SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Around two hundred Chinese students stopped by Hendricks Chapel to mourn a deadly fire in Xinjiang’s capital city, Ürümqi.
Besides the candlelight vigil, some students held up white papers for a silent demonstration.
The organizer and most participants did not want to disclose their names because of the heavy suppression happening in China. Additionally, the government strictly censors information about protests online. On the Chinese social media platform WeChat, the promotion of SU’s candlelight vigil was reported and taken down.
Syracuse University was moving fast to support the vigil, according to an international center staff. The event lasted for less than three hours for only one night.