Anti-China protest in London

A massive anti-China protest was held outside the China embassy in London. The Uyghurs marked the 33rd anniversary of what they call the first ‘brutal crackdown’ on their community by the Chinese Communist Party regime.

“Today we commemorate those arbitrarily detained, disappeared and killed during the Baren Massacre. The brutality on April 5th 1990 signalled the start of a decades-long campaign to suppress Uyghur religion and identity. At the time, the violence did not receive the international condemnation it deserved”, the protesters said.

A group of 200 Uyghurs had marched to the local government offices and raised slogans against the discriminatory practices by the Communist regime towards their community.

The government responded by dispatching thousands of troops to the region to suppress the revolt. Several members of Uyghurs are said to have been killed in the clashes with government forces.