{"id":440,"date":"2021-04-21T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/?p=440"},"modified":"2021-04-21T22:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T19:15:18","slug":"the-world-uyghur-congress-and-uyghur-human-rights-project-issue-alternative-report-to-the-committee-against-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/the-world-uyghur-congress-and-uyghur-human-rights-project-issue-alternative-report-to-the-committee-against-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WORLD UYGHUR CONGRESS AND UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT ISSUE ALTERNATIVE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posted on November 2, 2015, in News<\/a> Press Release<\/a> Reports<\/a> UHRP<\/a> United Nations<\/a> Uyghur Related News<\/a> World Uyghur Congress<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Release \u2013 For immediate release<\/strong>
2 November 2015
Contact: World Uyghur Congress<\/strong>www.uyghurcongress.org<\/strong><\/a>
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 or<\/strong>contact@uyghurcongress.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WUC & UHRP<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Ahead of China\u2019s review of its 5th<\/sup>\u00a0Periodic Report to the Committee Against Torture, the\u00a0World Uyghur Congress<\/a>\u00a0(WUC) and the\u00a0Uyghur Human Rights Project<\/a>\u00a0(UHRP) have\u00a0jointly submitted an alternative report<\/a>\u00a0for consideration by the Committee that aims to provide additional and alternative information\u00a0 regarding the continued use of torture, particularly against Uyghur detainees in East Turkestan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The report will be reviewed by the Committee members prior to the treaty body\u2019s 56th<\/sup> session<\/a> in Geneva later in November, where WUC representatives will be present provide a voice for Uyghurs who are routinely abused in police custody by Chinese officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report outlines some of the most concerning details of alleged instances and threats of torture as well as issues with China\u2019s implementation of the Convention itself. Major areas of concern that are addressed in the report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n