World Uyghur Congress
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International umbrella organization promoting #Uyghur human rights. Nobel Peace Prize 2023 & 2024 nominee ➡️ @WUC_Chinese | @WUiguren
Munich, Germany
Joined March 2011
Thank you to the people of #HongKong for their support & solidarity. The Chinese govt's horrific repression is bringing Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans & others together in pursuit of basic rights & freedoms. #StandWithHongKong #StandwithTibet #StandwithUyghurs #ClosetheCamps.
Stand with #Uyghurs. Hong Kong is with you. 💪🏻💪🏻.#GoogleUyghurs. @UyghurCongress @uyghurproject @AidUyghur
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Yesterday, @UyghurCongress President @Dolkun_Isa met with @KishiNobuo, Special Adviser to Japan's PM Fumio Kishida and brother of former PM Shinzo Abe. Mr. Isa, accompanied by @arimoto_kaori & @realuyghurj, further met with @takaichi_sanae, 🇯🇵's Minister of Security and Economy.
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Our thoughts are with the #HongKong demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed, beaten, arrested or had a gun pointed at them by hong kong police, just for exercising their freedom of expression and showing solidarity with Uyghurs.
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WUC & the #Uyghur people stand in solidarity with #HongKong. China won't silence us, we will keep working towards democracy and respect for human rights. #StandWithHongKong #ClosetheCamps #FreeTibet . Poster: @TheTibetNetwork
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After 17 days of protesting in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, consular officials agreed to receive documentation about the missing relatives of #Uyghurs, with the help of @imamoglu_int. These relatives must be released without conditions.
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The time has come for a large scale rally in which people in Britain stand in solidarity with both the oppressed #Uyghur people and the downtrodden citizens of #HongKong. London Rally, 19 January 2020 .#FightforFreedom #StandwithHK #StandwithUyghurs.
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Today marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. We remember all the #Uyghurs and others who are persecuted on the basis of their religion, culture & ethnicity. The @UN has yet to act in a meaningful way. #FreeUyghurs.
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More than 400 supporters demonstrated with @UyghurCongress and @germany_with_hk in Berlin to speak out against China's massive human rights violations in Hong Kong and East Turkestan. #HongKong #Uyghurs
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Good on @PatriotAct w/ @HasanMinhaj for including the detention on over one million Uyghurs in China during their recent segment on censorship in China. The issue needs to continue to reach the press in all states in order for such intense persecution to end.
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Indonesian Politician @fahiraidris called on the Indonesian gov. to publicly condemn the oppression of #Uyghurs by the Chinese gov, saying:. "It's not a matter of us 'pestering' #China's domestic affairs, but a matter of humanity whose defense knows no national boundaries".
Apa yg dilakukan Pemerintah China terhadap Muslim Uighur WAJIB DIKECAM. ! Dan mengecam adlh selemah-lemahnya kita membela Muslim Uighur. Ini bukan soal kita ‘merecoki’ urusan dalam negeri China, tetapi ini soal kemanusiaan yang pembelaannya menembus batas-batas negara.#SaveUighur
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PRESS RELEASE:. In an important development, the Subcommittee on Human Rights in the Canadian Parliament has designated atrocities by the Chinese govt against the #Uyghur people to be a genocide in line with the UN Genocide Convention.
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WUC stands in solidarity with #Ukrainians as they see their homeland being invaded. It is not only Ukraine’s territorial integrity that is at risk, but also our international order that is being challenged by authoritarian countries. #WeStandWithUkraine
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WUC stands in solidarity with #HongKong & calls on the intl community to #Save12HKYouths. #China has targeted the younger generation of #HongKongers, #Uyghurs, #Tibetans & others as they try to deprive our communities of a future through detentions, disappearances & repression.
Along w/ @hk_watch @benedictrogers, we are calling you to speak up for the 12 Hongkongers. Join our campaign by posting a picture of #SAVE12HKYOUTHS & tag at least 3 frds to relay. @Ray_WongHKI @UBob2020 @ChuHoiDick . #SAVE12 #SOSHK
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"Wrong is wrong". @NBA player @rudygobert27 participated in MEPs @rglucks1 @bueti @EnginEroglu_FW campaign to call for action to address the Uyghur human rights crisis. Rudy Gobert is the first NBA player to publicly address Uyghur crisis. We thank him for his courage & empathy.
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On International Human Rights Day the World Uyghur Congress is calling on #China to #CloseTheCamps. We will be using the hashtag #CloseTheCamps beginning of today until all #Uyghurs are released from the internment camps in #EastTurkistan
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Dozens of Jordanians protested in front of the Chinese embassy in Amman on Tuesday, against China's treatment of #Uyghurs in #EastTurkistan.
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🚨 Groundbreaking new evidence:. The Xinjiang Police Files, a huge cache of data hacked from police computers in East Turkistan, show significant new evidence for the #UyghurGenocide. What evidence do these files contain? A 🧵:.
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Australian 🇦🇺 Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was "too busy" to meet with camp survivors and #Uyghur delegates. @SenatorWong, your unavailability is disappointing & a missed opportunity to hear directly from Uyghurs about their shocking experiences.
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WUC joins 230 international rights groups calling for the resignation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. Her recent visit to #EastTurkistan and China has undermined the credibility of her Office and her mandate.
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The WUC would like to thank football player Mesut Ozil @MesutOzil1088 for raising awareness of the persecution of #Uyghurs in #EastTurkistan. We reiterate his call for leaders of Muslim-majority countries to break their shameful silence on this issue.
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Over a thousand supporters at rally for #Uyghur rights in front of Chinese Embassy in Berlin today!. WUC, supported by many actors from Berlin civil society, organized a rally to commemorate the victims of China's cultural genocide and demand freedom and justice for Uyghurs.
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Yesterday, the Belgian Foreign Affairs Committee was set to have a hearing on the #UyghurGenocide, with witnesses. It was canceled due to a cyberattack 30 min before the hearing. The hearing will be rescheduled. Meanwhile, we will continue to speak our truth.
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Another great interview done by @mehdirhasan holding the Chinese government accountable for their crime against humanity. The informal adviser to the Chinese government, Charles Liu was questioned about the internment camps.
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It is shameful to see how money makes people blind to the suffering of 2 millions or more forcefully detained #Uyghurs. #CloseTheCamps #EastTurkistan.
DW asked Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan about his stance on China and human rights [Pakistan-China relations]. This is what he had to say:
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The WUC President @Dolkun_Isa presents his book during the book launch of the Japanese translation, in Tokyo, 🇯🇵. The book is available here 👇🏼:. 「テロリスト」と呼ばれた男
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Thousands of protesters marched in support of #Uyghurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder @MesutOzil1088 after the furore caused by his criticism of #China’s policies.
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Together with Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong rights groups, NBA player @EnesKanter led a rally in front of Capitol Hill on Saturday, calling for and end to #UyghurForcedLabor and urging the U.S. Congress to pass The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
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In the new #Mulan, @Disney thanks the public security bureau in Turpan, which has been involved in the internment camps in East Turkistan. Last year, the actor publicly supported the #HongKongPolice in their violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters.
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On behalf of 39 states, Germany delivered a statement calling on China to respect human rights, esp in #EastTurkistan & #Tibet. The WUC welcomes this vital statement. This is the largest coalition denouncing atrocities in China. The coalition to #StopUyghurGenocide is growing.
#ThirdCommittee debate: 39 countries call on China to respect human rights, particularly rights of persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, especially in Xinjiang & Tibet. 🇩🇪🇦🇱🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇦🇧🇬🇨🇦🇭🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇭🇹🇭🇳🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇭🇲🇨🇳🇷 🇳🇱🇳🇿🇲🇰🇳🇴🇵🇼🇵🇱🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸 Statement⤵️
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📜JOINT STATEMENT📜. The @UyghurCongress & @UyghurProject, along with 68 Uyghur orgs from 18 countries, call on UN Member States to #VoteNoChina for its renewed membership on the UN Human Rights Council, due to its treatment of #Uyghurs.
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE🗞️. The WUC thanks @MaajidNawaz for his strong support of #Uyghur human rights. With his recent hunger strike, he called on the UK government to hold a debate on the #Uyghurs facing genocide in #EastTurkistan.
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WUC @SaveTibet_EU @ActiefvoorTibet @BelgiumUyghur @UNPOintl & Tibetan Community held a joint protest in front of the EU for the #GlobalDayofAction. #Uyghur, #Tibetan, Hong Kong & Taiwanese speakers expressed solidarity & called on the EU to do more to stop atrocities in #China.
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Join this international campaign to raise our voices against the #UyghurGenocide. #NotFoolingButGenocide
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PRESS RELEASE:. WUC applauds the formation of IPAC, an alliance of legislators from 9 global parliaments who came together to adopt a tougher stance on China. We hope through coordinated action IPAC can lead a global push to address the #Uyghur crisis.
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Idris Hassan, a #Uyghur man is detained in a prison in Tiflet, on July 20 by the Moroccan authorities. His family hasn't heard of him since July 23, when he last called. He's at high risk of being deported to China, despite having a Turkish residency. 📢Help spread the news! 📢
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#Indonesia @Kemlu_RI also made absolutely no mention of religious discrimination, religious persecution or the mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs in internment camps. Once again, the Indonesian Mission seems to a different set of standards for #China
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🚨We have received information that #SaudiArabia is going to deport Abula and her 13-year old daughter, Babure to Guangzhou in #China TONIGHT. If the #Saudi govt proceeds with this deportation, the two would be at high risk of forced separation, enforced disappearance & torture.
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"#BoycottMulan has shown that the Chinese government’s human rights violations will no longer be ignored — and even companies as powerful as Disney may need to change how they engage with China going forward.".
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE🗞️. The WUC has submitted a written complaint to the IOC Ethics Commission for its refusal to reconsider hosting the @Beijing2022 in China amidst a genocide against #Uyghurs. WUC calls on @iocmedia to uphold its own ethical principles.
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A group of 27 Kuwaiti MPs signed a statement in which they underlined solidarity with #Uyghurs and called on their government to intervene to stop persecution in #EastTurkistan. - Anadolu Agency.
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🗞️ PRESS RELEASE 🗞️. The WUC applauds the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the UK Parliament. This is a historic moment, and WUC extends its sincere gratitude to all the MPs, CSOs, activists for their commitment to ending the #UyghurGenocide.
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In total, 45 states issued a joint statement in the UN supporting China's treatment of #Uyghurs. These states not only kept silent, but are actively supporting the ongoing #UyghurGenocide:.🇿🇼🇾🇪🇻🇪🇦🇪🇺🇬🇹🇬🇹🇿🇸🇾🇱🇰🇸🇸🇸🇩🇸🇦🇷🇺🇵🇸🇵🇰🇳🇮🇳🇵🇲🇲🇲🇿🇲🇦🇲🇬🇱🇦🇰🇮🇮🇶🇮🇷🇬🇳🇬🇼🇬🇩🇬🇦🇪🇷🇬🇶🇪🇬🇩🇲🇰🇵🇨🇩🇰🇲🇨🇳🇨🇫🇨🇲🇰🇭🇧🇮🇧🇾🇧🇭🇦🇴🇨🇺
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PRESS RELEASE:. Today marks a vital step for the #Uyghur people and international efforts to stop the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity in East Turkistan, as the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act has been signed into law.
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The family members of Nurmemet Rozi, who has been detained in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of deportation to #China, where they would be facing torture & arbitrary detention. WUC calls on Saudi authorities to release them immediately. Please share!
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Abidin Ayup, an 91 year old #Uyghur imam of a mosque in Atush city has been confirmed detained by Chinese authorities in #EastTurkistan according to his niece, who said she has been unable to verify whether he is alive or dead.
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International Human Rights Day 🇺🇳. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, the Uyghur community and some allies in Munich have gathered in front of the Chinese consulate to protest calling the end of #UyghurGenocide!. #hrd2020 #humanrightsday #StopUyghurGenocide
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"China expects U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to visit this year" (inc East Turkistan). We hope this is true, @mbachelet has been requesting to visit #EastTurkistan for over a year, only to be denied by the Chinese govt.
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Does #China deserve to host the Winter Olympics?. No. "So let’s work now to turn #Beijing2022 into a nightmare for Xi Jinping and a light in the darkness for those suffering under his regime. Let’s boycott the Genocide Games", writes @benedictrogers.
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The #Uyghur culture has become nothing but an exotic spectacle reserved for tourists, meanwhile, the CCP is eroding the Uyghur language, culture, history, religion, and identity, as part of its attempt to totally assimilate the Uyghur people.
Tourists watched the gate-opening ceremony in the ancient city of Kashgar in #Xinjiang Friday. The scenic spot currently sees 1,000+ visitors per day, 10 percent of the number last year. The number of tourists increased every day since reopening after the recent COVID19 outbreak.
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE🗞️. On the #InternationalDayoftheDisappeared, WUC highlights the case of the thousands of disappeared #Uyghurs in the past few years. Nearly every Uyghur family has lost relatives and are still seeking answers from the Chinese govt.
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"the PKS faction requested that the Jokowi Gov make effective human rights diplomacy to the Chinese Gov, so that China would stop human rights violations against Uighur Muslims,". - @JazuliJuwaini Chairperson of Indonesian House of Reps (PKS).@Kemlu_RI .
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A coalition of #Uyghur, #Tibetan, #Chinese, #Hongkong & other activists urged the international community to boycott the Beijing Olympics. "We have lost entire families and relatives and friends," said WUC Program Manager @ZumretErkin. #NoBeijing2022 .
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📢 Press Release:. The WUC strongly condemns 🇨🇳 sentencing Hushtar Isa, brother of WUC President, @Dolkun_Isa, to life imprisonment. The WUC expresses its sincere support & solidarity to Dolkun Isa and his family, in the face of these retaliatory actions.
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"A former U.K. diplomat and ex-European Commission official who runs a Brussels think tank is being investigated by Belgian security services on suspicion of passing sensitive information to #China".
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🗞️PRESS RELEASE :. The WUC applauds the passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (#S3744) with an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives today.
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China has banned the app @Notepad_plus due to the developer's vocal support of #Uyghurs and #HongKongers. The company believes the ban was in retaliation for their previous 'Stand with Hong Kong'' and 'Free Uyghur'' editions.
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The World Uyghur Congress wishes all #Uyghurs around the 🌎 a happy East Turkistan National Day!. This year, we celebrate this national day in Times Square 🎊🇺🇸. #eastturkistannationalday #uyghurs #eastturkistan
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Today, on Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, the @UyghurCongress and its supporters worldwide are calling on the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity and genocide against the #Uyghur people. Join our cause towards human rights and freedom for Uyghurs! ✊
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#BREAKING 🚨. The 🇫🇷 French Parliament @AssembleeNat, with an overwhelming majority (169-1), passes a resolution that recognizes China's abuses against the #Uyghur people as crimes against humanity and genocide. @EmmanuelMacron, now is the time to #EndUyghurGenocide!
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🚨HUGE WIN🚨. EU Parliament passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority recognizing China’s crimes against #Uyghurs “amount to crimes against humanity and serious risk of genocide”. WUC President @Dolkun_Isa thanked MEPs @rglucks1 & @EnginEroglu_FW who supported the motion.
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Second set of hearings of the @TribunalUyghur are about to start!. We will be live-tweeting the hearings in this thread ⬇️
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"Muslim students who attend universities in inland #China are continuously monitored, barred from exhibiting ethnic and religious characteristics.".
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Despite growing pressure, the Vice President of #Indonesia Jusuf Kalla @Pak_JK said Indonesia will not interfere in #China's treatment of #Uyghurs. This response is very disappointing. Indonesia must speak out against this crime against humanity.
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"It has been 7 years since China’s unlawful imprisonment of Professor #IlhamTohti. While the international community has called on China to release him … China has neither released him nor revealed his current whereabouts & health condition” - @Dolkun_Isa.
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🚨 All set for Day 3 of the @TribunalUyghur hearings!. Today as well, we will be live tweeting, sharing the highlights of the witness and expert testimonies. Follow this thread to keep up to date, or watch the live stream here:
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JOINT STATEMENT.‘#HongKong 12’ detained for over 60 days after allegedly attempting to escape #HongKong. The WUC condemns the arrest and detention of the 12 Hongkonger activists who are currently being held in incommunicado detention in 🇨🇳.#save12hkyouth .
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Practising Islam has been made forbidden in parts of China, with individuals caught praying, fasting, growing a beard or wearing a hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim women who feel it is part of their religion, facing the threat of arrest. @AJEnglish.
China has passed new measures to ‘guide’ Islam to make it 'compatible with socialism' - with the state planning to influence religious doctrine itself.
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Many Uyghurs don't speak out due to fear of repercussions and others don't because they have been indoctrinated against criticising the Chinese government. @cjwerleman reports on Uyghur sufferings back home and the diaspora.
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Today, four camp survivors in Europe have started their one-week protest in Geneva, calling on the UN High-Commissioner @mbachelet to meet with them ahead of her visit in #EastTurkistan, and to publish her report on the situation.
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A large protest was held today outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta, #Indonesia calling for #China to stop its persecution of the #Uyghur people & on the Indonesian gov. to take action, esp. to release the over 1 million ppl held in internment camps.
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BREAKING:. New footage has emerged from inside internment camps, gathered & released by @BitterWinterMag. Chilling details reveal:. - 24/7 surveillance including in washrooms.- Space for several thousand.- Window/doors sealed w/ metal bars.- Locked prison cells for detainees. 1/3
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🚨BREAKING🚨. 43 UN Member states delivered a joint statement at the .@UN 3rd Committee on the dire situation in #EastTurkistan. Signatories are: .🇦🇱🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇬🇨🇦🇭🇷🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇪🇸🇿🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇭🇳🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇷🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇭🇲🇨🇲🇪🇳🇷🇳🇱🇳🇿🇲🇵🇳🇴🇵🇼🇵🇱🇵🇹🇸🇲🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸.
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"So I ask, Holy Father, why are you about to renew a deal with the [CCP] that has yielded no benefit at all to Catholics in #China, (. ) while remaining silent on the crimes that are currently being committed against the Uighurs?". - @benedictrogers .
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Member of the European Parliament @EnginEroglu_FW met with the head of the WUC office in Berlin to discuss the #Uyghur crisis & possible responses & actions from the @Europarl_EN to address it. The WUC sincerely thanks Mr. Eroglu & his staff for their time and initiative.
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#BREAKING. Official confirmation of the UK sanctions list on #China: the same four Chinese officials and one entity sanctioned by the EU today, over complicity in the #UyghurGenocide. - Chen Mingguo.- Wang Mingshan.- Wang Junzheng.- Zhu Hailun.- XPCC PSB.
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🚨 NEW: . The UN Rights chief @mbachelet will not be seeking a new term as High Commissioner. Her current term is marked by criticism on her reponse to the #UyghurGenocide. Last week, the WUC joined 230+ human rights groups calling for her resignation.
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BERLIN 📍 Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese people, german MPs, civil society are all present today in front of the German Foreign Ministry to protest, on the occasion of #Wangyi ‘s visit.
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A new report by @BBCNews reveals the harrowing reality for #Uyghur women in China's internment camps. Former detainees describe systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture. The world can no longer remain silent. This has to stop. #StopUyghurGenocide.
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On the occasion of #UyghurGenocideRecognitionDay, the #Uyghur community gathered in the centre of Munich to commemorate the victims of the #Uyghur genocide 🕊️
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"We cannot continue to shrug in the direction of China’s UN veto and stick to the line that genocide determination is a “matter for the international judicial system”. This is a recipe for more genocide, not less.".
The United Nations can’t stop .the 'hallmarks of genocide’ against Uighurs in China so we need other actions to end this Catch-22, writes @lukedepulford .
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