Xinjiang – Uyghur Solidarity UK

Protest 5 Feb: Remember the Ghulja massacre. Free the Uyghur people.

Photo of protesters facing a line of riot police. Overlaid text reads: "Ghulja 5 Feb 1997 // 100+ Uyghur protesters massacred // Remember & protest for Uyghur freedom"

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.

Protest 5 Nov: Climate Justice & Uyghur Freedom!

Text reading "CLIMATE JUSTICE & UYGHUR FREEDOM // Stop drilling fossil fuels on Uyghur land // End forced labour in solar energy" superimposed on a photo of oil pumps on the Karamay oil fields

July 5th this year will be the 12th anniversary of the unrest, and the massacre which followed it, in Urumqi – the largest city of the Uyghur homeland (East Turkestan / Xinjiang).