RFA, 12 November, 2019
By Alim Seytoff & Joshua Lipes – China has built more than 1,000 internment camps for ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), one of the world’s foremost experts on mass incarcerations in the region told RFA.
Human Rights Watch, 12 November, 2019
Bénédicte Jeannerod – French President Emmanuel Macron’s various public statements during his visit to China last week were remarkable, for what went unsaid more than their substance.
Read More →World Uyghur Congress, November 8, 2019
On November 9, 2019, the World Uyghur Congress in cooperation with the East Turkistan Union in Europe, the Uyghur Mothers in Germany, the Uyghur Women Association Arzu and the Ilham Tohti Initiative will hold a cultural event at Max-Joseph-Platz from 13:00-17:00 in Munich, Germany.
Read More →World Uyghur Congress, 8 November 2019
In the latest effort to substantively question China’s mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs in internment (or ‘re-education’) camps, a group of UN experts have sent a letter to the government of China expressing serious concerns about their treatment of Uyghurs on a broad range of issues.
Read More →Press Release – For immediate release
7 November 2018
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]
The WUC expresses its condolences to family and friends following the passing of long-time Tibetan activist, Ngawang Choephel, this week in Geneva. Choephel was a pivotal figure for the Tibetan community and worked for years in conjunction with the Uyghur community in Europe and elsewhere.
Read More →Press Release – For immediate release
November 4, 2019
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
+49 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]
On November 9, 2019, the World Uyghur Congress in cooperation with the East Turkistan Union in Europe, the Uyghur Mothers in Germany, the Uyghur Women Association Arzu and the Ilham Tohti Initiative will hold a cultural event at Max-Joseph-Platz from 13:00-17:00 in Munich, Germany to commemorate the founding of the two East Turkistan Republics in 1933 and 1944. The event is open to the general public and is supported by the Migrationsbeirat and the Kulturreferat of the city of Munich.
Read More →World Uyghur Congress, 4 November, 2019
The World Uyghur Congress has released its newsletter covering the month of October concerning our activities as well as the most prevalent issues concerning the Uyghur community in East Turkistan and elsewhere.
Read More →Radio Free Asia, 30 October 2019
By Eugene Whong – China’s treatment of ethnic Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) drew major criticism from 23 members of the United Nations