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World Uyghur Congress commemorates victims of Yarkand Massacre
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress on Friday commemorated the victims of the Yarkand massacre on the ninth anniversary of the tragedy.
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Global Human Rights Defence holds film festival in The Hague: Women's Righ
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
During the festival, eight short films, documentaries and snippets of larger movies were showcased which touched upon various issues linked to women's rights in all regions of the world.
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Activists raise concern over persecution of ethnic minorities by Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
They raised concern over the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan against Baloch, Sindhi and the Pashtuns, and against the Uyghur Muslims by China.
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World Uyghur Congress advocates Uyghur rights in Turkey parliament
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) commemorates the 35th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy Uyghur student protest in Urumchi and highlights the courage of the protestors.
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Dissident voices emerge from China
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Xinjiang, a region dominated by Uyghur Muslims, is experiencing serious human rights abuses where locals are ill-treated, women are violated and activists are picked up and jailed.
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Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of cancer at a Thai immigration detention facility after being detained there for four years. Another two Uyghur children died in 2014, according to media reports, in
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World Uyghur Congress raises concern over Chinese repression in Spain
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The WUC delegation successfully completed advocacy meetings in Madrid, raising the #Uyghur issue with Senators and Congressmen/Congresswomen from different political parties. Thank you for your support!" tweeted WUC.
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Uyghur activist asks China to enforce UN recommendations to curb human rig
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Zumretay Arkin of the World Uyghur Congress in her intervention during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council said, "It is with increasing concern that we monitor the situation in the Uyghur Autonomous Region."
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Germany-based World Uyghur Congress nominated for 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Germany-based Uyghur rights group, World Uyghur Congress has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Italian Senate unveils Uyghur leader's book 'La trappola cinese'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Italian Senate unveiled the book by World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa "La Trappola Cinese"
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Japanese PM's special aide meets Uyghur delegation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nobuo is a former Defense Minister of Japan and the brother of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year.
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Activists raise grim human rights situation in Balochistan at Berlin confe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 20 (ANI): The Baloch human rights activists and those living in exile have raised the issue of the grim human rights situation in Pakistan's poorest but resource-rich province of Balochistan at a day-long conference held in Berlin on September 17.
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