The Uyghur Solidarity Campaign has now joined forces with other allies to become part of a new coalition, Workers Against the CCP! We will continue to fight for freedom for the Uyghur people, and we hope that by pooling our efforts with allies, we will be able to have an even greater impact. From nowContinue reading “We are now part of Workers Against the CCP!”
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Call for a new campaign: workers’ solidarity against CCP repression
Originally posted on Labour Movement Solidarity with Hong Kong:
The UK-based Labour Movement Solidarity with Hong Kong (LMSWHK) campaign proposes this draft platform for a new campaign – one in solidarity with the oppressed people and workers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet & the Uyghur Region. The LMSWHK thinks this is important for Hong…
Remember the Urumqi massacre. Free the Uyghur people. Protest on 5 July 2022!
5 July this year will be the 13th anniversary of the unrest, and the massacre which followed it, in Urumqi – the largest city of the Uyghur homeland (East Turkestan / Xinjiang).
27 March: Protest Apple – end Uyghur forced labour!
Zara’s supply chains are linked to forced Uyghur labour – join us on one of the busiest shopping days of the year to protest!
Protest 5 Feb: Remember the Ghulja massacre. Free the Uyghur people.
On 5 February 1997, a demonstration by thousands of Uyghurs in Ghulja was met with deadly force by the Chinese state. At least 100 protesters were massacred for protesting against repression of their culture and freedom. In the days afterwards, thousands were arrested, hundreds of whom were imprisoned, abused or executed.
11 December: Protest Zara’s links to forced Uyghur labour
Zara’s supply chains are linked to forced Uyghur labour – join us on one of the busiest shopping days of the year to protest!
No trade deals with genocidal states – but don’t rely on British courts
In December, the House of Lords passed an amendment to the Trade Bill that would stop the UK making or maintaining trade deals with states that the High Court determines has committed genocide. It was supported by Labour and other opposition parties, and opposed by the Tory government. It will be put to a voteContinue reading “No trade deals with genocidal states – but don’t rely on British courts”
Protest against Nike’s ties to forced Uyghur labour
6pm Saturday 5 DecemberNikeTown, Oxford Circus, London W1C 1DEMap
Write to MPs: end Uyghur forced labour, end all forced labour!
The UK Parliament’s Business (BEIS) Committee has established an Inquiry on Forced Labour in UK Value Chains, and on 5 November 2020 it’s set to hold a public hearing. It will hear evidence that shows how Uyghurs and other Muslim-majority Turkic ethnic groups are being coerced into forced labour by the Chinese state, in factoriesContinue reading “Write to MPs: end Uyghur forced labour, end all forced labour!”
Young Labour election candidates: pledge campaigning solidarity for the Uyghur people
Young Labour activists among our supporters have asked us to launch this pledge: we’re calling on candidates in the Young Labour election to commit, if they win, to using their posts to build campaigning solidarity with the Uyghur people. If you are a candidate in these elections and you would like to sign the pledge,Continue reading “Young Labour election candidates: pledge campaigning solidarity for the Uyghur people”
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