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'Uyghur lives traded for cotton, solar panels': China's crimes against hum
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Over the past decade, China has escalated a brutal campaign of systematic repression against the Uyghur people, an indigenous Turkic Muslim group native to the region known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or East Turkestan.
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Geneva: Uyghur rights activist exposes China's forced labour and surveilla
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Speaking at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Isa described the situation as "dire," with widespread human rights violations continuing under the pretext of state security and development.
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World Uyghur Congress intensifies advocacy efforts in Brussels ahead of EU
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has intensified its advocacy efforts in Europe to raise awareness about the ongoing human rights abuses faced by the Uyghur population in East Turkestan, ahead of the upcoming EU-China Human Rights Dialogue.
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Uyghur activist leads protest at Chinese embassy on 28th Anniversary of Gh
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, led a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, on the 28th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre. The demonstration condemned China's ongoing human rights violations and the genocide of Uyghurs in the East Turkestan reg
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Turkestan Organizations mark Ghulja massacre as part of ongoing Uyghur opp
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The International Union of Turkestan Organizations (IUETO) led a significant protest on Wednesday to mark the 28th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre, an event that has become a symbol of the ongoing oppression faced by the Uyghur people in East Turkistan.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns China's restriction on Uyghur mobility righ
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In the press release on February 4, WUC mentioned that while Beijing maintains that the region has "normalized," evidence points to the opposite, and "mass surveillance, arbitrary restrictions, and the weaponisation of passports are part of a deliberate strategy to suppress Uyghur identity a
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New direct flights from East Turkestan to UK spark fears of forced labour
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Since the summer of 2024, three new direct air routes have connected the East Turkestan region to major British airports, sparking alarm over the potential use of forced labor in the supply chains. East Turkestan, where the Uyghur ethnic group faces significant human rights abuses, has becom
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UN human rights experts urge China to address human rights violations in T
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sent a letter to the Chinese government, expressing serious concerns about ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet and East Turkestan, as reported by Tibet.net.
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East Turkistan government in exile condemns Pakistan-China alliance over U
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has condemned the growing alliance between Pakistan and China, accusing them of using "counter-terrorism" cooperation as a cover for state-sponsored terrorism and the ongoing genocide against Uyghurs in East Turkestan. The ETGE calls for immed
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China must take responsibility for Uyghurs' massacre: World Uyghur Congres
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The statement by the WUC came on the 15th anniversary of the Urumchi massacre commonly known as the Urumqi massacre
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American Friends of Gilgit and Muzaffarabad draw attention to China's expa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The event saw passionate interventions from Ishaq Sharif and Senge Sering, who respectively addressed the crackdowns in Muzaffarabad and the strategic importance of Gilgit, underscoring Pakistan's controversial control over these regions and the plight of their inhabitants.
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Uyghur Congress demands German Councilor to raise human rights issues duri
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in a joint letter to the Federal German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, urged him to raise the issue of Human rights situation and atrocities in Tibet, East Turkestan, Hong Kong, Southern Mongolia and China itself.
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