YES, THE ATROCITIES IN XINJIANG CONSTITUTE A GENOCIDE

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Foreign Policy. 15 April 2021

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On his way out of office on Jan. 19, then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a determination that China “has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.” Nobody in the U.S. policy community seriously disputes that atrocities are occurring in Xinjiang—but some analysts have zoomed in on the term “genocide.” Sometimes it seems to be a way of trying to force policies back toward the failed engagement of the past rather than confronting what’s happening in China and rethinking policy accordingly.

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ZARA AND FORCED LABOUR: A CONSUMER’S GUIDE

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Nouse. 15 April 2021

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In an age of fast fashion and even faster news, staying ‘woke’ presents itself as an exhausting task. A topic that isn’t just another uninformed marketing faux pas, the issue of forced labour in Xinjiang involves one million people and demands everyone’s attention.

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WOMEN ARE PAYING A HIGH PRICE IN CHINA’S UYGHUR GENOCIDE

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WOMEN ARE PAYING A HIGH PRICE IN CHINA’S UYGHUR GENOCIDE

Middle East Monitor. 12 April 2021

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It is a fact that rape and sexual abuse have been used as weapons of war throughout history. The lack of security leaves women and girls, in particular, more vulnerable than usual to violence. For a long time, this was just accepted as inevitable in conflicts, and few efforts were made to prosecute perpetrators of mass rapes and sexual violence. We saw this in Bosnia in the 1990s where, for example, the UNHCR reported that 50,000 women were raped by Bosnian Serbs as a war tactic.

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OPINION: AI COMPANIES ARE ENABLING GENOCIDE IN CHINA

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The Washington Post. 12 April 2021

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En Xinjiang está pasando 'algo parecido' a un genocidio, dice Estados Unidos | El Comercio

The Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of the Uyghur people will go down in history as one of the worst human rights tragedies of our time — not just for the abject horror of targeting a population of 11 million for genocide, but also for the advanced technologies that enabled it.

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Turkey summons Chinese ambassador in rare spat about treatment of Uyghurs

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Turkey summons Chinese ambassador in rare spat about treatment of Uyghurs

Financial Times. 12 April 2021

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Ankara has summoned China’s ambassador over a tweet that targeted Turkish politicians critical of the treatment of the country’s Uyghur minority, in a rare show of displeasure with Beijing. The Chinese embassy said it had “a right to respond” after Meral Aksener, chair of the centre-right Good party, and Mansur Yavas, mayor of Ankara, wrote tweets commemorating a 1990 Uyghur uprising in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. A tweet from the embassy’s official account, tagging the Turkish politicians, said it “opposes and violently condemns any sort of challenge to Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity by any person or power”.

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UN Chief Should Support Remote Investigation in Xinjiang

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UN Chief Should Support Remote Investigation in Xinjiang

Human Rights Watch. 8 April 2021

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hoping the Chinese government will grant UN experts unrestricted access to detention centers in Xinjiang where over a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims have faced torture and myriad other human rights abuses. But he should make clear to Beijing that an investigation can take place with or without access.

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UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang

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UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang

The Guardian. 23 April 2021

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British MPs voted to declare that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang province.

The motion passed on Thursday does not compel the government to act but is likely to mark a further decline in relations with China. In response, Beijing’s embassy in the UK accused the MPs of having “cooked up” the motion “with a view to discrediting and attacking China”.

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PRESS RELEASE: WUC APPLAUDS PASSING OF GENOCIDE MOTION IN THE UK HOUSE OF COMMONS

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Posted on April 22, 2021, in Campaigns Human Rights Issues London Office News Our Work Press Release WHAT’S NEW

Press Release – For Immediate Release
22 April 2021

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) applauds the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the British House of Commons today. By voting in favour of the motion, British MPs have taken a strong position that underscores that the UK cannot sit in silence whilst national parliaments around the world are debating this exact question. 

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CONFERENCE REPORT THE UYGHUR CRISIS: CHINA’S LABORATORY FOR RIGHTS ABUSES

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Posted on March 31, 2021, in Conference News Other News Reports WHAT’S NEW World Uyghur Congress WUC Activities

World Uyghur Congress, 01 December 2019

On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in cooperation with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), held a successful media training workshop for Uyghur activists and a day-long conference entitled ‘The Uyghur Crisis: China’s Laboratory for Rights Abuses’ in Brussels, Belgium.

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CONFERENCE REPORT: CONFRONTING ATROCITIES IN CHINA: THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO THE UYGHUR CRISIS

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Posted on February 18, 2021, in News Our Work Reports WHAT’S NEW World Uyghur Congress WUC Activities

World Uyghur Congress, 01 November 2019

Congress (WUC) along with the Uyghur  Human Rights Project (UHRP), the Uyghur  American Association (UAA), and the Central  Asia Program at George Washington  University held a two-day conference:,  ‘Confronting Atrocities in China: The Global  Response to the Uyghur Crisis’. 

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