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17th UN Human Rights Council: Joint NRPTT and WUC Written Statement on 5 July 2009 Events

17th UN Human Rights Council: Joint NRPTT and WUC Written Statement on 5 July 2009 Events

WUC, 20 May 2011

The Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT), in collaboration with the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), submitted a written statement entitled “Second anniversary of the 5 July 2009 events in Urumqi, regional capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), People’s Republic of China: Two years of impunity” (A/HRC/17/NGO/13) to the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council under item 4 (“Human Rights situations that require the attention of the Council”).

In the statement, the NRPTT expressed its deep concerns that nearly two years after the tragic 5 July 2009 events of Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China, no independent investigation into the events had been allowed by the Chinese authorities and that the crackdown on Uyghur culture, identity, freedom of expression, and religion, as well as the economic discrimination of the Uyghurs continue.

The statement is available here.