Worrying reports from Uighur women - content warning, extremely upsetting

[ArabellaScott]

Do please avoid this if you are likely to be upset - I am finding the story very hard to read.

Disturbing and horrible allegations coming from women detained in China. 'rape has become a culture'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071

Is there anything at all that can be done about this?

Thanks for posting the www.saveuighur.org/83-companies-linked-to-uighur-forced-labor/ link. I have signed up.

I have written to my MP about it to ask what the government is doing - what it is trying to get the international community to do and to ask for all companies involved in slave labour to be sanctioned. It is truly shocking.

There have been international condemnation and boycotts on atrocities/abuses by countries before - just on weaker countries I suppose.

They are discussing this in Parliament now- it’s on BBC news channel. It’s absolutely harrowing but thank goodness it’s getting publicity.

Yes, glad it's being discussed, although the whole thing just looks more frightening the more I look into it.

It’s does. I just saw 2 women talking about their experience, it’s was so horrific I had to turn it off. The World must do something.

I'm very pleased to see a strong reaction from USA and GB governments (and possibly more but not reported).

Used my sm to re tweet etc this. Disgusting. Horrible to read about, disgusted it's not really "an issue" cos it's yet again just Women, innit

Where is there outcry? All the usual public figures that love to condemn atrocities appear to have lost their voices

Yes, where is Emma Thompson for example and other actors who are vocal on other issues?
UK universities accept money from China so they will keep quiet.
The UN isn’t fit for purpose.

The UN seem silent on it

Read upthread, Mumofgirls, it's worse than silence, they've handed over names to the Chinese govt.

Trade deals seem more important perhaps. shocking and but feeling powerless to do much. They will take no notice.

www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN29I2KO

www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/11/uk-to-ban-china-imports-linked-to-uighur-camps-reports

@ArabellaScott

Read upthread, Mumofgirls, it's worse than silence, they've handed over names to the Chinese govt.

Aweful .

Thanks for the links

Maajid Nawaz talking about the reports right now on LBC, channel 732 on free view and also on global player app.

Thanks Belle.

@lightand

China rules the world. Not the US Not Saudi Not the UN Not EU

Yup. Every single other country is in thrall to China. China cannot be criticised. They have SO much power.

I feel sick to my stomach. Thank you to the other posters who have provided info of action we can take.

@Andante57

Where is there outcry? All the usual public figures that love to condemn atrocities appear to have lost their voices

Yes, where is Emma Thompson for example and other actors who are vocal on other issues?
UK universities accept money from China so they will keep quiet.
The UN isn’t fit for purpose.

I can't recall any of the usually woke hollywood stars and politicians having much to say about the treatment of John Boyega either. Funny that.

www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-china-poster-controversy-john-boyega-1201653494/amp/

No problem Arabella. Vote on Tuesday in Parliament to allow judges to recognise genocide so hopefully it passes. Seems like every international body is captured by the CCP, as the International Criminal Court has refused to hear a case by the Uighurs.

I can't recall any of the usually woke hollywood stars and politicians having much to say about the treatment of John Boyega either. Funny that.
A lot of Chinese Investment into Hollywood over the last 20 years, many films would not make a profit without the Chinese Market, so morals only dependant on the balance sheet, remember the Star Wars poster where they shrunk John Boyega.

We should boycott the Beijing Olympics

And this is the country whose experimental lockdown policy the world has decided to emulate......

A lot of Chinese Investment into Hollywood over the last 20 years, many films would not make a profit without the Chinese Market, so morals only dependant on the balance sheet, remember the Star Wars poster where they shrunk John Boyega.

Exactly.

the International Criminal Court has refused to hear a case by the Uighurs

Well, that's shit.

deserttalks.medium.com/the-international-criminal-court-has-refused-to-investigate-the-genocide-against-the-uighur-aaf41e76f4f8

Amnesty have some campaigns running for some Uighur people.

www.amnesty.org/en/search/?country=38354

Letter writing on behalf of Dr Gulshan Abbas.

www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/3508/2021/en/

It's one person out of so many, but may as well start somewhere.

Calls for boycott of 2022 Olympics

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55938034

remember the Star Wars poster where they shrunk John Boyega

Editing a movie poster on one hand and torture, rape and genocide on the other...