Rahima Mahmut
@MahmutRahima
Singer, translator, human rights activist. UK Director @uyghurcongress and Executive Director @UyghurStop. Tweets in a personal capacity.
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08-07-2017 23:33:13
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Our next panel: “Preserving Uyghur Cultural Identity and Learning from the Jewish Diaspora Experience”
Panelists speak on their efforts to preserve the Uyghur identity through language classes and cultural programming.
#DisruptingGenocide
Day 1 of #DisruptingGenocide
Our conference “Disrupting Genocide” kicks off in NYC, together with ElieWieselFoundation and Uyghur Human Rights Project.
Soraya Deen from MuslimWomenSpeakers opens:
“Alone, we cannot do much, together, we can”.
Follow the link in our bio to see how you can speak up and bring an end to the abuse of Uyghur human rights.
#disruptinggenocide
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
“The Chinese government is carrying out egregious human rights abuses against the Uyghur people that amount to genocide.”
“UK has yet to adopt any meaningful legislation to address corporate complicity in Uyghur forced labour”
-Rahima Mahmut
Thank you BBC News (UK) BBC Asian Network. My parents’ and grandparents’ experiences and values have shaped me into who I am today. This is why I do what I do. And I hope to do a lot more to help shatter the barriers that our communities continue to face. #Defiance
I am so deeply honoured to receive this year’s Four Freedoms Award 🥇 by the Roosevelt Foundation Roosevelt Foundation.
We have so much work ahead of us.
extremely inspired by my fellow laureates Eliot Higgins, Sonia Guajajara, Grace Forrest, Save Ukraine doing crucial work. 🩵
We will continue working with partners Stop Uyghur Genocide Rahima Mahmut and worldwide #Uyghur communities to raise awareness of #Uyghur ForcedLabour and the #SolarPanel supply chain to encourage manufacturers to commit to transparent supply chains.
Jewish News 👇jewishnews.co.uk/millions-priso…
Genetic data: latest dangerous example of putting crucial national interest into the hands of hostile states - just like control of energy, telecommunications, surveillance technology, medical supplies & national infrastructure. Madness. Rishi Sunak Iain Duncan Smith MP is right.Telegraph:
'As the Muslim world comes together to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the World Uyghur Congress calls on Muslim leaders, Muslim-majority states and organisations to end their silence and cooperation with the Chinese government.'
#Uyghurs #UyghurGenocide #Eid2024 #EidMubarak
Hikvision cameras–Baroness Neville-Rolfe“timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites..due to be published by 26 April' David Cameron Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon Sam Goodman davidalton.net/2024/04/09/hik…