An Orthodox Jewish man has been protesting in front of a Chinese Embassy building in Hampstead, in northwest London against the alleged atrocities taking place in China’s far-west Xinjiang province.
According to the Haaretz, Andrew, a northwest London resident and a businessman in his 50s, married with children, and fears potential repercussions from the Chinese especially for millions of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities who are reportedly being detained in camps or used as forced labor.
In his, statement to the Haaretz, he said, “It’s more for security than for any other reason; we’re dealing with serious matters and people disappear – but we can’t sit idly by. I am a typical Haredi Jew, I’m not an activist. This isn’t my normal day-to-day life. Growing up, my mother said to me ‘The world let the Holocaust happen’ – that they could have stopped it but it wasn’t a priority. So, I had to do something.”
Earlier last month, councillors in Tower Hamlets had also protested against China’s new embassy in the borough in their support of the Uighur Muslims, many who have sought political asylum or refuge in the UK.
