Uygar activist protested at the Chinese Embassy on the 28th anniversary of the Gulja massacre

Ragan Abbas, the executive director of the campaign for Uyghs, led a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC on the 28th anniversary of the Gulja massacre.

The performance condemned China’s ongoing human rights violations and the massacre of Uygar in the eastern Turkestan region.

In a post on X on Thursday, Abbas highlighted the cruelty faced by Uygar in 1997, when those demanding justice were found with violence. “In 1997, Uingars boldly demanded justice, who met with bullets and torture. Instead of ending, the harassment has only increased, ”Abbas wrote.

he/she said, “The price of global inactivity is paid in human life, and without any accountability every day confirms the confidence of the Chinese regime that it can torture without results,” he/she said.

She continued, urging the global community to take action, said, “Justice was denied justice. Urghur should stand with us in our advocacy for freedom. ,

Recently, in a show of solidarity, over 1,200 deported Uyghs gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the massacre. The tragic incident remains a powerful symbol of the continuous struggle of the Urghur people for justice, and the call for accountability against China’s rule is growing loudly worldwide.

A tragic incident in the history of Urghur resistance against Chinese repression took place in Gulja massacre, 1997. Thousands of Uygers gathered on the streets of Gulja (also known as ILI) in East Turkistan, who were in custody of young Muslim individuals. Arrested last night to see Ramadan. According to Justice for All, peaceful protesters suffered cruel repression as the Chinese forces set fire to the crowd, resulting in at least 100 people.

After the Gulja massacre, hundreds of persons were sentenced to death or forcibly disappeared. Many remaining people have shared the annoying accounts of cruel torture in Chinese detention, as reported by justice to all. Protests in Gulja were a direct reaction to the growing control of the Chinese government to the Urghur religious and cultural practices.