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Uyghur Week of Action

A WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO FIGHT FOR
UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS

Since 2017, China has detained more than one million Uyghurs in internment camps. Uyghur people have been tortured, sterilized and murdered as part of an ongoing genocide. To raise global awareness and create lasting change, Jewish World Watch has partnered with international Jewish and Uyghur organizations to advocate, engage businesses and fight against human rights abuses by China.

Event Details

day one

MAR

29

MONDAY

Amplify

In order to maximize the Week’s impact, we need you to spread the word about the Week of Action! Use the first day to share information with your family and friends and explain to them why they need to participate in the events as well.

day two

MAR

30

TUESDAY/11 AM

Uyghur Freedom Seder

The Jewish and Uyghur peoples are inextricably linked together through our unique but strikingly similar histories of persecution. We will use the Seder model to amplify the Uyghur people’s voices and highlight the human rights atrocities being perpetrated against them to compel the global Jewish community to take action in coordinated and strategic ways.

This unique event will feature an outstanding group of special guests, including Amb. Rabbi David Saperstein (RAC), Mark Hetfield (HIAS), Mia Hasenson-Gross (René Cassin), Bini Guttmann (EUJS), Rayhan Asat (ATILA), Omer Kanat (UHRP), and Carl Gershman (NED and Former U.S. Amb. to the UN HRC) – plus many more yet to be announced!

Hon. Rabbi David Saperstein (Former Ambassador) 

Carl Gershman (Frmr. Ambassador UN Human Rights Commission) 

Hon. Irwin Cotler (Former Justice Minister of Canada) 

Commissioner Nury Turkel (USCIRF)

Hon. Ron Galperin (LA City Controller)

Hon. Ruth Messinger (NY City Council, Retd.) 

Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky (LA County Supervisor, Retd.) 

Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Founder JWW

Mark Hetfield, CEO HIAS

Justin Rudelson

Rabbi Dr. Margaret Jacobi

Roger Kamenetz

Nurnisa Kurban

Omer Kanat, Chairman World Uyghur Congress

Hannah Weilbacher

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

Prime Minister Salih Hudayar, Uyghurs in Exile

Bini Guttman, President EUJS

Rayhan Asat

Jonathan Gibson                                                                                                                 

Mehmet Imin

Tamara Gilden

Nechama Liss-Levinson

Amitai Abouzaglo

Dolkun Isa

Rabbi Pini Dunner

Dr. Alfred Munzer

Rahima Mahmut

Armen V. Sahakyan

Mia Hasenson-Gross

 

Music by:  

Jonah Platt 

Rabbi Jaclyn Cohen

day three

MAR

31

WEDNESDAY

Global Advocacy Day

We will be coming together to create a wave of advocacy supporting the Uyghur people as we contact our elected officials and spread the word throughout our communities.

We are asking all participants to follow these steps on March 31:

 

  • Send pre-written messages to your elected officials in the House and Senate urging them to co-sponsor legislation that supports Uyghurs in China*
  • Make a call to your Representatives*
  • Spread the word about these actions to your family, friends and colleagues on social media and via email

day four

APR

1

THURSDAY

Global Day of Business Engagement

To create meaningful change for the Uyghurs, we must work with retailers that utilize tainted supply chains from the Xinjiang region in China. We will be contacting Volkwagen, urging them to repair their past mistakes by ensuring they do not repeat them.

The day’s actions will be:

  • Sign our letter calling on Volkswagen to clean their supply chain and end the use of Uyghur forced labor*
  • Help us reach 1,000 phone calls by contacting Volkswagen headquarters*
  • Share pre-written posts on social media and tag @VW*

day five

APR

2

FRIDAY

Say a Shabbat Prayer

On the final day of the Week of Action, we ask that you say a prayer for the Uyghurs while you light your Shabbat candles.

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