Residents of Gulza in Xinjiang took to social media and expressed their grief, which led to the news. Earlier, similar scenes had come to the fore in Shanghai.
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China West of xinjiang In a city of the region, people are facing the problem of hunger. The city has been under lockdown for the last 40 days due to the threat of infection and people here are struggling with hunger, forceful quarantine and supply of medicine supplies. The residents of Gulza in Xinjiang took to social media and expressed their grief, which led to the news.
Several videos were shared on Chinese social media last week in which people were seen screaming through empty fridges, suffering children and windows. Similar scenes before Shanghai They also came to the fore when people shared their problems by sharing videos on social media. People had told that rotten vegetables were being supplied to them, and necessary medical care was not being provided.
A Human Rights activist shared a video of Gulza on Twitter and wrote, “China is carrying out genocide in Gulza and other cities in East Turkestan with the so-called “zero-covid strategy”. No food, no medical facilities: Uighurs dying, committing suicide out of desperation!”
China is gas-lighting its genocide with so called “zero-Covid strategy” in Gulja and other cities in East Turkistan.
No food, no medical care: Uyghurs are dying, committing suicide out of desperation! pic.twitter.com/FovXne3fQs
— Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur (ئابدۇرېھىم نى يغۇر) (@AbdurehimGheni) September 10, 2022
In a picture shared by another Twitter handle, it has been told that children are dying of hunger. Rukaiya, who describes herself as a Canadian Uighur, wrote, “China is justifying its massacre with the so-called “quarantine” in the city of Gulza. The number of young children who have lost their lives to starvation has increased dramatically.
China is justifying its genocide with so called “Quarantine” in Gulja city. Number of young kids who lost their life dramatically increased because of starvation. pic.twitter.com/tVpYDKp7Yw
— Rukiye Turdush (@parlabest) September 9, 2022
lockdown in many cities
But unlike Shanghai with a population of 20 million, which is also a metropolis and home to many foreigners, Gulza is a small city where such problems are common. Here the situation has become worse after the lockdown. of china zero-covid policy Under this, lakhs of people are facing complete lockdown or rolling lockdown. This is also affecting the economy of the country.
Uighurs may face crisis
The lockdown in Gulza is also raising fears of police brutality among the Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group native to Xinjiang. Over the years, the region has been the target of widespread security crackdown, with large numbers of Uighurs and other largely Muslim minorities trapped in a vast network of camps and prisons. In such a situation, there may be a crisis on them.
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