Uyghur Crisis Response Team - Adas Israel Congregation

Photo of nine humans and one dog. Most of those present, including the dog, are wearing T-shirts saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". The humans are all holding signs with the same message. The protesters are on a red brick sidewalk. To their right is the imposing metal fence that surrounds the Chinese embassy. To their left is Van Ness Street. On the other side of the street, a small part of the University of the District of Columbia can be seen.

In these troubled times we live in, many members of our group are involved with #activism for multiple causes. However, we still make the time to #protest each month outside the #Chinese #embassy in #WashingtonDC, calling for an end to the Chinese government's #genocide of its #Uyghur population.

Photo of people holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". The people are on a red brick sidewalk. To their right is the imposing metal fence that surrounds the Chinese embassy. To their left is Van Ness Street. On the other side of the street, a small part of the University of the District of Columbia can be seen.

At our most recent protest outside the #Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, we learned about forced labor in the #mining industry. #Xinjiang is a source of #titanium, #lithium, #beryllium, and #magnesium. Learn more at

globalrightscompliance.org/cm/

#China #ForcedLabor #ModernSlavery #Uyghur #XUAR

Photo of 10 people holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". Behind them is the tall metal fence that surrounds the Chinese embassy.

Our April 2025 protest took place on Yom HaShoah, a day when people who died during the #Holocaust are remembered. We said "Never again!" to #genocide as we protested the Chinese government's genocide of its #Uyghur population.

#YomHaShoah #TikkunOlam #HumanRights #China #Xinjiang #NeverAgain

Thank you for drawing attention to the forced labor of Uyghurs.

This #Passover, some of us will remember enslaved #Uyghurs by placing #cotton balls on our #seder plates. Learn more at

www.washingtonjewishweek.com/cotton-balls...

#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #slavery #genocide #HumanRights #CivilRights #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #EastTurkestan

Photo of a handsome German shepherd dog wearing a blue T-shirt that says "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". Behind him are two signs bearing the same message. He is sitting on the red brick sidewalk that is outside the Chinese embassy in Washington DC.

Our protests outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC attract a variety of people, including this handsome young man. We appreciate his commitment to protesting against the Chinese government's ongoing #genocide of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).

#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP

Photo of 11 humans and 1 dog outside the Chinese embassy's tall metal fence. The humans are holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide", and the dog is wearing a T-shirt that has the same message on it.

In February, we once again protested in the dark outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, calling upon the Chinese government to end its #genocide of the #Uyghur people of #EastTurkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).

#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights

The second #poem by a #Uyghur that we read at our January #protest outside the #Chinese embassy was titled "The Encounter". This poem, written by #poet Abdurehim Otkur, is too long for BlueSky's character limit. However, it can be read on Mastodon:
mastodon.world/@UyghurCrisi...

#poetry

The European Parliament passed a resolution condemning Thailand for repatriating 40 Uyghurs to China, stating it violated international law and put them at risk of detention, torture, and human rights abuses.
www.rfa.org/english/uygh...

At our protest, we read two poems by Uyghur poets. The first was titled "Land". You can read it below.

Land
By Ghojimuhemmed Muhemmed
Translated by Joshua Freeman

Land
in the end
is made not of earth
but by piecing together
torn
scattered
incomplete maps.

#poem #poetry #poet #Uyghur #land #maps

Photo of a young woman wearing a white T-shirt. She is smiling and holding her arms wide. The land behind her looks to be a desert, and there are dark clouds in the sky.

A third Uyghur we read about at our protest was Kamile Wayit, who in 2024 became one of 40 people listed by the European Parliament as unjustly imprisoned in China. She was sentenced for "advocating extremism" after sharing a video of a protest.

#Uyghur #protest #HumanRights #KamileWayit #Urumqi

Another #Uyghur we read about at our protest was Elijan Ismail, a businessperson who engaged in the #Muslim practice of #zakat (making charitable contributions to those in need). For this, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison for “inciting separatism.”

Learn more at: www.rfa.org/english/news...

One of the Uyghurs we read about at our recent protest was #Uyghur #historian Tursunjan Hezim, the founder of a website that archived a large collection of materials on Uyghur history. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2022 and the website was shut down. Learn more at www.rfa.org/english/uygh...

Photo of 12 people, bundled warmly against the cold, holding protest signs outside the Chinese embassy. Their signs say "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide", "Propaganda Can't Hide Uyghur Genocide", "China Can't Hide Uyghur Genocide", and "Stop the Uyghur Genocide". Behind the protesters is the tall, imposing fence that surrounds the Chinese embassy.

In January, we once again protested outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, demanding an end to the Chinese government's #genocide of the #Uyghur population of #Xinjiang. During our protest, we read about four imprisoned Uyghurs, and read two poems by Uyghurs.

#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights

Tell Secretary Rubio: help Uyghurs trapped in Thailand Don't let Thailand deport Uyghur refugees to China.

Tell Secretary of State Rubio to keep his promise to the Uyghur refugees facing imminent deportation in Thailand.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-secretary-rubio-to-keep-his-promise-to-uyghur-refugees-in-thailand

#Uyghur #refugees #HumanRights #MarcoRubio #Thailand

Photo of a group of approximately 15 people holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide" and "China Can't Hide Uyghur Genocide". Behind them is the fence of the Chinese embassy in Washington DC.

Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and dark to attend our final #protest of 2024. We met outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC to demand an end to the Chinese government's #genocide of the #Uyghur population of #Xinjiang (a.k.a. #EastTurkistan or #EastTurkestan).

On this 3rd anniversary of Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, we recognize Xi Jinping, without whom this would not have happened. We ask all who care about human rights and oppose genocide to stand up for Uyghurs and end ongoing complicity with Xi Jinping's China.

#XiJinping #UyghurGenocide #China

Gopur Abdurreshit, a prison guard, was sentenced to seven years in jail for telling other inmates about the conditions that Tohti Ilham was being kept in. Since Abdurreshit’s arrest, authorities have been monitoring his relatives.

www.rfa.org/english/news...

#Uyghur #China #jail #CCP #HumanRights

China: World leaders must act to end decade of injustice for jailed Uyghur academic The international community must take concrete steps to help secure the release of the Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, Amnesty International said ahead of the 10-year-anniversary of his conviction on bas...

Scholar and human rights activist Ilham Tohti has been imprisoned for 10 years. He has been allowed no communication with his family since 2017.

Learn more at: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

#IlhamTohti #Uyghur #UyghurGenocide #China #CCP

At each of our #protests, we read the names of individual Uyghurs who have suffered as a result of the Chinese government's #UyghurGenocide. Our next few posts will provide information on a few of those Uyghurs.

#Xinjiang #China #CCP #genocide #imprisonment #disappearance #EastTurkistan #Uyghur

Thank you for posting this. It is nice to see Uyghur poetry on BlueSky! Each month, when we protest outside the Chinese embassy in Washington DC, we read a different poem by a Uyghur poet. The poems are often very moving.

Photo of nine people holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". Behind the protesters is the fence surrounding the Chinese embassy in Washington DC.

We recently held our last #protest of the Jewish year 5784. At the protest, we learned about Uyghurs who have been imprisoned by the Chinese government or experienced the disappearance of family members.

We will continue our protests in the year 5785.

#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #HumanRights #WashingtonDC

Photo of ten activists, most of whom are holding signs saying "Stop China's Uyghur Genocide". One of them is instead holding a leash that's attached to a cute dog. Behind the activists, to the right, is the fence surrounding the Chinese embassy in Washington DC.

We recently held our 41st monthly #protest outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC. During the protest, we learned about the horrors the Chinese government has inflicted on the families of #Uyghur activists. One Uyghur, Abduweli Ayup, has had at least 11 relatives by blood or marriage detained.