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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

By Maira Mirza 6 Hij 43 ◦︎ 5 Jul 22

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, concluded that the Chinese government is committing a genocide against Uyghurs [1]. 

The Urumqi massacre took place on the 5th of July 2009, where the CCP exerted a violent military crackdown on Uyghurs, resulting in the death of over 1000 and 5000 unjust arrests [2]. This date represents a dark day for Uyghurs and is symbolic of the CCP’s bloody history and repression against Uygur Muslims and ethnic minorities. 

Acclaimed performance artist Shams will conduct the live art performance through painting a large canvas honing in on the religious suppression, state surveillance, concentration camps, systematic control of births, torture, and abuse the Chinese government inflict on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities [3]. This live painting will take place in full view of the public and witnessed by key community organisers and activists. 

We begin!

We will be posting live updates from the Chinese Embassy throughout the day of the live art protest!#Stand4Uyghurs #Urumchimassacre #StopTheGenocideNow pic.twitter.com/V7BnRimRgV

— Islam21c (@Islam21c) July 5, 2022

Details of the live art protest:

Date: Tuesday 5th July   

Time: 2-4pm 

Location: Chinese Embassy, London

49-51 Portland Pl, W1B 1JL

Our Demands: Stop The Genocide Now! 

  1. We demand a closure of the concentration camps.
  2. We demand an end to forced labour in factories and fields.
  3. We demand a return of the hundreds of thousands of missing children.
  4. We demand knowledge about the people killed in the concentration camps.
  5. We demand knowledge of the Uyghurs who have disappeared from rural areas and cities of Kashgar, Hotan and Urumqi.
  6. We demand an end to all sterilisations and forced population control mechanisms.
  7. We demand the removal of Chinese communist party officials occupying Uyghur houses.
  8. We demand a return of Uyghur properties and businesses forcibly confiscated.
  9. We demand the freedom of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities from repressive Chinese occupation. 
  10. We demand the freedom for our Uyghur brothers and sisters to practice Islam inside and outside their homes.
  11. We demand an end to the genocide. 

END.

The struggle is not over and we will continue to #Stand4Uyghurs! Join us in our global act of solidarity on the 31st July outside the Chinese embassy and consulates in London, Manchester, Edinburgh. International activity will be taking place in Toronto, Washington DC, Istanbul, Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane Insh’Allah


Source: Islam21c

Notes:

[1] https://uyghurtribunal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UT-judgment-version-for-approval-by-GN-07.25-2.pdf

[2] https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/the-urumqi-massacre/

[3] Shams is an acclaimed artist with a vast experience in capturing expression through his painting. Over the years he has contributed to many art pieces, particularly in the borough of Tower Hamlets. Shams is recognised to be able to tell a story through his thought provoking and captivating artistry, he can express emotions through imagery, making him the ideal artist for this important socio-political art piece. Shams art page:  https://instagram.com/musaartistry?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

TAGGED: CHINA, GENOCIDE, MUSLIM, OCCUPATION, STAND4UYGHURS, UYGHURS
Maira Mirza 6 Hij 43 ◦︎ 5 Jul 22 5 Hij 43 ◦︎ 4 Jul 22
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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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