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Courtesy: UConn Muslim Student Association
The University of Connecticut’s Muslim Student Association is hosting a virtual art show and contest Thursday evening to raise awareness about the plight of China’s Uighur population.
A recent report from the publication Foreign Policy found that over 1.5 million Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority, have been forced into so-called “re-education” camps in Northern China. The Chinese government is accused of subjecting interred Uighurs to forced sterilization, forced abortion and other atrocities. The report concluded that the humanitarian crisis meets the United Nations definition of genocide.
“They are being tortured quite gruesomely, women are being raped,” said Khaleel Rahman, a biological sciences major at UConn and one of the organizers of the event. “Children are being separated from their families. So, it’s this surreal, dystopian, modern-day holocaust. Millions of people are being stripped of their religion.
File photo of gold paste.
TRICHY: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths seized 2.93 kg of gold in paste form from three air passengers, including a woman, who arrived at the Trichy airport from Kuala Lumpur on Monday night. The seized gold was worth Rs 1.43 crore.
Based on a tip-off, DRI officials screened passengers. They found the activities of the three passengers suspicious and detained them. The trio arrived in Trichy at 7.30 pm in Air India Express from Kuala Lumpur.
When officials intensified their screening operation, they found that the trio had attempted to smuggle gold in paste form. The passengers were identified as Malini, 38, of Karaikal and Kaleel Rahman, 42, and Rahman, 38, of Ramanathapuram.