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It was in her bag, unwrapped. Her small hand gently peeped out from the fast moving melee of translators, security and activists, and found mine. In it was this little hat. I was was honoured, confused, burdened.
She so small, me so tall. The crowd stood back and we kissed, softly, one on each cheek. A parting of friends.
Remember me. Take this gift and remember me.
Yet we had not a word in common.
This is me - mother of three
This little blog aims to highlight the ordeal of the Uighur people (pronounced Wee-gar), by providing facts, thoughts and comment regarding the erosion of their basic right to protect their children and their culture. It is awareness of a different kind.
Video of Rebiya - worth watching. Click the link below
Rebiya Kadeer's Hat
She so small, me so tall. The crowd stood back and we kissed, softly, one on each cheek. A parting of friends.
Remember me. Take this gift and remember me.
Yet we had not a word in common.
Rebiya's hat
How China is ruled - BBC link
If your land was being overrun by a huge country such as China; if your language was being lost; if your children were taken away from you; would you do nothing?
Andro
This is me - mother of three
I asked Rebiya if I could visit her country. She took my hand and said
"If you go there the people will not speak to you. They are afraid."
"If you go there the people will not speak to you. They are afraid."
Steves page
About Me
- Pippa
- If this life is about freedom and happiness, then I shall seek it. But not just for me. If it is I alone who is given that freedom and that happiness, then I do not want it. Freedom is nothing unless it is shared, and happiness is not a lone pursuit. This blog attempts to be a journey - not just over distance and culture, but in mind and in heart. For every one new voice of freedom my happiness will be multiplied a thousand times, and for every one less it will be similarly diminished. I am no scholar, no freedom fighter, no politician, but I am alive and that is enough for me to make a start.
I met Rebiya Kadeer in October 2007
Her brave diminutive form spoke in a language of passion and grief and hope.
Come on China - come clean
Anita Roddick - It could have been me
Free Tibet - Olympics campaign
Stormer of the Skies - Rebiya's book
Uighur Businesswoman
Potted history of the Uighurs
During the mid-1700s and mid-1800s,
Xinjiang is an area rich in natural resources. This is the main reason that
Despite these abundant resources, the "wealth gap" has significantly widened between the minorities and ethnic Chinese of the region. Most of them are farmers, only averaging an annual income of £45. Nearly 80 percent of Uighurs live below the poverty level. Less than a quarter even have running water.
Each year, the Party Committee asks each citizen of Xinjiang to work anywhere from 45 days to six months without pay. Many benefits, such as job incentives are only available to the Chinese, not the Uighurs .Without being able to speak Chinese, these people are at a major disadvantage - they cannot get jobs. Many are left unemployed.
Amnesty
1 comment:
Hey Pippa, Namaste Lobsang. Achar? Nice photo. See you soon, Marek
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