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

Press Release - updated: Sep 13, 2018

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