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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of NGOs Calls on Norway Oil Fund to Divest from Hikvision and Dahua

Posted on March 11, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Civil Society Freedom of Expression Human Rights Issues News Other News Press Release Privacy Rights WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

World Uyghur Congress, March 11, 2020

Oslo, March 11, 2020 – The Norwegian Uyghur Committee, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Norwegian PEN, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Uyghur Human Rights Project and the World Uyghur Congress have jointly published an open letter calling on the Government Pension Fund of Norway to divest from Chinese technology companies Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang Dahua Technology, due to their involvement in serious and ongoing human rights violations in the Uyghur Region in China. The full text of the letter continues below:

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Weekly Brief – February 28th

Posted on February 28, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Civil Society Conference Freedom of Expression Human Rights Issues News Other News United Nations Weekly Brief WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions WUC Events

World Uyghur Congress, 28 February 2020

WUC Raises Uyghur Crisis at the 43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

This week the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) started in Geneva. In her written update to the UN HRC, UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet mentioned that she welcomed China’s apparent decision to grant her a visit to East Turkistan this year. She further called for unfettered access to investigate allegations of serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and others. The High Commissioner had requested a visit on three occasions over the last year and a half, which have been routinely denied or deflected by the Chinese government. The WUC has been calling for a UN led independent investigation to the region and insists that the High Commissioner be given unfettered and meaningful access to the region and the camp facilities, if she is finally allowed to visit. 

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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. 

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Weekly Brief: 14 February 2020

Posted on February 14, 2020, in "Re-Education" Camps Civil Society Enforced Disappearances Freedom of Expression Human Rights Issues News Other News Privacy Rights United Nations Weekly Brief WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

World Uyghur Congress, 14 February 2020

WUC Delegation Holds Advocacy Meetings with UN Missions

In preparation for the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session later this month, the WUC sent a delegation of representatives to meet with state missions to the UN and UN experts and officials. The delegation met with a large number of state missions over the course of the week, updating them on the current crisis in East Turkistan and pushing them to take concrete and urgent action to address this human rights catastrophe. WUC President Dolkun Isa and staff members met with the US Ambassador Bremberg and the US mission’s human rights team, who again called on China to close the camps and release those in arbitrary detention.

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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 1st, the 70th 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.

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Tibetan, Uyghur And Chinese Activists Urge Google: “Respect Human Rights, Don’t Do China’s Dirty Work”

Posted on June 14, 2019, in Civil Society News Press Release WHAT’S NEW WUC Activities

Media Advisory – For Immediate Release
13 June 2019
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
+49 (0) 89 5432 1999 or [email protected]

Live online briefing concerning google dragonfly – the censored china search engine – and the company’s complicity in china’s human rights abuses, to be held days before shareholders’ meeting

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