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World Uyghur Congress marks Genocide Remembrance Day with protest in Genev
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The protest highlighted the ongoing atrocities faced by the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region and called for urgent international intervention.
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Germany: Uyghur activists mark 'Genocide Recognition Day', remember victim
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Several Uyghur organisations and activists commemorated the 'Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day' on December 9 in Munich, Germany. The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) emphasised the importance of remembering the victims of the Uyghur genocide.
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Activists warn of China's growing influence on cultural identity and free
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Activists at a US congressional hearing warn of China's growing influence on the cultural identity and free speech of US-based minority groups, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Mongolians. These activists share concerns over China's efforts to suppress their language, history, and activism a
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UK MPs demand stricter laws after report expose Uyghur forced labour in Ch
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
RFA cited a report by a media agency that revealed that 17 products, mainly store-brand items from British and German retailers, are likely made with Chinese tomatoes.
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US continues to target Chinese companies over "forced" labour in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The VOA stated that on November 22, the US Department of Homeland Security added 29 more Chinese companies to a list of firms banned under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
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ETGE condemns China Central Asia summit, accuses Beijing of regional domin
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The summit, which marked the Fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting, was framed as a diplomatic effort to foster regional cooperation and security, but ETGE claims the agreements signed are part of a broader strategy by China to undermine the sovereignty of Central Asian nations
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Uyghur leader calls out China's genocide at UN forum amid disruption
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
During his address, Chinese representatives attempted to disrupt the session by falsely accusing the WUC of being a "separatist organization" and demanded that Qurban be silenced. Despite these attempts to intimidate him, Qurban remained steadfast, continuing his speech and highlighting t
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World Uyghurs Congress welcomes Volkswagen's exit from Xinjiang region, ca
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) welcomed Volkswagen's (VW) announcement that it will sell its plant in East Turkistan, a region in which the WUC has long campaigned against the company's ties to forced labour.
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US Department of Homeland Security probes Temu for slave labour links amid
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to officials and intelligence experts speaking to The NY Post, the incredibly low-priced company has an unfair impact on the US market, monitors its mobile app users, and depends on products produced through slave labour to maintain its rock-bottom prices, New York Post reported
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New details emerge of uyghur asylum seekers' torture in China after fiftee
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Cambodia deported 20 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China fifteen years ago, where they were imprisoned, tortured, and subjected to severe human rights abuses, according to sources, as quoted by Radio Free Asia.
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East Turkistan Govt in exile highlights China's abuses on international da
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) on Tuesday issued a powerful statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, condemning the systemic violence faced by Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Turkic women under China's oppressive rule in East Xinjiang. Read More
East Turkistan govt in exile remembers Urumqi fire victims, urges global r
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) remembered the 44 Uyghur lives tragically lost in the November 24, 2022, Urumqi fire, along with countless others who had reportedly died due to China's deliberate neglect under its oppressive "Zero-COVID" policies.
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