Protesters ask Swedish Parliament to recognize 'Uyghur genocide'

Record ID: 1909082

  • Title: Protesters ask Swedish Parliament to recognize 'Uyghur genocide'
  • Date: 18th March 2021
  • Summary: Protesters ask Swedish Parliament to recognize 'Uyghur genocide' SHOTLIST STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (MARCH 18, 2021) (AAVN – ACCESS ALL) 1. PROTESTER THROUGH MEGAPHONE 2. TIGHT SHOT OF MAN STANDING NEXT TO BANNER READING “CHINA STOP ETHNIC CLEANSING OF UYGHURS 3. MAN STANDING NEXT TO BANNER READING “CHINA GO OUT EAST TURKISTAN” 4. PROTESTERS 5. POLICE OFFICER AND VEHICLE NEAR PROTESTERS 6. WIDE SHOT OF PROTESTERS HOLDING EAST TURKISTAN FLAGS 7. EAST TURKISTAN FLAG WAVING, PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN BACK 8. PROTESTERS 9. OFFICERS TALKING TO PROTESTERS 10. WIDE SHOT OF PROTESTERS (2 SHOTS) AAVN SCRIPT: Members of the Uyghur community staged a demonstration on Thursday (Mar. 18) in front of the Swedish Parliament in capital Stockholm against Beijing’s human rights violations against members of the Turkic Uighur minority in its Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region -- also referred to as East Turkestan. The demonstrations demanded that the Swedish parliament recognize the Chinese policy towards Uighurs as "genocide". The protest was organized by the Swedish Uyghur Education Association. The protesters set up a tent outside the parliament, shouted slogans such as "Freedom to the Uyghurs", "Recognize the Genocide" and "Close the concentration camps". Speaking to Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) Swedish Uyghur Education Association Economy President Adem Galip said that they will continue to camp outside the Parliament and hold a demonstration every day for 6 months. Stating that about 3 million Uighur Turks were imprisoned by China in concentration camps, Galip said, "Canada, the Netherlands, and America recognized the practices of China against Uighur Turks as 'genocide". In August, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in a meeting held in Geneva, stated that the Uighur individuals, who the local administrators accuse of having unfavorable political thought, in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were held in political training centers. The UN body’s representatives stated that up to 3 million people have been detained without any judicial decisions. Human Rights Watch had previously announced that the Chinese government was conducting a "mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against Turkic Muslims" in China. Reporting by Atilla Altuntas Writing by Sibel Uygun
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