Rally at UN Against Chinese President Xi Jinping
Ahead of UN General Assembly, Protesters Decry Chinese President Xi's Crackdown on Human Rights and Freedom in China and Its Occupied Territories
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NEW YORK, September 13, 2018 (Newswire.com) - On Sept. 18, activists and local New Yorkers representing various communities – including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Taiwanese, Hong Kongers, Chinese rights advocates and supporters – will be gathered at the UN Plaza to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s totalitarian rule and human rights atrocities across China and its occupied territories. The solidarity rally brings together various affected groups that condemn Xi Jinping’s totalitarian rule and his oppressive policies, and demand freedom, democracy and the right to self-determination and political independence. This event is being jointly organized by thirteen leading movement-based organizations. The program will also include a political parody featuring Winnie the Pooh and an ‘Ink Xi Jinping’ action.
WHO: Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Taiwanese, Hong Kongers, and Chinese Democracy Activists and Supporters.
WHERE: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, United Nations. E. 47 St. bet. 1 Ave. and 2 Ave., Manhattan
WHEN: Sept. 18, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
MC: Dorjee Tseten, Executive Director, Students for a Free Tibet
Speeches by
Ilshat Hassan, President of Uyghur American Association
Enghebatu Togochog, Director of Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
Sarah Cook, Senior Researcher for East Asia, Freedom House
Teng Baio, Chinese Human Rights Lawyer and Activist
Omer Karnat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Ngawang Tharchin, President, Regional Tibetan Youth Congress NY/NJ
Anna Cheung, Activist, New York For Hong Kong
Marvin Kumetat, US Program Coordinator, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Representative from Keep Taiwan Free
Organised by
New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong
Regional Tibetan Youth Congress NYNJ
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
China Human Rights Accountability Center
Regional Chushi Gangdruk of New York and New Jersey
Unrepresented Nations and People Organization (UNPO)
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Media Inquiries:
Dorjee Tseten, Executive Director, Students for a Free Tibet, 646 753 3889 dorjee@studentsforafreetibet.org
Teng Biao, Chinese Human Rights Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, 6173966099 tengbiao89@gmail.com
Zubayra Shamseden, Uyghur Human Rights Project, 5715350639, zshams@uhrp.org
Source: Students for a Free Tibet