World Uyghur Congress Foundation

The Globe and Mail. 23 November 2021

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The head of the World Uyghur Congress is visiting Ottawa this week to ask the Canadian government to step up efforts to block imports of products made with forced labour in China and to create a refugee stream for Uyghur refugees fleeing Beijing’s repression.

RFA. 19 November 2021

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A hotel in Prague that refused to host a recent World Uyghur Congress conference on grounds of “political neutrality” has apologized to the group.

CNN. 19 November 2021

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The Marriott hotel in Prague refused to host a conference this month aimed at drawing attention to alleged human rights abuses in China, the hotel chain confirmed to CNN on Friday.The Prague Marriott cited “reasons of political neutrality” for its decision to decline to host the World Uyghur Congress, according to an email first reported by Axios.In a statement, Marriott International (MAR), Inc. said the Prague hotel’s response to the group was “not consistent with our policies.” Marriott said the Prague hotel’s management team has reached out to the group to apologize.

Axios. 19 November 2021

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The Marriott hotel in Prague declined to host a conference of activists and leaders from China’s Uyghur diaspora this month, citing “political neutrality,” an email shared with Axios shows.

RFA‘. 13 November 2021

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A Chinese job-placement company transferred more than 3,000 Uyghur workers, including girls as young as 16, from the Xinjiang region to factories in other parts of China this year and plans to send thousands more in early 2022, an RFA investigation has shown.

The Washington Post. 15 November 2021

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Hu Binchen, a senior public security official in China, is set to seek election next week to the 13-member executive committee of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol. But some human rights activists, and a group of legislators from around the world, oppose his candidacy, for fear that China misuses the police body’s powers and databases.

BBC. 15 November 2021

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Mukaddes Yadigar is a Uyghur entrepreneur who has been living in the UK since 2011.

In London, she has two restaurants devoted to Uyghur cuisine. Every month, she holds events there to celebrate the food, music and dances of her people – to ensure the preservation of their culture.

Bitter Winter. 11 November 2021

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Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), which its non-Han inhabitants prefer to call East Turkestan, is the most tightly surveilled area of China, yet the CCP feels it is not enough. From January 1, 2022, new “Regulations of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on the Construction of Public Safety” will come into force. They were adopted at the 28^th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13^th People’s Congress of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on September 28, 2021, and published in the last month of October. An official commentary was published on October 13.

CNN. 9 November 2021

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I was born in a Chinese reeducation camp, where my mother was detained in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which many Uyghurs call East Turkistan. For most of my life, I tried to forget the horrific experiences my mother and I had during my early childhood. But it seems the past is repeating itself and with a vengeance.

AP News. 9 November 2021

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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government repression against Uyghur Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region.