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Uyghur repression: Demonstrators protest against China in Vancouver Uyghur

Uyghur repression: Demonstrators protest against China in Vancouver

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 20 Oct 2020, 11:01 pm

Vancouver: Friends of Canada-India, along with seven other organizations, staged a protest against China's brutal repression of Uyghurs, concentration camps and for the release of two detained Canadians in China on Saturday.

The protesters marched from Vancouver Art Gallery to Chinese consulate office in the city.

Demonstrators rallied outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver to take a stand against the Chinese government crackdown against the Uyghurs  community and other ethnic groups.

Maninder Gill of Friends of Canada-India said that the Chinese law threatens freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

Gill strongly condemned China for his irresponsible actions and dictatorial approach. 

Avtar Johal, Paul Braich, Baljinder Cheema,  Parmjit Khosla, Dr Hakam Bhullar, Ashish Manral, Manpreet Grewal , Irfan Rana, Sohaib Ali Bajwa and many more joined the protest under Maninder Gill's leadership.

Slogans against China were raised during the rally. More than 500 people participated in the protest.