Maira Mirza, Author at Islam21c

Maira Mirza

Maira is the Research and Communications Officer at Human Aid & Advocacy. She previously worked as the Campaigns Co-ordinator and Editor at Islam21c. And before this, she achieved an undergraduate and post-graduate degree in Psychology from UCL. Maira has been active in advocating on behalf of persecuted and oppressed communities through her voluntary work at Lighthouse Advocacy, as well as co-ordinating the Stand4Uyghurs campaign, wherein she supported in mobilising the community to defend Uyghur Muslims who are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. She aspires to be a researcher, analysing the state of Muslims being persecuted or oppressed across the globe for their faith.

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5th July: Acclaimed artist to lead live art protest outside Chinese Embassy in London in support of Uyghurs on The Anniversary of The Urumqi Massacre

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Stand4Uyghurs Campaign Paints an Image of China's Genocide Against Uyghur Muslims Outside the Chinese Embassy on The Anniversary of The Urumqi Massacre On the 5th of July which marks 13 years since the Urumqi Massacre against the Uyghur Muslim minority in China, Stand4Uyghurs campaign will be holding a powerful live art protest depicting the religious and cultural genocide being carried out by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), outside the Chinese Embassy in London. Late last year,the People’s Uyghur Tribunal in London, which was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice, who previously led the prosecution of the former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic,…