I pray one day for all Uyghurs and Palestinians in the diaspora to reunite with their home country 🤲🏼 Especially Uyghur & Palestinians grandparents who fled for the safety of their families. We fight for freedom for them
To be Uyghur is to debate whether you should look through the thousands of photos that were leaked to see if you find a missing family member or to just live in the false hope that they are only distancing themselves from you to stay safe…
When I was 13, my biggest concern was if my crush liked me back. But for this Uyghur girl, her biggest concern is the potential threat of her and her family facing torture at the hands of the CCP if they are deported.
To think that criticising the Chinese government on its human rights abuses is being racist is insane. Uyghurs do not even have the ability to speak up about the genocide we face without being labelled as ‘racist’ or ‘sinophobic’.
BREAKING: I held up a sign saying “Fuck Xi Jinping” while campaigning in the seat of Bennelong in Sydney with our candidate
@KyinzomDhongdue
and Chinese ultra-nationalists assaulted me and an independent filmmaker. We are at the police station making statement on assault now
There is a huge risk that the UN may release a whitewashed report of the Uyghur genocide, just months after the
@TribunalUyghur
that concluded that it is a genocide. I’m worried about this report. I can only hope that
@mbachelet
will be honest and help the Uyghur community.
Every time there is new information on the Uyghur plight, my heart sinks further. New news is heartbreaking but it means there’s another piece of evidence for the world to see.
On stage at UTS Sydney, the Chinese Ambassador referred to Uyghurs as “terrorists and separatists,” prompting one brave Uyghur Australian to stand up and say: “I am Uyghur, I am not a terrorist, stop the genocide.” University security bundled him out while screaming at him
#BREAKING
Human Rights chief
@mbachelet
“unable” to assess
#Uyghur
human rights abuses, frames them in the context of “anti-terrorism” and “de radicalisation” measures (which they aren’t).
Thank you to everyone for the support from the last few weeks. I can only hope our new government will do its best to support the Uyghur community here in Aus & help us reunite with our families.
I am BEYOND excited to hear about another Uyghur woman running for office - this time in Japan!
@eri_arfiya
is endorsed by a major party too. I am looking forward to watching her campaign. I wish her all the best!
Muslim & Uyghur here, and I say you’re wrong because Drew is one of the most compassionate and hard working person I know who has helped so much to the Uyghur cause. Let me know what you’ve done for your Uyghur brothers and sisters in Islam who have been suffering
clearly
@Nick_Xenophon
does not care about the consequences that affects Uyghurs while he works with Huawei, a tech company that helps put millions of Uyghurs in concentration camps.
BREAKING: Nick Xenophon hits new low, attacking Uyghur election candidates
@Intyforsturt
@adilawhy
for daring to speak out about his work for Huawei while Huawei put Uyghurs in concentration camps. Sickening genocide denial from one of Australia’s most infamous politicians.
the Uyghur community in adelaide gathered this morning to pray Eid prayer. In occupied East Turkistan, this type of gathering would be banned. a whole range of feelings on what should be a happy day
my brother invited a group of Uyghur boys to break fast together and pray together. In occupied ET, a gathering like this is banned and these boys would be taken to state run orphanages.
an amazing win for uyghurs today 🙌🏼, Canada is resettling 10k Uyghurs who are fleeing from persecution starting in 2024. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard towards this. Holding we can one day see this in Australia too🫶🏼
Appalling behaviour and clear culture appropriation. While the Uyghur culture is being eradicated at the hands of the CCP, it is being stolen and appropriated here in Aus.
A young girl led chants during the Free Palestine protest in Adelaide today. 40% of the population in Gaza are children. An estimated 4000 Palestinian children have been brutally murdered.
Nazira, an Uyghur youth in Adelaide, talking about the Urumqi fire and how those who are protesting against Xi should not be afraid to stand with uyghurs!
My grandmother dreamt of seeing an independent East Turkistan. Death is so sudden. Please keep my grandmother and our family in your prayers today May Allah grant her paradise InShaAllah
@Nick_Xenophon
How care you accuse myself and
@Intyforsturt
, two young Uyghur women, liars for speaking up against the Chinese communist party, a regime committing genocide against our own family members & calling you out for working with Huawei. Disgusting.
BREAKING: Nick Xenophon hits new low, attacking Uyghur election candidates
@Intyforsturt
@adilawhy
for daring to speak out about his work for Huawei while Huawei put Uyghurs in concentration camps. Sickening genocide denial from one of Australia’s most infamous politicians.
everyday I look at my younger siblings and imagine all the young Uyghur children in occupied ET who are ripped away from their parents and sent to overcrowded state run orphanages while their parents are in concentration camps
@Nick_Xenophon
your response is the type of response I see from every Chinese foreign agent and genocide denialist that has done their best to dismantle the Uyghur activist community! This is creepy and unwarranted behaviour from a fellow Aussie! Do better.
Two days ago, creepy genocide denier
@Nick_Xenophon
viciously attacked young Uyghur women
@adilawhy
and
@Intyforsturt
as “liars” for daring to question his record working for Huawei as Huawei helped put their loved ones in concentration camps. Here’s
@adilawhy
’s fierce response
‘slip ups’ happen. But when you have an Uyghur candidate
@Intyforsturt
sitting two seats away from you who speaks up about the uyghur genocide, you can’t really forget to mention Uyghurs.
Greens candidate for Sturt forgets Uyghurs exist until
@adilawhy
calls out from the crowd to remind her. Come on this is just so weak when Adelaide has one of the largest Uyghur diaspora groups in the entire world
It is tradition for Uyghurs to visit friends and families during Eid and every house we have visited, we have spoken about how their relatives are in occupied ET. Their answers range from ‘We don’t know’ to explaining cryptic responses that another relative has been taken away
I genuinely believe you must be the lowest of low if you can read the testimonies on
@TribunalUyghur
and listen to Uyghurs stories and still believe that Uyghurs are lying.
what’s ‘sickening’ is the fact that Xenophon represented a tech company that would have put myself or
@Intyforsturt
in concentration camps if our grandparents had simply decided not to move to another country.
Nick Xenophon is taking legal action over “sickening” billboards erected by Queensland China critic and Senate rival, Drew Pavlou
@theTiser
#auspol
#ausvotes
Since meeting Drew, he has been the most supportive and uplifting person. Honestly, Drew has pushed me and so many others to be better and do better. Without him and his support, I would not have continued
Murdoch didn’t “create me,” I fucking took this platform for myself by working 14 hour days every single day for 3 years under constant pressure and relentless personal attacks including CCP threats to my family and loved ones. Because I believe in this cause in my bones
will Nick Xenophon look me in the eyes and ask me to vote for him while consciously knowing that he worked with Huawei, a company known for using their tech to put Uyghurs in concentration camp in occupied ET?
The annual australian uyghur tournament got cancelled for a few years due to covid but we’re back and running! Finished our first day with some amazing games, looking forward to tomorrow!
@oymelle
How does me being born in Aus mean I don’t understand what is happening in occupied East Turkistan? You clearly don’t know me at all.
If you truly believe Allah is our lord first and foremost, then you would always stand with oppressed Muslims everywhere.
Being an ethical company means ensuring no part of your supply is linked to
#Uyghurforcedlabour
. You can find out more at
@forcdlabourfash
for easy access info on companies that use uyghur forced labour
Not enough! No fashion brand that hasn't fully exited the Uyghur Region can claim to be "ethical." Companies MUST carry out diligence to ensure no part of their supply chain is linked to
#Uyghurforcedlabour
or
#forcedlabourfashion
.
In my final year of HS, my friends and I were all confused on what we should do. I remember so clearly my favourite teacher telling me that he knew I would work for the
@UN
. Now, I could never see myself working for an org that is complicit in the Uyghur genocide
#BacheletResign
If you actually have a damn about SA - and me - you wouldn’t have worked with Huawei, a company that helped put millions of Uyghurs in concentration camps.
You can vote for whomever you wish on the green ballot paper - Labor or Liberal to form government, or choose an independent or other party. BUT on the white Senate ballot paper you can vote for me as I give a damn about SA - and you!
say what you want, but the pure dread and fear that Uyghurs in diaspora feel about even downloading an app to attempt to contact their families is unbelievable is heartbreaking.
cool story except they wouldn’t pray the way Islam teaches us to pray, women wouldn’t be able to wear the hijab or attend a masjid/prayer area either. oh and also we wouldn’t have been able to fast the way Islam teaches us to for the last month soooo
I am grateful for the refuge Australia has provided me, my family and all uyghurs who live here. Without it, most of us would be in concentration camps. And yet, I need to acknowledge my privilege about living on this land. Uyghurs in solidarity with First Nations people ❤️💛🖤
people need to remember that uyghur activists have been fighting for freedom and human rights long before the media recognised us. because of them, we have reached this place. we need to remember this, especially those who are new to the activism scene
Hunger games ‘If we burn, you burn with us’ quote is really speaking to me right now. I pray the protests in occupied
#EastTurkistan
and
#China
will result in big changes for us
i hate fixing my hijab in public bathrooms because some white women treat me like i’m a zoo animal and pretend to wash their hands while they gawk at me
We must always call out warmongering and racist double standards! So last week I spoke at length to the Australian about the
@Greens
’ peace policy, which sets out our plan for an independent foreign and defence policy
#auspol
Today I met with the East Turkistan Australian Association. The East Turkistan community is a significant community in South Australia and it was insightful to be be able to hear about concerns of interest to them.
In grade 5, we were introduced to the
@UN
. I remember being confused when reading the HR declaration because as an 11 year old, I knew China was not granting basic HR to Uyghurs. The very organisation I aspired to work with has failed Uyghurs
A lot of chinese protestors and Uyghurs have been clashing lately over the Urumqi fire and protests in China. It is important for them not to be afraid of Uyghurs or our flag - we are not the enemy here.
Not a dry eye today. Every uyghur here has at least one family member who has lost their lives due to the occupation of East Turkistan. We relive our shared experiences together, we support one another. It is still so difficult.
I want all non-uyghurs to understand that the world ‘relief’ does not mean the same to us. am i relieved that the UN finally released their report? Yes, but I do not feel a sense of relief.
I am so incredibly blessed and privileged to be born in Australia, to live in Aus. I keep thinking about this fact, and I am so grateful to my grandparents. Because of them, I can live so freely
It happened a few years ago in South Aus, we reached out to the politician who was in the photo,
@joe_szakacs
, who apologised and has since been a supporter of the Adl Uyghur community.
reminder of the time when Nate Buzz decided to support the Uyghur cause but pulled back and threatened to ‘flag our organisation with the gov’ because we supported Palestine. Nate Buzz 100% needs to be deplatformed because he just spews hatred.
instead of some of the celebrities y’all have been going after, we really need to be working to deplatform nate buzz. one of the most dangerous celebrities yall have ever platformed.
Too many aussie politicians are in bed with the CCP. A vote for
@DAPartyAus
in this years federal election is a vote AGAINST ccp corruption in our government.
A former Labor campaigner who worked in a crucial marginal seat has links to suspected Chinese ‘puppeteer’, billionaire property developer Chau Chak Wing.
The
@UN
🇺🇳 General Assembly has elected 15 members of the Human Rights Council (
@UN_HRC
) for the term 2024-2026:
🇦🇱Albania
🇧🇷Brazil
🇧🇬Bulgaria
🇧🇮Burundi
🇨🇳China
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire
🇨🇺Cuba
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
🇫🇷France
🇬🇭Ghana
🇮🇩Indonesia
🇯🇵Japan
🇰🇼Kuwait
🇲🇼Malawi
🇳🇱Netherlands
A huge show of supports from truckers who drove past today (Did they know why? Not sure but I’m sure they were able to read the signs everyone held up for them to see)
thinking about all the
#Uyghurs
in occupied East Turkistan who won’t be able to fast and pray during this holy month of Ramadan under the hands up of the Chinese gov. Please keep Uyghurs in your prayers and
#duaas