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CFU commemorates 40th anniversary of historic Uyghur student protests in U
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs marked 40 years of the 1985 Urumchi Student Movement, recalling mass protests against discrimination and nuclear testing. The group highlighted continued repression of Uyghurs, citing widespread abuses, imprisonment, forced labour, and cultural destruction recognised int
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WUC marks three years since Urumchi fire, slams China's silence and ongoin
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The fire, which broke out in a residential building under lockdown in the Tianshan district of Urumchi, revealed the devastating effects of the Chinese government's racially discriminatory policies in East Turkistan and the broader repression.
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WUC opposes Xi Jinping's Xinjiang anniversary visit as propaganda amid rep
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Urumchi for Xinjiang's 70th anniversary, calling it propaganda masking genocide. While Xi praised "stability and unity," rights groups condemned China's White Paper as cover for repression, urging global action to h
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Uyghurs rally at White House to commemorate Urumchi massacre anniversary,
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dozens of Uyghurs, East Turkistanis, and American allies held a demonstration outside the White House on Saturday to mark the 16th anniversary of the July 5, 2009, Urumchi Massacre, where thousands of peaceful Uyghur demonstrators were killed or disappeared by Chinese forces in Urumchi, the
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China's crimes against humanity exposed in US: organ harvesting, mass rape
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The rally, organised by the East Turkistan Government in Exile, the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM), the Parliament in Exile, and the East Turkistan National Fund, was marked by impassioned speeches and a clear call: Recognise East Turkistan and end all cooperation with the Chinese r
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16 years after Urumchi Massacre, CCP faces growing global calls for accoun
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The organization marked the day with a renewed demand that the world remember the innocent Uyghur lives lost and confront the Chinese Communist Party's escalating crimes against humanity.
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WUC marks Uyghur language day, commemorates 1988 student protests amid ong
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Director of the Education Committee at World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Abdureshit Niyazkaramay, highlighted the significance of Uyghur Language Day, which was initiated by the WUC in 2015, and marked the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Uyghur Student Protests in Urumchi, according to a stat
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World Uyghur Congress marks 1988 protest anniversary, condemns China's ong
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) commemorated the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Uyghur student protests in Urumchi, East Turkistan, an important event in Uyghur history and one of the initial significant movements opposing the Chinese government's systematic discrimination against Uyghurs, acc
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Uyghur protest at UN demands justice on Urumchi Massacre anniversary
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a poignant display of remembrance and defiance, Uyghur Muslims gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2009 Urumchi Massacre on Friday.
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China must take responsibility for Uyghurs' massacre: World Uyghur Congres
Updated : 1 year, 10 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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On 15th anniversary of 2009 Urumchi Massacre, World Uyghur Congress seeks
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a press statement, WUC President Dolkun Isa said, "The 2009 Urumchi Massacre stands as one of the darkest episodes in the history of the Uyghur people."
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2009 Urumchi massacre: Uyghurs call for action to end China's genocide, pl
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The march aims to commemorate the 2009 Urumchi massacre and to call for meaningful action against China's ongoing campaign of colonization, Uyghur genocide, and occupation in East Turkistan.
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