Protesters demand end to China s Uyghur persecution
Relatives of detained Muslims hold protests in Turkey and Kazakhstan on International Women s Day UCA News reporter Updated: March 09, 2021 02:48 AM GMT
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A Uyghur woman joins a protest near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul on March 8 as the Muslim minority demanded news of their relatives held in Xinjiang detention camps and expressed concern about the ratification of an extradition treaty between China and Turkey. (Photo: AFP)
Hundreds of ethnic Kazakh and Turkic Muslim protesters joined dozens of Uyghur mothers, sisters and wives in street demonstrations in front of Chinese consulates in Almaty of Kazakhstan and Istanbul of Turkey on International Women’s Day to demand an end to China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims.