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East Turkistan govt in exile condemns China for genocide, seeks recognitio
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile marked 76 years of China's occupation of East Turkistan, calling it genocide and urging international action. At a White House protest, leaders demanded sanctions, accountability and recognition of East Turkistan as an occupied territory.
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'Use 'East Turkistan,' not 'Xinjiang,' says Uyghur leader, calls China's a
Updated : 3 months ago IST
According to Hudayar, the use of the term "Xinjiang" without context obscures the historical and political reality of what he described as China's military occupation of East Turkistan.
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Genocide Watch warns of cultural erasure and forced detention of Uyghurs
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Washington-based non-governmental organisation Genocide Watch recently published an article on its website titled "Genocide Emergency: Xinjiang, China 2025". The report highlighted the ongoing persecution of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where approximately
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WUC highlights global advocacy, urgent Uyghur concerns
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its latest weekly brief, highlighting key developments in advocacy, commemoration, and urgent human rights alerts concerning Uyghurs in East Turkistan.
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ETNM holds vigil ahead of National Day of Mourning, urges global action ag
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
As the world approaches December 22, East Turkistan's National Day of Mourning, the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) is calling on the international community to confront what it describes as China's ongoing occupation and genocide of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples
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World Uyghur Congress highlights rights violations in China's Xinjiang reg
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks 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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EU condemns China's expanding human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet,
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Marking Human Rights Day 2025, the European Union (EU) accused China of intensifying its suppression of fundamental freedoms and failing to make any meaningful progress on human rights.
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WUC ramps up global advocacy against China's Uyghur genocide
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting a series of events across Asia, Europe, and North America to expose China's ongoing atrocities against the Uyghur people and to demand stronger international accountability for the genocide unfolding in Xinjiang.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 rattles through Xinjiang
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 strikes Xinjiang
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
As per the NCS, the earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
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From annexation to surveillance: WUC condemns China's 76-year war on Uyghu
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
To mark the occasion, the WUC hosted an event at the European Parliament, led by MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, tracing the systematic erosion of Uyghur rights and exposing China's empty promises of autonomy under the XUAR framework.
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Campaign for Uyghurs urges US action following release of report on CCP's
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The human rights advocacy group Campaign for Uyghurs has issued a strong call to action following the release of the Minority Report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which details the ongoing persecution of Uyghurs in China.
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