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Street Play protests oppression of the Uyghurs, demands closure of all Chinese projects Dopa Day
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Street Play protests oppression of the Uyghurs, demands closure of all Chinese projects

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 07 May 2022, 01:19 am

Dhaka, May 7: A street play was staged in front of the National Press Club on Thursday (May 5) at 3:30 pm on the occasion of Dopa Day, a cultural festival of the oppressed Uighur people of China. The street play was staged by Samad Bhuiyan and his party in protest of the cultural adversity, threats and persecution of Uighur Muslims in China. The event called for the closure of all projects with Chinese assistance.

Dopa Day is an internationally celebrated Uyghur cultural festival that has been celebrated on May 5 every year since 2009.

The street play was organized by an organization called Open Dialogue Bangladesh (ODB) which has been working in Bangladesh for a long time to protest against the oppression of Uyghurs.

Uighur researcher and social worker Tahir Amin Dopa inaugurated the festival. This day is celebrated around China, especially in the south and north of Xinjiang. The festival is considered a symbol of Uyghur unity.

The communist mentality that China has towards the Uyghurs is shared by all the countries of the world. Even China has the same policy with Bangladesh. The workers of the Chinese project have been injured in the recent clashes with the Chinese over the construction of a dam at Mathbaria in Pirojpur, which is an example of their mentality. This issue was raised in Pathnat.

Organized on the occasion of Dopa Day, the street play called on Muslim brothers and sisters in Bangladesh and around the world to stand up against the persecution of Uighur Muslims. The Bangladesh government was also asked to tighten diplomatic ties with China and close all projects with Chinese assistance.