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Rahima Mahmut campaigns outside the Chinese embassy in London
April 11, 2024, 12:16 pm
‘Despite the millions in prison we Uyghur activists are tiny in number – we need more help’
With a special conference of the World Uyghur Congress taking place next week Jewish News hears from UK representative Rahima Mahmut about the urgent need for organisations to add to the pressure on China
By Lana Krine
Uyghur Muslims held in 're-education' camps in north west China
April 2, 2024, 3:19 pm
Elie Wiesel’s son leads conference on Uyghur persecution
Holocaust experts to speak at interfaith conference on China's exploitation of Muslims
By Jenni Frazer
Students on the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET)/UJS Lessons from Auschwitz Universities Project, visiting Auschwitz. Photo credit: Yakir Zur
January 26, 2023, 4:11 pm
OPINION: How to define the future of Holocaust education and commemoration?
Jaya Pathak, a regional ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust, asks: if Nazi crimes cannot prevent future genocides, can we really say that we have seen Auschwitz at all?
By Jaya Pathak
Young Uyghur children in Istanbul collecting food parcels (Photo: WJR)
March 23, 2022, 2:18 pm
London shul issues a “manifesto of solidarity” with Uyghur Muslims
Magen Avot Synagogue in Hendon has become the first to set out an action plan detailing ways to help the Uyghurs in China
By Jenni Frazer
A member of the Muslim Uighur minority holds a child in her arms as she demonstrates in front of the Chinese consulate on December 30, 2020, in Istanbul, to ask for news of her relatives and to express her concern after China announced the ratification of an extradition treaty with Turkey. - The Chinese parliament ratified on December 26, 2020 an extradition treaty signed in 2017 with Ankara, a text that Beijing wants to use in particular to speed up the return of certain Muslim Uyghurs suspected of "terrorism" and who are refugees in Turkey. But the head of Turkish diplomacy said on December 30, 2020 that Ankara was not going to return Muslim Uyghurs to China, despite Beijing's ratification of an extradition treaty that worries the 50,000 members of this community who have taken refuge in the country. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)
November 1, 2021, 8:10 pm
Israel declines to sign UN statement on China’s treatment of Uyghurs
The U.N. statement calls on China to 'ensure full respect for the rule of law and to comply with its obligations under national and international law'
By JTA
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ankara last month. There was no deal (Photo: Turkish Presidency)
April 15, 2021, 9:38 am
ANALYSIS: Turkey could send its Uyghurs back to China at any moment
World Jewish Relief's charity appeal comes as Turkey mulls over an extradition treaty with Beijing
By Michael Daventry
Young Uyghur children in Istanbul collecting food parcels (Photo: WJR)
April 15, 2021, 9:37 am
World Jewish Relief launches appeal for Uyghurs in Turkey
Thousands of refugees, living in fear of deportation to China, are struggling to access food and healthcare
By Michael Daventry
Murad, seven, left China with his mother, who did not want to be identified (Photo: WJR)
April 15, 2021, 9:37 am
‘Like a bad nightmare’ — Uyghurs in Turkey recount horrors
The Uyghurs who have fled persecution in China are delighted to have escaped, but fearful for the families left behind
By Jewish News Reporter
A young Uyghur boy in Istanbul (Photo: WJR)
April 15, 2021, 9:37 am
‘Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbour’
World Jewish Relief president Henry Grunwald OBE QC on his charity's call to action for Turkey's Uyghur refugees
By Henry Grunwald
Nus Ghani holding the Uyghur petition signed by 150 Parliamentarians
March 30, 2021, 5:26 pm
OPINION – Nus Ghani MP: I will wear China’s sanction as badge of honour
'I will not be intimidated or silenced by Chinese Communist Party sanctions and neither must our Government', says leading backbench campaigner for Uyghur Muslims
By Nus Ghani
The altar of the Musmeah Yeshua synagogue in Rangoon/Yangon, Burma. (Wikipedia/Author - Esme Vos/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
March 15, 2021, 1:23 pm
OPINION: The community must be vocal on Myanmar like it is for Uyghurs
The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic and religious minorities is only going to worsen under the new military rule, says Benedict Rogers
By Benedict Rogers
Screenshot from Twitter of alleged Uyghur prisoners, blindfolded and cuffed being loaded on to trains. (Via Jewish News)
March 10, 2021, 3:14 pm
Uyghur persecution meets all five UN criteria for genocide, think-tank claims
China's treatment of its Muslim minority community in Xinjiang province constitutes 'intent to destroy a group in whole or in part'
By Michael Daventry
From the WebFebruary 8, 2021, 10:08 am
WATCH: An urgent message to MPs on the Genocide Amendment vote
Ahead of the Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill, which is returning to the Commons tomorrow, Rahima Mahmut appeals to parliamentarians to vote with their conscience
By Jewish News
Sir Iain Duncan Smith speaking in the Commons against the persecution of Uyghur Muslims
January 20, 2021, 9:39 am
Government survives Tory rebellion to defeat genocide clause by just 11 votes
Iain Duncan Smith said after the loss: 'The wilful ignorance of grave human rights abuses in China must stop, we will not sell out our values for trade deals with genocidal states'
By Jewish News Reporter
A man and his child holding a placard against China during the demonstration. (Photo by Ana Fernandez / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
January 14, 2021, 10:41 pm
MPs call for political action against China over Uyghur persecution
Emergency meeting hosted by the Board of Deputies came ahead of a vote in the House of Commons next week that could impact on bilateral trade between London and Beijing.
By Ellie Jacobs
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