News about Uighurs

"[A]ccording to a 2023 report by the [@UyghurProject], China’s growing influence over some host countries undermines 'any political or humanitarian will to recognise and duly protect Uyghur refugees.'" Thailand must release Uyghurs detained for a decade. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2786797/un-rebuffed-requests-to-help-uyghurs-in-thailand

UHRP, @Uyghur_American & @SafeguardDefend have written a letter to Italian Ambassador @MAZappia urging the Italian gov to investigate import of goods from the China-Europe Railway Express. State-sponsored forced labor is pervasive in the Uyghur Region. uhrp.org/statement/uhrp-urges-italian-government-to-investigate-uyghur-region-imports/

🗞️ The WUC's Weekly Brief is out! uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie… Read about: ➡️ World Uyghur Congress Organises Its 20th Year Anniversary Event  ➡️ The World Uyghur Congress Stands Against Xi Jinping's Upcoming Visit to Europe pic.twitter.com/Cubj5bR5ul

This op-ed by @DilnurReyhan reminds us that Europe isn't doing anything about the largest atrocity targeting an ethnoreligious group since the Holocaust: 'Welcoming Xi Jinping to France is a policy of complicity in the Uyghur genocide' www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/05/07/welcoming-xi-jinping-is-a-policy-of-complicity-in-the-uyghur-genocide_6670625_4.html