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.
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.
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
.
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.
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
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.
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
"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.
In the last 3 years, Chinese govt has:
- arbitrarily detained millions in internment camps
- forced labor & modern slavery
- destroyed mosques, graveyards, shrines
- bans on Uyghur language
- sterilized Uyghur women
- separated families
- denied basic rights & freedoms
🚨 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 🧵:
Hundreds of people from held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Medan, Indonesia, condemning the mistreatment of Uyghurs by the Chinese govt.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
.
🗞️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
.
Sky News reports that mass surveillance programs used on Uyghurs has now been extended to other ethnic minorities in central China according to former cyber security contractor Robert Potter.
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.
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! 📢
#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
🚨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.
"
#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."
#BREAKING
Australia cancels state's Belt and Road deal with
#China
, for being “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations”.
🗞️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.
"They were sterilising us. That was when I understood the method of the camps, the strategy being implemented: not to kill us in cold blood, but to make us slowly disappear. So slowly that no one would notice."
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
"Although Turkey is not the only majority Muslim country to look the other way when it comes to the plight of the Uyghurs, Erdogan’s complicity is the most shocking, given the deep historical and cultural ties between Turks and Uyghurs."
🗞️ 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
.
#BREAKING
A report by more than 50 global experts, in the first independent expert application of the 1948 Genocide Convention to the ongoing treatments of
#Uyghurs
, concludes
#China
bears state responsibility for committing
#genocide
against Uyghurs.
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.
PRESS RELEASE:
Oct 1st marks the 71st anniversary of the PRC and the 65th anniversary of the "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region".
For Uyghurs, its legacy has been has been decades of subjugation, repression, forced assimilation and broken promises.
#BREAKING
:
The Dutch Parliament has passed a motion that recognizes
#China
's crimes against
#Uyghurs
as a genocide, the first in Europe to do so. The WUC urges the Dutch government to adopt the motion and take appropriate action with international allies.
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!
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.
"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.
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.
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
.
🗞️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.
"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
📢 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.
"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
"
🗞️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.
On April 6, in front of the Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. thousands will demonstrate against China’s brutal repression of Uyghurs & other Turkic ethnic groups. This is the time to be the voice for the voiceless & urge the international community to take immediate action!
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.
In the last 3 years, Uyghurs have endured:
- Mass sterilisation
- Forced labour
- Arbitrary detention of millions in camps
- Denial of rights
- Destruction of Uyghur buildings
- Attack on Uyghur language, religion & culture.
Call it what it is: genocide
The World Uyghur Congress Delegation is in Geneva this week to attend China's 4th cycle
#UPR
.
Take Action Against China's Genocide of
#Uyghurs
and join the WUC tomorrow from 10:30am - 1:30pm in front of the UN to protest against 🇨🇳's genocidal policies.
Responding to questions about
#China
's treatment of
#Uyghurs
in East Turkistan, US President Joe Biden
@POTUS
has said China will face consequences for its human rights abuses.
“Well, there will be repercussions for China and he [Xi Jinping] knows that”.
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! ✊
🚨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.
Many Uyghurs who have been despairing on the fate of their detained loved ones & calling for their release are now subjected to additional trauma, as the CCP has been forcing some relatives to denounce them, via coerced videos, for being 'anti-China'.
2nd witness, camp survivor Omer Bekali, shows how he was chained for over 7 months.
30-45 men in one cell, aged 16-40. Every week some were taken out and would not return. Those that were generally healthy upon arrival, were usually the ones to be taken away.
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.
"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
Interior construction shows clearly that Uyghurs and others are locked inside prison cells that hold up to 15 people, where they are monitored by surveillance cameras.
2/3
🚨 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:
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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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
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.
#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
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.
🚨 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.
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
"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