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World Uyghur Congress highlights rights violations in China's Xinjiang reg
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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Global outrage deepens as China's crimes against Uyghurs exposed worldwide
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The week began in Berlin, where the WUC and Campaign for Uyghurs hosted the International Uyghur Women's Dialogue from 14-15 November.
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World unites against China's brutal campaign to erase Uyghur identity and
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The report also documented the death of 96-year-old Imam Abidin Damollam in prison while serving a nine-year term. USCIRF further noted the persecution of Uyghur women such as Tursungul Ghopur and Heyrinisa Memet, who were imprisoned for teaching religion and culture, calling it part of Beij
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Campaign for Uyghurs marks 35 years since Barin Massacre, calls out China
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Barin Massacre. On April 5, 1990, in the town of Barin, East Turkistan, brave Uyghur individuals organized a peaceful demonstration against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) oppressive One-Child Policy and the cruel targe
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WUC honours resilience of Uyghur women against Chinese oppression
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In a post on X, WUC stated that from mothers demanding justice for their missing loved ones to activists speaking out against the Chinese government's systematic abuses, Uyghur women are at the forefront of the struggle for freedom and justice.
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Rights group to hold event in London highlighting atrocities on Uyghur wom
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Internationally acclaimed social organisations like the Rene Cassin Foundation and the Faith and Violence Against Women and Girls (FVAWG) Coalition will organize an event on March 4 in London highlighting the persecution of Uyghur women, a combined press statement released by the social orga
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Uyghur women face systematic repression under Chinese control
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja discusses the human rights situation for Uyghur women in the Xinjiang region of China.
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China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora.
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China sentences five women from Uyghur family to long prison terms over 'i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): A Xinjiang court sentenced five Muslim Uyghur women from one family to lengthy jail terms for "illegal" religious activities, a media report said.
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Once oppressed, Xinjiang's Uyghur women take on Chinese government
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): Uyghur women have found themselves the targets of some of Beijing's cruellest tactics - featuring forced sterilisations and intrauterine devices (IUD) implantations--meant to slash birth rates, which dropped 24 per cent in 2019 in Xinjiang compared with 4.2 p
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Pressure rises on China as hundreds protest in Istanbul against Beijing's
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], March 11 (ANI): International pressure on China's aggressive crackdown on ethnic minorities has risen, with the latest report of hundreds of women staging a march in Istanbul demanding an end to Beijing's 'genocide' and protection of Uyghur women's rights.
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Activists call for solidarity against Beijing's atrocities on Uyghur women
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): On the occasion of International Womens' Day, female activists around the world called on international women's institutions as well as feminist allies from across the world to speak out against Beijing's repression of the Uyghur women.
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