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East Turkistan Govt-in-Exile urges action on China's human rights abuses
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE) has urged the United States and Central Asian nations to place the situation in East Turkistan on the agenda during the forthcoming C5+1 Summit in Washington.
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World Uyghur Congress highlights global advocacy in October newsletter
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) highlighted its October activities, including advocacy in Europe and Japan, protests against Chinese oppression, and actions targeting companies involved in Uyghur surveillance. Uyghurs in Xinjiang face systemic repression, including forced labour, surveillanc
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China faces growing global condemnation, as Uyghur advocacy intensifies i
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On October 24, WUC Adviser Omer Kanat met UN permanent representatives in New York to discuss a forthcoming joint statement condemning China's continued repression of Uyghurs and to propose concrete measures to halt what rights groups describe as an ongoing genocide.
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ETGE urges Sweden to confront China over genocide and colonial oppression
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on the Swedish government to take a firm and principled stand against what it describes as the ongoing genocide and colonial occupation of Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples in Chinese-occupied East Turkistan.
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ETGE marks 76 years of Chinese occupation, calls for global action against
Updated : 5 months ago IST
According to the ETGE, on this day in 1949, just eleven days after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist forces launched a military assault on the independent Republic of East Turkistan.
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National Day of Mourning: East Turkistan activists to protest Chinese occu
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The event, which will take place from 1pm-3pm, aims to bring attention to what organisers call the ongoing genocide and colonisation campaign against the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which many in the diaspora refer to as East Tur
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ETGE condemns China's Xinjiang anniversary celebration as "Colonial Propag
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement issued on its office website, the ETGE described the anniversary ceremony, overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping and top Communist Party officials, as a "staged gathering" that serves to legitimize China's control over the territory.In a statement issued on its office websi
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Uyghur survivor's testimony, WUC rebut China's false claims of harmony
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, spotlighting the harrowing survivor accounts, condemning Chinese propaganda in East Turkistan, and mourning the passing of one of its founding figures, reflecting the ongoing struggle of the Uyghur people amid repression.
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WUC condemns China-backed smear campaign on Uyghur rights leader
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress condemned false allegations against its chair Rushan Abbas, calling them part of a smear campaign to silence Uyghur activists. It said the claims are baseless, politically motivated, and aimed at weakening global support for Uyghur rights while distracting from Chin
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WUC weekly brief highlights UN warning, transnational repression and Uyghu
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting attention to ongoing human rights abuses in East Turkistan, Beijing's campaign of intimidation against Uyghurs abroad, corporate complicity in forced labour, and the unresolved disappearance of Gulshan Abbas.
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ETGE condemns ISIS propaganda, calls it tool to advance China's narrative
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has strongly condemned a recent propaganda campaign by the Islamic State (ISIS), calling it a calculated attempt to support China's narrative and undermine the East Turkistani people's struggle for independence, according to the post by ETGE.
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ETGE condemns Oracle for 'complicity in Uyghur genocide,' demands sanction
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE) accused US-based Oracle of aiding China's surveillance of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples, calling it complicity in genocide. ETGE urged the US Congress, administration, and allies to investigate Oracle, impose sanctions, and end government cont
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