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WUC weekly brief highlights US forced labour ban expansion, China's propag
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has published its latest weekly update, highlighting significant developments concerning the challenges faced by Uyghur Muslims and China's ongoing repression efforts.
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WUC weekly briefing exposes China's ongoing abuses and global pushback
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress highlighted China's human rights abuses, including imprisonment of defenders like Ilham Tohti. The briefing noted UN calls for detainee rights, U.S. reports of genocide and forced labor, and enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to block goods produc
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World Uyghur Congress welcomes US Senate bills targeting China's rights ab
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
As stated in the release from WUC, these bills, introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), represent a rare and essential agreement in Congress regarding the pressing need for a firmer U.S. response to China's domestic and int
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World Uyghur Congress highlights global pushback against China's Uyghur re
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The brief pointed to increased political engagement in the UK, legal advancements in Argentina, and mounting concern over forced labour linked to European imports.
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WUC marks 11 years since Yarkand massacre, demands justice, international
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) solemnly honours the victims of one of the most lethal crackdowns in East Turkistan since the 2009 Urumqi unrest on the 11th anniversary of the Yarkand massacre.
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World Uyghur Congress' weekly brief highlights global efforts to combat Uy
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The WUC emphasised that this legislation responds directly to growing evidence, including a recent report from Global Rights Compliance, that exposes the Chinese Communist Party's use of Uyghur forced labour in East Turkistan's mining sector. U.S. officials have underlined that securing ethi
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Geneva: Uyghur rights activist exposes China's forced labour and surveilla
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks 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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China continues to persecute its Uyghur populace
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
China's harsh treatment of ethnic minorities, such as Muslim Uyghurs in the northwest province of Xinjiang, has not garnered as much international attention in recent times. This must delight the government in Beijing, especially given its earlier notoriety for a sophisticated network of co
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Global Human Rights Groups call out China at UN for ongoing persecution of
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A global coalition of rights groups at the UNHRC condemned China's ongoing persecution of human rights lawyers, marking 10 years since the "709 Crackdown." They highlighted cases of imprisonment, disappearances, and family harassment, urging stronger international action against China's lega
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ETGE welcomes G7 stand on transnational repression, urges global action ag
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The ETGE recalled the arrest of Dilshat Reshit in April 2025, a founding member and long-time spokesperson of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), who was found to be operating as a Chinese agent.
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World Uyghur Congress applauds G7 leaders' unprecedented stand against tra
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The WUC has expressed its appreciation for the G7's firm and unequivocal position against Transnational Repression (TNR), describing it as a significant advancement for communities like the Uyghurs who are consistently targeted by the CCP.
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WUC marks Uyghur language day, commemorates 1988 student protests amid ong
Updated : 9 months 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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