World Uyghur Congress, 29 May 2020
Passing of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 in the House of Representatives
The WUC applauds the passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (S.3744) with an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives. The Act was passed by the Senate earlier this month and the passage in the House is one step closer to the signature into law by the President of the United States.
Below is an article published by New York Times, Photo Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty.
WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a measure that would punish top Chinese officials for detaining more than one million Muslims in internment camps, sending President Trump a bill intended to force him to take a more aggressive stand on human rights abuses in China.
Read More →The World, 27 May 2020
Below is an article published by The World.
In Congress, lawmakers are talking about human rights for Uyghurs, the Muslim ethnic minority in far western China. Hundreds of thousands of Uighurs have been sent to detention camps in China’s Xinjiang province. Marco speaks with Rahima Mahmut, a human rights activist from the World Uyghur Congress, about a US bill that would sanction Chinese officials involved in the crackdown in Xinjiang.
Read More →Press Release – For immediate release
26 May 2020
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
+49 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]
The World Uyghur Congress celebrates and welcomes the U.S. Congress’s appointment of Uyghur-American attorney Nury Turkel to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Attorney Turkel is a prominent figure in the Uyghur community. Mr. Turkel is one of the founding members of the World Uyghur Congress and has provided policy and legal advice to the current and former presidents. In 2003, Mr. Turkel co-founded the Uyghur Human Rights Project and its current Board Chair. Previously, Mr. Turkel served president of the Uyghur-American Association.
Read More →Quilliam, 26 May 2020
You are invited to a Zoom webinar at 6 pm on Tuesday June 2 2020* , where we will discuss
Chinese policy towards religious minorities and in particular Uighur Muslims. We will consider:
GlobalVoices, 23 May 2020
Below is an article published by GlobalVoices, Photo Ikuha.
The 11 million Uyghurs living in the western province of Xinjiang in China are a Muslim Turkic nation that has been targeted by Beijing and deprived of their most basic human rights, including freedom of religion, of movement, and also of transmitting their native language since Xi Jinping took power in China in 2012.
Read More →RFA, 14 May 2020
Below is an article published by RFA, Photo AFP.
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday that would sanction Chinese government officials responsible for arbitrary incarceration, forced labor and other abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, home to internment camps holding as many as 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslims.
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