Yashar Shohret : Chengdu’s “white paper youth” disappears for the second time “Unable to understand the fate etched on my forehead, loneliness took over–uneasiness, anxiety, worry, and fear.”

From #rap to double incarceration - the impossibility of being #uyghur in #china "As a rap artist who expresses himself in his mother tongue, the police seized upon fragments of his lyrics to label him “extremist”."
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University student Kamile Wayit shared a #BlankPaper protest video on social media in Nov. 2022. Police arrested her a month later and the court subsequently sentenced her to 3 years for "advocating extremism." She may be silenced but not forgotten.
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Chen Pinlin, filmmaker of the documentary "Urumqi Middle Road" capturing scenes from the #BlankPaper protests, faces the charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," pending trial. Today marks one year since his detention.
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Yashar Shohret, a 24-year-old singer and songwriter, was detained by Chengdu police on Nov. 27, 2022, after performing an elegy in Uyghur at a public mourning service for the #UrumqiFire victims. He was among the #BlankPaper protest supporters that #Beijing targeted.
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Is China headed for new White Paper protests? – DW – 11/25/2024 The silent youth protest against China's draconian COVID restrictions ended with the pandemic. However, former protesters warn that deep-running tensions could trigger more unrest in the future.

"The silent youth protest against #China 's draconian #COVID restrictions ended with the pandemic. However, former protesters warn that deep-running tensions could trigger more unrest in the future."
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#UrumqiFire #WhitePaperMovement #A4Revolution

"I am the one in the overturned bus;
I am the one denied treatment when sick;
I am the one walking hundreds of miles;
I am the one breaking down and jumping off a building;
I am the one trapped in the fire.
If it’s not me now, then I’ll be next."
#UrumqiFire #WhitePaperMovement #A4Revolution

Two years later, #Beijing continues its crackdown on Blank Paper protesters. @chrdnet.bsky.social urges the global human rights community to act and hold Chinese authorities accountable. #UrumqiFire

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Uyghurs remember the second anniversary of Urumchi Fire tragedy

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7:30pm in Aotea Square in the AK, and Civic Square in Wellington tonight folks, be there to support our PRC communities speak up for the victims of the #UrumqiFire & the #A4Revolution, many protesting for the first time about anything.