Human Rights, Freedom and Solidarity
Posted on August 27, 2013, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
Press Release — For immediate release
27 August 2013
Contact: World Uyghur Congresswww.uyghurcongress.org
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Between March and August 2013, several incidents rocked the Uyghur people in East Turkestan, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), representing a great cause for concern and a serious degradation in their full enjoyment of their fundamental human rights.
Read morePosted on May 1, 2013, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
Press Release — For immediate release
1 May 2013
Contact: World Uyghur Congresswww.uyghurcongress.org
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The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is extremely concerned by an incident that happened on 23 April 2013 at approximately noon, in which 21 people were killed and 19 arrested (11 immediately after, with a further 8 six days later) at Serikbuya in Maralbeshi (Bucha) County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The report can be read in full here.
Posted on March 1, 2013, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
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1 March 2013
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
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This alternative report has been submitted by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in view of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ upcoming 2nd review of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The WUC is an international, umbrella organisation that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, elsewhere in the PRC, and abroad.
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Posted on November 1, 2012, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
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1 November 2012
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
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In its Fortieth Session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (hereafter, ‘the Committee’) noted in its Concluding Observations of the People’s Republic of China’s (hereafter, ‘PRC’) Second Periodic Review that the PRC had translated the Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereafter, the ‘Convention’) into the “main minority languages”. However, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) notes that it has not been able 1 to locate a translation of the Convention – as well as other vital human rights treaties and their respective observations – into the Uyghur language either on the national or the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) government websites.
The report can be read in full here.
Posted on August 1, 2012, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
Press Release — For immediate release
1 August 2012
Contact: World Uyghur Congresswww.uyghurcongress.org
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Pastor Bob Fu at a House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing with the Congressional Executive Commission on China commented in a report that religious freedom had deteriorated to its lowest level since 1982 in the first 10 months of 2011. The U.S. State Department in a recent report on religious freedom in 2011 also stated that religious freedom had “[markedly deteriorated]” during the last year, describing the repression of Uyghurs as “severe”.
The report can be read in full here.
Posted on July 6, 2012, in Press Release Reports World Uyghur Congress WUC Demonstrations and Protest Actions
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6 July 2012
Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org
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The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released today its latest report on the enforced disappearances of Uyghurs who took part in peaceful protests in Urumqi, East Turkestan, which were brutally suppressed by the Chinese authorities on 5 July 2009. The report aims at highlighting the situation of and to seek redress for Uyghurs who disappeared in the aftermath of one of the most tragic episodes in modern East Turkestan history, resulting in hundreds of deaths leaving a mental scar attached to the Uyghurs’ homeland. This report falls against the backdrop of worldwide protests peacefully held by Uyghurs yesterday.
Read morePosted on June 1, 2012, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
WUC, 15 July 2013
On July 5th, 2009, demonstrations erupted in the streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of People’s Republic of China (PRC). These demonstrations stem from anger by Uyghurs who claim they are discriminated against by Chinese authorities. The protests initially began peacefully as demonstrators called for a full investigation into an incident in Shaoguan, Southern China several days earlier in which two Uyghurs had been killed.1 The peaceful protests then escalated into violent attacks between Uyghurs and Han Chinese later that day, in which many Uyghurs and Han Chinese needlessly lost their lives or were left injured as a result of the ensuing violence, notwithstanding the many buildings that were destroyed.
Read morePosted on May 9, 2012, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
World Uyghur Congress, May 2012
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) jointly with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) have released their report on the conference held at the European Parliament, Brussels, on 29 February 2012, entitled ’50 Years After Test 596: China’s Nuclear Programme in East Turkestan and its Impacts Today’.
Read morePosted on December 20, 2011, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
WUC, November 2011
The booklet Violation of Freedom of Expression in East Turkestan published by the WUC in November 2011 provides an overview on the current status of freedom of expression for the Uyghur people.
After an introduction to the events of 5 July 2009 in Urumqi that lead to an increased crackdown on Uyghur freedom of expression, an overview on the Chinese legislation on freedom of expression, a description of the use of “Endangering State Security” (ESS) charges to silence peaceful Uyghur dissent, the current condition of freedom of speech and information in East Turkestan and China, and the effects of the “Jasmine Revolution” on Uyghurs, the booklet provides summaries on the cases of some of the Uyghurs imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of expression, opinion, and speech. These cases include among others: Abdulghani Memetemin, Dilshat Perhat, Gheyret Niyaz, Gulmira Imin, Mehbube Ablesh, Memetjan Abdulla, Ablikim Abdureyim, Alim Abdureyim or Tursunjan Hesen.
The booklet can be downloaded here.
Posted on December 1, 2010, in Reports World Uyghur Congress
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1 December 2010
Contact: World Uyghur Congresswww.uyghurcongress.org
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The Uyghur people are indigenous to East Turkestan [also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China]. For many years, the Chinese government has waged an intense and often brutal campaign to repress all forms of Uyghur dissent, crack down on Uyghurs’ peaceful religious activities and independent expressions of ethnicity, dilute Uyghurs’ culture and identity as a distinct people, and threaten the survival of the Uyghur language. The authorities have routinely equated Uyghurs’ peaceful political, religious, and cultural activities with the “three evils” – terrorism, separatism and religious extremism – and have couched their persecution of the Uyghurs as efforts to quash these “three evils.” The authorities have also economically marginalized the Uyghurs in East Turkestan through intense and blatant racial discrimination in employment.
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