With the opening of the Beijing Olympics approaching next week, Uighur people have protested the hosting of the Games in Turkey, alleging that human rights have been violated in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
In Istanbul, a rally was held on the 23rd in front of the building containing the Turkish Olympic Committee, which was attended by more than 300 Uighurs and Turkish political party officials, according to the organizers.
At the rally, a representative of the Uighur group said, "Even children are put in camps, and the oppression by China is a brutal thing that shakes the conscience of humankind," and complained that human rights have been violated in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ..
Participants protested the event by occasionally giving spree hicalls such as "No to the Beijing Olympics" or "Boycott" in the cold of the powder snow.
"I want to say that sending a diplomatic corps to the Olympics means support for China, which detains my mother and Uighurs," said Jebelin Sylmemet, whose mother is in a camp in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. rice field.
The people of Uighurs and Turkey are ethnically close, and about 50,000 Uighurs live in Turkey. We are activating our activities.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has argued that there are no human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.