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Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre

Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre

On a cold winter day 25 years ago, young Uyghurs in the western Chinese city of Ghulja (in Chinese, Yining) staged a protest to call for an end to religious repression and ethnic discrimination.

The events of that day would instead come to be known as the Ghulja Massacre of 1997, an incident that Uyghurs now look upon as a harbinger of an even greater level of persecution and violence against the largely Muslim community in China that has unfolded in stages since then.

Radio Free Asia covers the WUC’s Press Release commemorating the Ghulja Massacre:
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ghulja-massacre-02112022175649.html