WUC – UNPO REPORT: UYGHUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR 2007 (THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS)

Posted on May 11, 2007, in Civil Society Reports Training & Capacity Building World Uyghur Congress

World Uyghur Congress, 11 May 2007

This report is the result of the “Uyghur Leadership Training Seminar” held from 6 – 10 May 2007 in The Hague, Netherlands. The seminar was jointly organised by the WUC and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), and funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

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Residents of Xinjiang Refrain From Fasting During Ramadan Despite ‘Easing of Restrictions’

Below is an article published by RFA. Photo:AFP.

Restrictions on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan have eased in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in recent years, but residents continue to refrain from doing so, according to local authorities, suggesting a lingering fear of being branded an “extremist” and marked for detention.

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