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Event Announcement: Repressed, Detained and Disappeared: Uyghur Human Rights Crisis

Posted on February 18, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Civil Society Cultural Rights Freedom of Expression Human Rights Issues News Other News Press Release United Nations Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions WUC Events

Press Release – For immediate release
18 February 2020
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
+49 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is organizing a week-long photo exhibition: ‘’Repressed, Detained and Disappeared: Uyghur Human Rights Crisis ’’ inside a tent at the Broken Chair square in Geneva, in front of the United Nations building (1202 Geneva, Switzerland), from February 24 to February 28, 2020. This event will take place during the first week of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, where world’s leaders and high-level officials will be present for the occasion.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT — The Uyghur crisis: China’s Laboratory for Rights Abuses

Posted on December 5, 2019, in News Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Press Release – For immediate release
5 December 2019
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in cooperation with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) will hold an international conference, “The Uyghur Crisis: A Laboratory for Rights Abuses” on December 10, 2019, in room ASP-3H1 at the European Parliament. The event will be preceded by a human rights advocacy workshop from December 7-9 with youth participants from around the world.

PRESS RELEASE: “70 Years of Repression by China is Enough, Human Rights and Freedom Now!” Peaceful March for Human Rights in China on October 1st in Brussels, Belgium

Posted on September 26, 2019, in "Re-Education" Camps Civil Society European Union Freedom of Assembly Human Rights Issues News Other News Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions WUC Events

Joint press release

World Uyghur Congress
International Campaign for Tibet
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
Belgian Uyghur Association
Tibetan Community of Belgium

Brussels, 24 September 2019 – On October 1^st, the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the World Uyghur Congress, the International Campaign for Tibet, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation, the Belgian Uyghur Association and the Tibetan Community in Belgium are organizing a joint march and demonstration in Brussels to call for an end to China’s complete lack of respect for human rights.

Calendar of the July 5th Urumqi Massacre Protest Around the World

Posted on June 28, 2019, in Upcoming Events Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

World Uyghur Congress, 28 June 2019

Country	City	Protest Time	Protest Location	Contact Information
Germany	München	July 5th, From 15:00 – 18:30	Gather at: Theresienwiese, München Rally end point: Chinese General Consulate in Munich, Hofmannstr. 57	Esqerjan: +49 17670864325 Turgunjan Alawdun: +49 17610382764
Germany	Karlsruhe	July 5th, From 17:00 – 18:00	Karlsruhe Friedrichsplatz	Enwer Ehmet: +49 176847090207
Finland	Helsinki	July 7th, From 14:00	Senaatintori, Helsinki	Obulqasim: +35 8407150072
Norway	Oslo	July 5th, From 13:00	Tuengen Allé 2B, 0374 Oslo	Bahtiyar Omer: +47 99850702
England	London	July 5th, From 18:00 – 20:00	Consular Section Embassy of China. 49-51 Portland Place, London, W1B 1JL.	Nizamidin Semetov: +44 7986047994
Sweden	Stockholm	July 6, From 14:30	Chinese Embassy in Stockholm: Lidovägen, 811525, Stockholm	Adam Galif: +46 760077051 Abdullah: +46 736208555
Belgium	Brussels	July 5th	Place du Luxembourg, 1050 Brussels	Yashar Yalqun: +32 492072134
France	Paris	July 7th, From 13:00	Paris	Alimjan Ömer: +33 626643855
Netherlands	Amsterdam	July 5th, From 16:00 -19:00	Dam Square	Abdusalam Niyaz: +31 618554698
Canada	Toronto	July 5th, From 10:30 – 14:30	240 ST George St, M5R 2N5	Itibar Artis: +1 (416) 837-3722
	Montreal	July 5th, From 10:30 – 14:30	2100 Saint-Catherine St W. H3H 1M7	Nurmemet: +1 (514) 717-1277
	Vancouver	July 6, From 10:30 – 14:30	3380 Granville St, V6H 3K3	Turnisa Medsedik: +1 (604) 600-5078 Nureli Hajim: +1 (604) 339-5051
U.S.	New York	July 5th, From 16:00 – 18:00	Time Square	Roshen Abbas: +1 (484) 557-2233
	Washington	July 5th, From 14:00 – 17:00	Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.	Ilshat Hesen Kökböre: +1 (703) 868-7384
	San Francisco	July 5th, From 10:00 – 12:00	1450 Laguna St San Francisco CA 94115	+1 (415) 674-2900
Australia	Adelaide	July 6th, From 11:30 – 13:00	10:30am-Assembly at Victoria Square. 11:00am-March towards: Parliament House	Nurmuhammad Majid Siddiq: +61 435 359 449
	Sydney	July 5th, From 10:00 – 12:00	Chinese Consulate: 39 Dunblan St, Camperdown	Mehmet Obul: +61 400 502 669
	Melbourne	July 5th, From 10:00 – 12:00	Chinese Consulate: 534 Toorak Rd, Toorak Victoria	Alim Osman: +61 418 288 827
Kazakhstan	Almaty	July 3rd, From 16:00	Qorghan Hotel in Almaty	Erkin Ehmet: +7 7016770151
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	July 5th	There will be a meeting in Bishkek	Rozimemet Hajim: +9 96772577785
Turkey	Ankara	July 5th	Ankara	Hayrullah Efendigil: +90 5357350540
Turkey	Istanbul	July 5th	Chinese Consulate in Istanbul	Hidayitullah Oghuzhan: +90 5323856574
Japan	Tokyo	July 5th, From 14:00	Chinese Embassy in Tokyo	Ilham Mahmut: +81 80-3248-3463
Japan	Tokyo	July 6th, Assembly at 10:00 am and March Begins at 11:00am.	Tokyo 花川戸公園	Ilham Mahmut: +81 80-3248-3463

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: World Uyghur Congress to Convene Global Conference on Uyghur Crisis in Washington D.C.

Posted on May 13, 2019, in Conference News Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Press Release – For immediate release
13 May 2019
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

From June 6-7 2019, the World Uyghur Congress in cooperation with the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), Uyghur American Association (UAA) and the Central Asia Program at George Washington University will hold a two-day international conference in Washington DC, Confronting Atrocities in China: The Global Response to the Uyghur Crisis. Proceedings will begin at 10:00 with an opening ceremony on June 6th at Capitol Hill.

The conference comes at a critical time as Uyghurs are face an unprecedented attack on their identity through an extensive network of political indoctrination camps where up to two million have been arbitrarily detained since April 2017.

PRESS RELEASE: WUC Commemorates the 30 Year Anniversary of 1988 Uyghur Student Protests

Posted on June 15, 2018, in News Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions

Press Release – For immediate release
15 June 2018
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

The World Uyghur Congress commemorates the 30^th anniversary of Uyghur student protests in Urumqi on June 15^th, 1988. The protests themselves stood as an early reaction to Chinese policies in the 1980s that openly discriminated against the Uyghur students in particular, and one of the first large-scale public responses to discriminatory policies against Uyghurs that many students felt.

PRESS RELEASE: Thousands of Uyghurs to Protest Against ‘Re-education’ Camps on April 27th in Brussels

Posted on April 5, 2018, in Arbitrary Arrests Enforced Disappearances Human Rights Issues News Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions

Press Release – For immediate release
4 April 2018
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

The Uyghur community in the diaspora will hold a large-scale demonstration in Brussels, Belgium on April 27^th, 2018 against the continued use of draconian ‘re-education’ camps for nearly one million Uyghurs in East Turkestan. The demonstration will start at Meeus Square at 10:00am where participants will gather and begin to march to Schuman Square at 11:00am and end following speakers at Schuman Square at 14:00.

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