London, UK. 5th August, 2021. Rahima Mahmut (l), London-based Uyghur singer, translator and human rights activist, joins activists from Uyghur Solidarity Campaign UK and other supporting groups protesting opposite the Chinese embassy in support of the Uyghur people’s struggle for freedom. Activists highlighted the Chinese government's persecution and forced assimilation of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other indigenous people in East Turkestan and Xinjiang and called for them to have the right to determine their own futures through a democratic process.