Nai Anwar, a Rohingya man and chairman of Freedom for Burma, fled Myanmar for Thailand in 2008 to escape the Myanmar military’s persecution and killing of the Rohingya people in western Myanmar. He came to the U.S in 2013 and is applying to be a citizen.
Members of the Flushing Interfaith Council, Justice for All, Uyghur Rally and Amnesty International’s Queens chapter marched as part of the Chinese New Year parade to support Uyghur human rights.
Members of the Flushing Interfaith Council, Justice for All, Uyghur Rally and Amnesty International’s Queens chapter marched as part of the Chinese New Year parade to support Uyghur human rights.
Shamim Hossain waved the flag of East Turkestan to support Uyghur human rights in China as he and other Uyghur supporters marched as part of the Chinese New Year parade.
An onlooker, right, took a video of a group who was marching as part of the Chinese New Year parade. The group advocated freedom for Uyghurs being held in detention centers without due process in China.
An onlooker, right, watched a group marching as part of the Chinese New Year parade. The group advocated freedom for Uyghurs being held in detention centers without due process in China.
Members of the Flushing Interfaith Council, Justice for All, Uyghur Rally and Amnesty International’s Queens chapter marched as part of the Chinese New Year parade to support Uyghur human rights.
Fawad Faqeeri, a supporter of Uyghur human rights, wore a mask of the blue flag of East Turkestan. On the mask, a red painted hand of the Chinese flag covered the mouth. The Chinese communist government under Mao Zedong invaded East Turkestan home to Uyghurs in 1949. In 1955, the Chinese officially annexed the area creating what is now called Xinjiang. Faqeeri moved to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 1989 at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviets killed his uncle in a jail in Afghanistan during the war. His uncle was a doctor. Faqeeri said what happened to his uncle motivates him to help Uyghurs held in detention centers in China.
Parade spectators, right, watched from the sidewalk as a group calling for human rights for Uyghurs in China marched as part of the Chinese New Year parade.
On Main Street, Flushing, dozens of Chinese flags lined both sides of the street as a group, right, that was part of the Chinese New Year parade marched for human rights for Uyghurs under the rule of the Chinese communist government in Xinjiang, China.
On Main Street, Flushing, dozens of Chinese flags lined both sides of the street as a group that was part of the Chinese New Year parade advocated for human rights for Uyghurs under the rule of the Chinese communist government in Xinjiang, China.
On Main Street, Flushing, dozens of Chinese flags lined both sides of the street as a group, right, that was part of the Chinese New Year parade advocated for human rights for Uyghurs under the rule of the Chinese communist government in Xinjiang, China.
On Main Street, Flushing, marchers, right, who were part of the Chinese New Year parade called for human rights for Uyghurs in China. The marchers walked past a stage where revelers were celebrating the Chinese New Year.
On Main Street, Flushing, dozens of Chinese flags lined both sides of the street as marchers who were part of the Chinese New Year parade advocated for human rights for Uyghurs under the rule of the Chinese communist government in Xinjiang, China.
On Main Street, Flushing, dozens of Chinese flags lined both sides of the street as marchers who were part of the Chinese New Year parade advocated for human rights for Uyghurs under the rule of the Chinese communist government in Xinjiang, China.
Parade spectators, center, watched from the sidewalk at a group supporting Uyghur human rights who marched on the street as part of the Chinese New Year parade.
Fawad Faqeeri, a supporter of Uyghur human rights, wore a mask of the blue flag of East Turkestan. Behind him, lion dancers who just finished performing in the Chinese New Year parade got out of their suits. On the mask, a red painted hand of the Chinese flag covered the mouth. The Chinese communist government under Mao Zedong invaded East Turkestan home to Uyghurs in 1949. In 1955, the Chinese officially annexed the area creating what is now called Xinjiang. Faqeeri moved to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 1989 at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviets killed his uncle in a jail in Afghanistan during the war. His uncle was a doctor. Faqeeri said what happened to his uncle motivates him to help Uyghurs held in detention centers in China.
