Australia: Protests held against China's Uyghur policy

By Recep Sakar

MELBOURNE

A Muslim-Turkish association in Australia protested Saturday China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Islamic Community National View (IGMG) held the protest in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne.

President of IGMG Australia, Hasan Guresen told Anadolu Agency that the protest was held to show solidarity with “our brothers in Turkestan”.

In August, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in a meeting held in Geneva, stated that the Uyghur individuals, who the local administrators accuse of having unfavorable political thought, in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region were held in political training centers.

The UN body’s representatives stated that up to 3 million people have been detained without any judicial decisions.

Human Rights Watch had previously announced that the Chinese government was conducting a "mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against Turkic Muslims" in China.