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The Tablet December 14, 2020
Mir-Aziz Baihadjaev of Brooklyn participated in a multicultural protest on Dec. 10 against alleged Chinese government human rights abuses. He thanked Pope Francis for recently describing his fellow Uyghurs as “persecuted peoples.” (Photos: Bill Miller)
MANHATTAN A new book by Pope Francis holds two words deserving deep gratitude from persecuted Muslims, said an immigrant from China-controlled East Turkestan at a recent protest against the communist government.
Mir-Aziz Baihadjaev, a Brooklyn businessman, is a member of the Uyghur minority of East Turkestan, one of China’s autonomous regions.
He came to a park near the United Nations on Dec. 10 to join protestors from Southern Mongolia, Hong Kong, Tibet, Kazakhstan, and Taiwan with fellow Uyghurs. Together, with pro-Democracy Chinese protestors, they railed against government crackdowns on friends and family in their homelands. Several called for the independence of their regions