolians and other groups.
- allow access for independent investigators to visit and monitor the region.
The plight of the Uyghur people has been raised in both houses of Parliament over the last few months. Mark Field, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office reported “We remain deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We are aware of credible reports of thousands of Uyghurs being held in political re-education camps. UK officials recently visited Xinjiang to see the latest situation at first-hand and found a heavy security presence on the ground.” Another oral parliamentary question on the Uyghurs is scheduled to be raised on 11 February in the House of Lords.
Please show your support and join IOHR in a peaceful stand with members of the Uyghur community.