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Press Release: WUC Welcomes Proposed Resolution on Uyghur Genocide in Belgian Parliament

Posted on February 11, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Cultural Rights European Union Extraditions Forced Labour Human Rights Issues News Other News Our Work Press Release Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Press Release – for immediate release
11 February 2021
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
+49 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) applauds the proposal of a resolution from Parliamentarians sitting in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives concerning China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in East Turkistan. The resolution, co-sponsored by MP Samuel Cogolati and MP Wouter de Vriendt from the Ecolo-Green grouping, most notably calls upon the Belgian government to recognize China’s crimes against the Uyghur people in East Turkistan as a ‘genocide’, which would make it the first European country to do so. A debate on the resolution will take place in the Belgian Parliament in the coming weeks.

PRESS RELEASE: WUC Welcomes Adoption of EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime

Posted on December 7, 2020, in Arbitrary Arrests Enforced Disappearances European Union Forced Labour Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Movement Freedom of Religion Human Rights Issues News Other News Press Release WHAT’S NEW

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

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) welcomes the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by the Council of the European Union on Monday. The sanctions regime will allow the European Union (EU) to target individuals, bodies, and entities who are responsible for, or otherwise associated with, serious human rights violations, irrespective of where they occur. This is of major importance for the Uyghur people, as for the first time, the EU possesses a concrete mechanism to hold perpetrators of the atrocities against Uyghurs to account.

PRESS RELEASE: Enough is Enough, Human Rights and Freedom in China Now!

Posted on September 28, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Civil Society Cultural Rights European Union Human Rights Defenders News Other News Our Work Political Prisoners Press Release Upcoming Events WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions WUC Events

Joint Protest for Human Rights in China on 1 October in Brussels

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

Brussels, 28 September 2020 – On 1^st October, the 71^st 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, Lungta – Actief voor Tibet and the Tibetan Community in Belgium are organizing a demonstration in Brussels in order to call on the EU to take urgent and concrete action to hold China accountable for its serious human rights violations. The joint protest will take place from 13:00-14:00 on Petite Rue de la Loi near Schuman roundabout.

PRESS RELEASE: WUC Calls for EU to Address Uyghur Genocide During EU-China Summit

Posted on September 14, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests European Union News Other News Our Work Press Release WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Related News

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

As leaders of the EU and the Chinese government meet today, Monday, September 14th, in a virtual meeting replacing the planned EU-China Summit, the WUC calls on the EU to make a strong and principled stand in light of China’s genocide against the Uyghur people and human rights violations against Tibetans, Mongolians, Hong Kongers and Han Chinese activists and lawyers. The EU must not conduct business as usual with a Chinese government complicit in genocide and other atrocities. The WUC urges the EU and EU member states to use this opportunity to take concrete action to end the Uyghur genocide and hold the Chinese government accountable.

Europe said ‘never again.’ Why is it silent on Uighur genocide?

Posted on September 14, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Cultural Rights European Union Human Rights Issues News Other News Our Work Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Politico, 14 September 2020

Below is an OpEd by WUC President Dolkun Isa, published by Politico. Photo John MacDougall/Getty Images.

Over the past three years, the Chinese government has subjected the Uighur people to one atrocity after another in a ruthless attempt to destroy us.

Beijing has detained between 1 million and 3 million Uighur people in internment camps, forced people into modern slavery, curtailed the use of our language and religion and destroyed mosques, shrines and graveyards. Children have been taken from their parents and brainwashed, and women have been sterilized.

And yet, Europe’s reaction, beyond some initial statements, has been to say and do nothing.

MEPs urge EU to meaningfully address China’s human rights violations

Posted on September 11, 2020, in European Union Human Rights Issues News Other News WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Big News Network, 11 September 2020

Below is an article published by Big News Network.

Members of European Parliament (MEP) in a letter said that the European Union must “meaningfully address” China’s human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Hong Kong.

PRESS RELEASE: Human Rights Cannot be Traded: Germany Must Raise Voice Against the Uyghur Genocide

Posted on August 28, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Enforced Disappearances European Union Human Rights Issues News Other News Our Work Political Prisoners Press Release WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Related News

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

On the occasion of the Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Berlin on September 1st, the World Uyghur Congress is calling on the German government to use the opportunity to publicly raise the Uyghur crisis and hold China accountable for its genocide against Uyghurs.

PRESS RELEASE: WUC Welcomes the Launch of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

Posted on June 5, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Civil Society European Union Human Rights Issues London Office News Other News Press Release WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

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

The WUC applauds the formation of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an alliance of legislators from nine global parliaments who have come together to push governments to adopt a tougher stance on China. The IPAC includes prominent parliamentarians and legislators from Australia, Canada, the European Parliament, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

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Joint Protest for Human Rights in China on 1 October in Brussels

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