(Times of Israel) Dozens of Jewish New Yorkers gathered outside United Nations headquarters on August 30 for a rally in solidarity with the Muslim Uighur community being persecuted in China.
An estimated 1 million Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups such as Kazakhs are held in Chinese-run prison-like detention centers—many for indefinite terms—amid reports of harsh treatment and poor living conditions.
Speakers read testimony given by survivors of the Chinese detention camps and led chants of “never again” that were repeated by the crowd.
“We’re here to say, ‘Wake up from your sleep,’ Congress, [and] pass meaningful legislation… Each of us [must also] wake up from [our sleep], wake up from your sleep [anyone] who loves the oppressed, for we were oppressed in the land of Egypt,” says rabbinical student Hody Nemes over a megaphone.
