Amnesty UK - China & East Asia
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Amnesty International UK campaigners for human rights in the China & East Asia region - tweets from voluntary country coordinators 🕯
Yashar (Yaxia'er Xiaohelaiti 亚夏尔· 肖合拉提), a Uyghur songwriter / musician, faced trial 20 June 2024. The court determined that for creating music and reading literature in Uyghur language, he was guilty of “promoting extremism” and “illegally possessing extremist materials”.
Does your local Amnesty group want to campaign for @NurKashgar's family? Read about the case here xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026 Tell the UK government that activists have not forgotten about the Uyghur people. Contact [email protected] to get started. #FreeNursFamily
Nuriman's father, Abdureshid Tohti, was an elementary-school teacher. In the summer of 2017, he was detained, to be sentenced to 17 years. His wife and two sons were also sentenced. View the Amnesty case here: xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026
Must read: #CCP interference in #NZ @paulapenfold @NZStuff @MFATNZ #Uyghurs #foriegnInterference #transnatinalrepression stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360633…
I am crying out for my brother. Our PM #ChristopherLuxon is in the place where he can act. If not now, when? #IfNotNowWhenNZ #FreeMewlan #SaveMewlan #LuxonInChina
‘If not now, when?’ – sister @Rizwangvl asks NZ PM @chrisluxonmp to help get her brother back. During his first official trip to China, she’s calling for the release of her brother, who has been arbitrarily detained since 2017. Read 🔗 newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/17/if-…
During the PM’s first official trip to China, NZ citizen @Rizwangvl is asking @chrisluxonmp to call for the release of her brother, who has been arbitrarily detained since 2017. “If not now, when?” newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/17/if-…
Chinese government took him away. Already 8 years stolen from us, for no reason. I miss him every single day.😔 And today, all I want is to hug him, hear his voice, tell him “Happy Father’s Day. I LOVE YOU DAD!” But I can’t. There’s nothing to celebrate. Just pain.💔
It's Father's Day here in the UK. For @NurKashgar, her father is detained. The official reason? He "might think of preparing terrorist activities". Read about Abdureshid Tohti xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026 | shahit.biz/eng/5399/ Follow @freenursfamily @shahitbiz Share this post
It's Father's Day here in the UK. For @NurKashgar, her father is detained. The official reason? He "might think of preparing terrorist activities". Read about Abdureshid Tohti xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026 | shahit.biz/eng/5399/ Follow @freenursfamily @shahitbiz Share this post
It has now been a full year since #MeToo activist and independent journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin (黄雪琴) was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Her friend, labour activist Wang Jianbing (王建兵), was sentenced to 3.5 years. WE ARE STILL WATCHING! amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
#China #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was arrested on 19.9.21. On 14.6.24, Huang was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for “inciting subversion of state power”. She should be released immediately & unconditionally. amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actions…
He never had a criminal record—not even a traffic ticket. Yet, he was detained and disappeared—just because he’s Uyghur. This June marks 8 years since he vanished. 8 years of injustice. I miss you soooo much DAD 😔💔
Nuriman's father, Abdureshid Tohti, was an elementary-school teacher. In the summer of 2017, he was detained, to be sentenced to 17 years. His wife and two sons were also sentenced. View the Amnesty case here: xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026
Nuriman's father, Abdureshid Tohti, was an elementary-school teacher. In the summer of 2017, he was detained, to be sentenced to 17 years. His wife and two sons were also sentenced. View the Amnesty case here: xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR026
My father, Abdureshid Tohti, and younger brother Memeteli Abdureshid have been missing since June 2017. We demand their immediate release and freedom. Justice must be served. Free them now! #FreeNursFamily #AilemeÖzgürlük Stop #UyghurGenocide Close #ConcentrationCamp
🚨 Update 🚨 My father-in-law ‘Abdureshid Tohti’ and my brother-in-law ‘Memeteli Abdureshid’ ARE STILL in a Chinese concentration camp/prison. @NurKashgar @Nursiman11 @freenursfamily Via @propandco Watch full youtu.be/4SC_m81y66w?si…
✊Today marks 36 years since the #Tiananmen crackdown - an event erased from memory inside China due to ever-tightening censorship. With public commemoration banned in China, it’s up to us - overseas, online, and united - to carry the memory forward. #WeRemember64 @amnestyukCEA
This report is one year old and is still relevant: amnesty.org/en/documents/a… "Chinese and Hong Kong students studying abroad are living in fear of intimidation, harassment and surveillance as Chinese authorities seek to prevent them engaging with “sensitive” or political issues."
Three years since the arrest of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan.
Organising and mobilising in meaningful ways does not happen easily - but movements built with care and purpose cannot be stopped easily either. We are stronger together. Care about Uyghur rights? Hong-Kong activism? Tibet campaigns? Equality in South Korea? Get in touch.
Some of our coordinating activists outside the Amnesty building in London 💫 Human rights work is hard, but it's easier when it's done together. If you're looking to contribute to human rights campaigns and don't know where to start, try a local group amnesty.org.uk/groups
A current example of #Uyghur repression in #China buff.ly/aAC6FEZ
Remember Seypidin Tohti. Freedom of religion is a human right. Many Uyghurs are still serving arbitrary prison sentences today and should be released @ChineseEmbinUK @FCDOHumanRights it’s an issue close to the heart of Amnesty activists in the UK as well as Uyghur diaspora.
Really honoured to talk to Amnesty group @NewcastleAIUK 6pm Tuesday. 👉 what’s happening to the Uyghur people? 👉 what is @AmnestyUK doing about it? 👉 how can you help? Everyone welcome - if you’re in Newcastle / Gateshead & interested in Uyghur rights, it’s free to join us ❣️
Forthcoming event @AdviceGateshead on TUESDAY - talk by @AmnestyUK #China Country Coordinator and former @UniofNewcastle student @emilyupson All welcome!
The Reading Group stands with Hong Kongers. As we mark the first anniversary of the appallingly restrictive #Article23, we will call for more to be done to protect Hong Kongers here in the UK & those under human rights restrictions in #HongKong @AmnestyUK @amnestyukCEA
📣 BREAKING: Hong Kong human rights defenders call for government action outside Parliament The UK government has failed to protect Hong Kongers in the UK from being harassed and repressed. But Hong Kong won’t be silenced! Read on: amn.st/60160W9lY
As we mark the first anniversary of the appallingly restrictive #Article23, we call for the UK government to do more to protect Hong Kongers from transnational threats. @amnestyukCEA @AmnestyUK #HongKong amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…
China's Uighur Muslims: the truth behind the headlines amnesty.org.uk/chinas-uighur-… This update might be a year old, but it's still the truth... “The Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale” - Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International CEO
