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An update on the Uyghur Muslims in China.
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Uyghurs have been prohibited from:
- fasting during Ramadan
- attending mosques
- naming children certain muslim names
- wearing long beards and veils
- fasting during Ramadan
- attending mosques
- naming children certain muslim names
- wearing long beards and veils
uyghurs have had:
- graveyards & sacred land systematically destroyed
- language, culture & history systematically erased
- aggressive mass surveillance & police presence
- forced abortions, sterilisation & other population control measures
- graveyards & sacred land systematically destroyed
- language, culture & history systematically erased
- aggressive mass surveillance & police presence
- forced abortions, sterilisation & other population control measures
between 1-3 million uyghurs are currently being held in over 380 concentration camps, but in total nearly 8 million of its population of 22 million may have been through the programme
inside concentration camps they are being subjected to:
- studying communist propaganda
- various forms of torture
- harassment from guards carrying spiked clubs, tear gas & stun guns
- forced labor for sales at home & abroad
- connections to 83 global brands including nike
- studying communist propaganda
- various forms of torture
- harassment from guards carrying spiked clubs, tear gas & stun guns
- forced labor for sales at home & abroad
- connections to 83 global brands including nike
it’s been reported that china have been forcing 570,000 Uyghur muslims and other ethnic minorities to pick cotton in Xinjiang
what you can do to help:
- boycott companies that source their cotton from china; this includes: Adidas, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger & Gap
- boycott the 2022 Olympics which are being held in China
- sign the petitions
- boycott companies that source their cotton from china; this includes: Adidas, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger & Gap
- boycott the 2022 Olympics which are being held in China
- sign the petitions
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