Washington Post, 22 June 2020
Below is an article published by Washington Post, Photo Ng Han Guan/AP.
Bill Drexel was a 2018-2019 Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he researched Chinese state surveillance.
Large red X’s smeared across the doors of each home. Transformers ripped from their sockets. A lone child’s tricycle, abandoned in the street.
Read More →euobserver, 22 June 2020
Below is an article published by euobserver, Photo Yashar Yalkun
China denies it, but Uighur exiles who fled to EU states say they are still being terrorised by threatening phone-calls, SMS-es, and other forms of what some security services have dubbed “refugee-espionage”.
Read More →World Uyghur Congress, 19 June 2020
Uyghur Human Rights Act Signed Into Law
On June 17, the Uyghur Human Rights Act was signed into law by the U.S. government. This Law marks a vital step for the Uyghur people and efforts to stop the Chinese government’s against humanity in East Turkistan.
The New York Times, 17 June 2020
Below is an article published by New York Times, Photo The Shifang Municipal People’s Government.
The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic map of its roughly 700 million males, giving the authorities a powerful new tool for their emerging high-tech surveillance state.
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On June 13, Rahima Mahmud, artist and WUC London office representative, spoke at an online rally organized by Democracy by Hong Kong and Stand with Hong Kong in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the anti-extradition law protests.
Please find Ms Mahmuds speech below:
Read More →Press Release – For immediate release
15 June 2020
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
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June 15th, 2020 marks the 32nd anniversary of a wave of democracy protests led by Uyghur students in East Turkistan that complemented democracy protests sweeping across China until the Tiananmen massacre.
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The World Uyghur Congress has released its newsletter covering the month of June concerning our activities as well as the most prevalent issues concerning the Uyghur community in East Turkistan and elsewhere.The newsletter looks at a number of developing stories coming out of the region and updates on the activities of the World Uyghur Congress, including:
Read More →World Uyghur Congress, 29 May 2020
WUC Commemorates 31st Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
To commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, the WUC called for solidarity between all groups facing oppression from the CCP and to recapture the hope and optimism of the democracy protesters in 1989.