World Uyghur Congress
@uyghurcongress.bsky.social
International umbrella organization promoting #Uyghur human rights. Nobel Peace Prize 2023 & 2024 nominee
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
WUC congratulates Mr. Friedrich Merz on being elected as Germany’s new Chancellor and Ms. Julia Klöckner the President of the German Bundestag, as well as Mr. Michael Brand as the new Parliament State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
May 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
WUC congratulates Mr. Friedrich Merz on being elected as Germany’s new Chancellor and Ms. Julia Klöckner the President of the German Bundestag, as well as Mr. Michael Brand as the new Parliament State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Tonight, the @euparliament.bsky.social debates on the critical issue of the deportation of 40 #Uyghur refugees to Thailand.
We thank all the political parties and MEPs that have pushed for this resolution!
We thank all the political parties and MEPs that have pushed for this resolution!
March 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tonight, the @euparliament.bsky.social debates on the critical issue of the deportation of 40 #Uyghur refugees to Thailand.
We thank all the political parties and MEPs that have pushed for this resolution!
We thank all the political parties and MEPs that have pushed for this resolution!
The WUC Youth Committee calls for action on December 9, Uyghur Genocide Commemoration Day. Youth from around the world gathered to remind the international community to break its silence and ACT NOW against the Uyghur genocide, emphasizing that “SILENCE IS COMPLICITY”
December 9, 2024 at 11:49 AM
The WUC Youth Committee calls for action on December 9, Uyghur Genocide Commemoration Day. Youth from around the world gathered to remind the international community to break its silence and ACT NOW against the Uyghur genocide, emphasizing that “SILENCE IS COMPLICITY”
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🕊️On Uyghur Genocide Remembrance Day, the World Uyghur Congress honors victims of the Uyghur genocide and calls for urgent action to end atrocities in East Turkistan, including forced labour, mass detentions, and family separations.
uyghurcongress.org/en/press-relea…
🕊️On Uyghur Genocide Remembrance Day, the World Uyghur Congress honors victims of the Uyghur genocide and calls for urgent action to end atrocities in East Turkistan, including forced labour, mass detentions, and family separations.
uyghurcongress.org/en/press-relea…
December 9, 2024 at 11:48 AM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️
🕊️On Uyghur Genocide Remembrance Day, the World Uyghur Congress honors victims of the Uyghur genocide and calls for urgent action to end atrocities in East Turkistan, including forced labour, mass detentions, and family separations.
uyghurcongress.org/en/press-relea…
🕊️On Uyghur Genocide Remembrance Day, the World Uyghur Congress honors victims of the Uyghur genocide and calls for urgent action to end atrocities in East Turkistan, including forced labour, mass detentions, and family separations.
uyghurcongress.org/en/press-relea…
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Faithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media/by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research; Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy; and Ben Carrdus, Senior Researcher at the Uyghur Human Rights Project
uhrp.org/insights/fai...
Faithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media - Uyghur Human Rights Project
In a time when China is imprisoning Uyghur journalists and harassing foreign correspondents, overseas media organizations shouldn’t be distributing Chinese state propaganda about Uyghurs.
uhrp.org
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Faithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media/by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research; Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy; and Ben Carrdus, Senior Researcher at the Uyghur Human Rights Project
uhrp.org/insights/fai...
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The WUC welcomes VW’s exit from East Turkistan.
But concerns over human rights abuses remain within the automotive industry.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
The WUC welcomes VW’s exit from East Turkistan.
But concerns over human rights abuses remain within the automotive industry.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
November 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️
The WUC welcomes VW’s exit from East Turkistan.
But concerns over human rights abuses remain within the automotive industry.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
The WUC welcomes VW’s exit from East Turkistan.
But concerns over human rights abuses remain within the automotive industry.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
🚨BREAKING 🚨
After years of public pressure from NGOs, legislators and coalitions, the German company VW is leaving East Turkistan by selling its plants and test tracks.
This is a major win!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
After years of public pressure from NGOs, legislators and coalitions, the German company VW is leaving East Turkistan by selling its plants and test tracks.
This is a major win!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
VW confirms plans to exit controversial Xinjiang operation
Volkswagen will exit its controversial plant in China's Xinjiang region, after years of investor pressure to abandon its presence in the region, where rights groups have documented abuses including mass forced labour in detention camps.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
🚨BREAKING 🚨
After years of public pressure from NGOs, legislators and coalitions, the German company VW is leaving East Turkistan by selling its plants and test tracks.
This is a major win!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
After years of public pressure from NGOs, legislators and coalitions, the German company VW is leaving East Turkistan by selling its plants and test tracks.
This is a major win!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
WUC and EUFL coalition members, including Gheyur Qurban, Director of WUC's Berlin Office, are participating in the UN Business and Human Rights Forum in #Geneva to raise awareness about the issue of Uyghur forced labor.
November 25, 2024 at 10:43 PM
WUC and EUFL coalition members, including Gheyur Qurban, Director of WUC's Berlin Office, are participating in the UN Business and Human Rights Forum in #Geneva to raise awareness about the issue of Uyghur forced labor.
Last week, the WUC Vice President @zumretayarkin.bsky.social attended the 12th World Movement for Democracy, in Johannesburg 🇿🇦.
She spoke on a panel organised by International Republican Institute about 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #Uyghurs.
She spoke on a panel organised by International Republican Institute about 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #Uyghurs.
November 25, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Last week, the WUC Vice President @zumretayarkin.bsky.social attended the 12th World Movement for Democracy, in Johannesburg 🇿🇦.
She spoke on a panel organised by International Republican Institute about 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #Uyghurs.
She spoke on a panel organised by International Republican Institute about 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #Uyghurs.
Marking the 2nd anniversary of the Urumchi fire, we remember the lives lost and honor the global protests, including the White Paper Movement, that called for justice and freedom against China’s oppressive policies.
November 24, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Marking the 2nd anniversary of the Urumchi fire, we remember the lives lost and honor the global protests, including the White Paper Movement, that called for justice and freedom against China’s oppressive policies.
The WUC's Weekly Brief is out!
uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie…
Read about:
➡️World Uyghur Congress Successfully Conducts Advocacy Trip to South Africa
➡️World Uyghur Congress Advocates for Justice at WM12 Assembly
➡️U.S. Leaders Aim to Address Human Rights Abuses in East Turkestan
uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie…
Read about:
➡️World Uyghur Congress Successfully Conducts Advocacy Trip to South Africa
➡️World Uyghur Congress Advocates for Justice at WM12 Assembly
➡️U.S. Leaders Aim to Address Human Rights Abuses in East Turkestan
https://uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie…
November 22, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The WUC's Weekly Brief is out!
uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie…
Read about:
➡️World Uyghur Congress Successfully Conducts Advocacy Trip to South Africa
➡️World Uyghur Congress Advocates for Justice at WM12 Assembly
➡️U.S. Leaders Aim to Address Human Rights Abuses in East Turkestan
uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie…
Read about:
➡️World Uyghur Congress Successfully Conducts Advocacy Trip to South Africa
➡️World Uyghur Congress Advocates for Justice at WM12 Assembly
➡️U.S. Leaders Aim to Address Human Rights Abuses in East Turkestan
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⚡️ A big step forward in combatting state-imposed forced labor in the Uyghur region.
UHRP's agrees that the European Commission should identify the Uyghur region as a high-risk region experiencing state-imposed forced labor in the forced labor risk database.
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
UHRP's agrees that the European Commission should identify the Uyghur region as a high-risk region experiencing state-imposed forced labor in the forced labor risk database.
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
EU Adopts New Regulation to Curtail Forced Labor
Today, the European Union approved a law forbidding the sale in the EU of products made with forced labor, a decisive step in combatting this abusive practice and holding corporations to account.
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:38 PM
⚡️ A big step forward in combatting state-imposed forced labor in the Uyghur region.
UHRP's agrees that the European Commission should identify the Uyghur region as a high-risk region experiencing state-imposed forced labor in the forced labor risk database.
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
UHRP's agrees that the European Commission should identify the Uyghur region as a high-risk region experiencing state-imposed forced labor in the forced labor risk database.
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Today, the WUC gathered together with @gfbv.de, Tibetan and Uyghur groups in Nuremberg, Germany, to protest the city’s funding of the Confucius Institute.
Nuremberg allocates €37,000 annually to the Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen, supporting a platform for Chinese state propaganda.
Nuremberg allocates €37,000 annually to the Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen, supporting a platform for Chinese state propaganda.
November 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Today, the WUC gathered together with @gfbv.de, Tibetan and Uyghur groups in Nuremberg, Germany, to protest the city’s funding of the Confucius Institute.
Nuremberg allocates €37,000 annually to the Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen, supporting a platform for Chinese state propaganda.
Nuremberg allocates €37,000 annually to the Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen, supporting a platform for Chinese state propaganda.
The @UyghurCongress is attending the #WM12Assembly in Johannesburg 🇿🇦.
This is a great opportunity to network with activists, politicians, scholars and civil society groups and spread awareness about the #UyghurGenocide.
This is a great opportunity to network with activists, politicians, scholars and civil society groups and spread awareness about the #UyghurGenocide.
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
The @UyghurCongress is attending the #WM12Assembly in Johannesburg 🇿🇦.
This is a great opportunity to network with activists, politicians, scholars and civil society groups and spread awareness about the #UyghurGenocide.
This is a great opportunity to network with activists, politicians, scholars and civil society groups and spread awareness about the #UyghurGenocide.
Last week, following the WUC's round of advocacy in South Africa, the 🇿🇦 Parliament held a plenary session on the fate of #Uyghurs on Friday.
The members of Parliament urged the SA Government to be more vocal at the multilateral level on the matter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtI...
The members of Parliament urged the SA Government to be more vocal at the multilateral level on the matter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtI...
NA MINI-PLENARY SESSIONS (Virtual) Mini-plenary 1, 15 November 2024
YouTube video by Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Last week, following the WUC's round of advocacy in South Africa, the 🇿🇦 Parliament held a plenary session on the fate of #Uyghurs on Friday.
The members of Parliament urged the SA Government to be more vocal at the multilateral level on the matter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtI...
The members of Parliament urged the SA Government to be more vocal at the multilateral level on the matter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtI...
🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...
On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo.
WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership.
www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...