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China faces growing global condemnation, as Uyghur advocacy intensifies i
Updated : 7 months 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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UHRP applauds US House passage of Uyghur Policy Act, calls for urgent Sena
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The Uyghur Policy Act makes it US policy to recognize and protect the distinct ethnic, religious, cultural, and linguistic identity of the Uyghurs, and authorizes more tools to end the atrocities," said UHRP Executive Director Omer Kanat.
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Uyghur leaders honour victims of authoritarianism at Washington ceremony
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Chair of the World Uyghur Congress Executive Committee, and Omer Kanat, Executive Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, participated in the 18th Roll Call of Nations Wreath Laying Ceremony in Washington, DC, an event organised by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundat
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243 global groups call for action against China over human rights violatio
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): 243 global groups including non-governmental organisations have called for action against China over human rights concerns as Beijing Winter Olympics is set to begin in the first week of February.
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