Amnesty UK - China & East Asia

Amnesty International UK campaigners for human rights in the China & East Asia region - tweets from voluntary country coordinators 🕯

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

JOIN OUR AUGUST CAMPAIGN

Amnesty International UK are launching a campaign this August: Uyghur Solidarity Month. Receive a daily newsletter of language, culture, activism.

UK activists stand in solidarity with the Uyghur people. You should too.

Sign up: https://t.co/CPywz6mj43

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

🎂On the 60th birthday of #Uyghur professor Rahile Dawut, we have gathered messages from her friends, colleagues and former students.

Rahile was forcibly disappeared in 2017 and is reportedly serving a life sentence in #China.

Today we remember the many lives she has touched.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Happy belated Earth Day 🌎🌍

To care about humanity is to care about the world. Thanks to @NASAKennedy for the opportunity to spell in Landsat 🛰️

https://t.co/LXc6W6qxvz

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

"I urge Amnesty International not to allow that silence to grow louder than our pain. My daughter is 15 today. I ask only that the world remembers she exists - and that she deserves her father."

We remember Shehribanu, and the continued Uyghur suffering of family separation.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Uyghur journalist, Tahir Imin, spent last Friday April 10 thinking of his daughter Shehribanu's 15th birthday. For nine years, he could not be with her to celebrate.

"She was six years old when I was forced to flee my homeland in 2017. She was a sweet, curious little girl."

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

@instagram Hey @instagram - can you please help us get our disabled account back? We’re certain it was flagged for breaking community guidelines in error.

We’re keen to move to Instagram but are reluctant to open another account when it’s unclear what the problem is.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

You may have noticed that we're posting a little less than usual! While we're not leaving entirely, we have human rights concerns about this platform and are diversifying our social media engagement.

Follow us instead on Instagram - @amnestyukcea
https://t.co/R2mI5SzIxV

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Three years ago - we're still watching.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Two years ago, CCP's strict Covid-19 controls contributed directly to a tragic fire in #Urumqi, sparking peaceful demonstrations across multiple cities. Many were arrested, including Uyghur student #Kamile, Uyghur rapper #Yashar, and director #ChenPinlin.

📢 #WhitePaperMovement

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

An important read regarding Uyghur rights in Türkiye ❗️

[Yalkun Uluyol @YalkunUluyol]

Uyghurs who escaped China are no longer feeling safe in Türkiye - a place many consider a second-homeland. This is mainly because of arbitrarily assigned restriction codes where, among other migrants, Uyghurs end up having deportation decision & cancellation of their residency.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Part of what makes Amnesty SO GREAT is the local groups that meet to write letters advocating for individuals who have been unjustly detained - find your local group and join in 💛

[Amnesty International - Reading Town Group @AmnestyReading]

“The pen is mightier than the sword “
Great to be out in the community writing letters in defence of #HumanRights

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Chinese #MeToo activist and journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment for “inciting subversion of state power.” 19 September marks the 4th anniversary of her arrest — and also begins the one-year countdown to her release.

https://t.co/mrMYQPeJOm

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Today marks six years since Gulshan Abbas was disappeared.

We will not stop watching what happens to these Uyghur individuals: Amnesty will continue working on Uyghur human rights, and the eyes of the world are on the Uyghur region.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Yesterday marked five years since Gulshan Abbas' enforced disappearance.

Gulshan's family and thousands of others deserve justice, truth and reparation.

#FreeXinjiangDetainees

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

@amnesty_zim This looks like such an amazing workshop!! 😍

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Today, @amnesty co-sponsored a UN Human Rights Council side event on arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances in China.

@Rizwangvl's brother, Mewlan, remains an active Amnesty case today. https://t.co/FKCoukJJag

Watch the full event here: https://t.co/YCktFNKBvR

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Five years ago, Zhang Zhan was arrested for courageously reporting on Covid-19.

She served four years in prison on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Now she's been detained again,��for social media that “seriously harmed [China’s] national image”.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

🎂 Happy Birthday to Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan. She has now spent over one year detained on vague criminal charges, awaiting an unfair trial.

📢 We urge the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release Zhang Zhan.

Illustrator:  @badiucao

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

🕯️ Uyghur rights are human rights.

“The Chinese authorities must immediately release all individuals arbitrarily detained in camps or prisons, and end the persecution of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim minorities[...]” — @AgnesCallamard AI’s Secretary General

[T.C. İletişim Başkanlığı @iletisim]

Cumhurbaşkanımız Sayın Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Şanhay İşbirliği Teşkilatı’nın 25. Devlet Başkanları Konseyi Zirvesi için bulunduğu Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti’nde, Devlet Başkanı Sayın Şi Cinping ile bir görüşme gerçekleştirdi.

İki ülke arasındaki ekonomik iş birliğinin etraflıca değerlendirildiği görüşmede Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, ikili ticaretin dengeli ve sürdürülebilir kılınması için yatırımlarla desteklenmesi gerektiğini, özellikle dijital teknolojiler, enerji, sağlık ve turizm alanlarının potansiyelinin büyük olduğunu, bu minvalde Çin firmalarının Türkiye'de yatırım yapmaları hususunda eşgüdümün artırılmasının fayda sağlayacağını ifade etti.

Cumhurbaşkanımız, Orta Koridor ile Yol ve Kuşak Girişiminin uyumlaştırılması için müşterek adımlar atılmasının önemli olduğunu belirtti.

Görüşmede iki ülke arasında mevcut istişare ve iş birliği mekanizmalarının düzenli aralıklarla işletilmesinde mutabık kalındı.

Cumhurbaşkanımız, Türkiye’nin “Tek Çin” politikasına desteğini yinelerken, iki ülke arasındaki ilişkilerin stratejik boyutuna dikkat çekti.

Görüşmede ayrıca Gazze’deki son durum, Ukrayna-Rusya arasındaki savaş, Suriye'nin kalkındırılmasına yönelik atılabilecek ortak adımlar, bölgesel ve küresel konular ele alındı.

[News From Amnesty @NewsFromAmnesty]

China: Government’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang continue as international community fails to act

‘The international community must honour the calls of survivors and act now to end repression in the Uyghur region’ - Sarah Brooks

https://t.co/ZtBILnVocO

[Livia Saccardi @LivSaccardi]

It’s been 3 years since the UN report on China’s human rights violations in #Xinjiang.
Yet many #Uyghur families remain separated and searching for justice.
Governments must act now to end the repression and pursue accountability.
#FreeXinjiangDetainees
https://t.co/lnHgX21Bym

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Hong Kong newspaper founder Jimmy Lai has been detained for 1,698 days under the city's National Security Law without being convicted. Closing arguments in his trial, due this week, were delayed today after Lai's lawyer said Lai had experienced heart palpitations in prison. 1/4