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World Uyghur Congress highlights rights violations in China's Xinjiang reg
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The month began with the East Turkistan National Day on November 12, reaffirming the resilience of the Uyghur struggle. The WUC marked a milestone in Uyghur women's empowerment through the International Uyghur Women's Dialogue, thereby strengthening gender representation in the global moveme
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WUC weekly briefing exposes China's ongoing abuses and global pushback
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress highlighted China's human rights abuses, including imprisonment of defenders like Ilham Tohti. The briefing noted UN calls for detainee rights, U.S. reports of genocide and forced labor, and enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to block goods produc
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Human Rights Foundation marks 11 years of Uyghur professor's detention; ca
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) marked the 11th anniversary of the unjust detention of Ilham Tohti, a Uyghur professor who has been enduring a life sentence for his peaceful advocacy for Uyghur human rights. A post shared on X by HRF highlighted the atrocities he endured, including wris
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European Parliament adopts resolution demanding unconditional release of U
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) also adopted a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Ilham Tohti, the 2019 Sakharov Prize laureate, and Gulshan Abbas, as well as all those arbitrarily detained in China.
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Human rights groups demand immediate release of detained Uyghur economist
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has expressed solidarity with Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti's family on the 10th anniversary of his life imprisonment, calling for his immediate release along with the many Uyghur intellectuals and scholars who are detained in China.
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Amnesty International laments China for imprisonment and torture of Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
An international human rights watchdog called upon the Chinese authorities on Tuesday for the illegal imprisonment and further torture of Ilham Tohti, a renowned Uyghur activist and intellectual, who advocated for understanding and dialogue between Uyghurs and Han Chinese people, Amnesty In
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Belgium Uyghur Association commemorates Baren revolution in Brussels
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The participants in the candlelight vigil displayed posters describing the Baren revolution that started as a peaceful protest on April 5, 1990, by the villagers in Baren township near Kashgar against the continued Chinese policy of forced assimilation and population control etc.
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Human rights activists call on China to release Uyghur scholar
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release Uyghur scholar, who has been sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for "separatism," for raising voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China's Xinjiang region, accordi
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