China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West
The New York Times, 03.12.2019
By Sui-Lee Wee and — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China’s western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
The New York Times, 03.12.2019
By Sui-Lee Wee and — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China’s western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
Press Release – For immediate release
7 November 2019
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]
The WUC expresses its condolences following the passing of Waris Ababekri, long-time Uyghur activist and former classmate of WUC President Dolkun Isa, this week in Urumqi. Ababekri was an important figure in the Uyghur cultural scene and worked for years to enrich Uyghur culture and arts in East Turkistan.
Read More →CBC, 14 November 2019
Winston Szeto – A Vancouver conference promoting business links between Canada and China is under fire for inviting a company that’s blacklisted in the United States for its work monitoring the Uighur ethnic group in China.
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, 8 November 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 →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.
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