Prayers for Peacemakers: Pray for the persecuted Uyghurs

Pray for peace in the ongoing struggle of the Uyghurs, the native people of East Turkestan in China's Xinjiang province. In July, a reportedly peaceful protest by minority Uyghurs was answered by police violence which led to hundreds of deaths; what the government dismisses as an ethnic riot instigated from abroad is termed genocide by the Uyghurs. The number arrested varies depending on sources, but apparently is well over 4000. Reports of beatings in detention abound, and the trials are due to begin now. May human rights be restored to this persecuted group.