News about China

An estimated 1 in 26 #Uyghurs have been jailed, accounting for a third of China’s prison population. "The actual situation in #Xinjiang may even be worse, said UHRP senior researcher Ben Carrdus, who wrote the report." -@RadioFreeAsia www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imprisonment-rate-report-05022024144951.html

📣 PRESS RELEASE 📣 www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-release-world-uyghur-congress-opposes-xi-jinpings-visit-to-europe/ The World Uyghur Congress opposes Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe and calls on France to raise raise Beijing’s abuses against Tibetans, Hong Kongers, and Uyghurs. pic.twitter.com/s4FBy0F5rz

Our first panel of the day "Securing Europe’s Long-Term Economic Future: The Role of Addressing the Uyghur Genocide" is moderated by Nury Turkel (@nuryturkel), Commissioner & former Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). pic.twitter.com/vNbDYOeKtP

Fact: the U.N. Human Rights Council has never once condemned China for persecuting Uyghur Muslims. When the US tried in 2022, Arab and Muslim states like Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Senegal, Indonesia & slave-owning Mauritania—and their allies like Cuba, Venezuela, Namibia—voted NO. pic.twitter.com/yqlOKRazVn