Munich [Germany] June 28 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has launched its weekly transient highlighting its worldwide advocacy efforts, utilizing main international platforms in Japan and Europe to attract consideration to what it describes as Beijing’s persevering with genocide, pressured labour practices and transnational repression focusing on Uyghurs from East Turkistan.
A delegation representing the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights (UZDM), together with WUC President Turgunjan Alawdun, Vice President Zumretay Arkin, and UZDM President Dolkun Isa, spent the week partaking with diplomats, United Nations officers, civil society representatives, and UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Gehad Madi. Their discussions centered on points together with enforced disappearances, transnational repression, the scenario of Uyghur refugees, and broader human rights issues.
The delegation additionally joined a aspect occasion hosted by Tibetan organisations inspecting developments in Tibet, Taiwan, and what contributors described because the erosion of the worldwide rules-based order.
During an interactive dialogue on the Human Rights Council, WUC Vice President Zumretay Arkin highlighted the impression of China’s insurance policies on Uyghur girls and households, stating that arbitrary detention, household separation, and cross-border intimidation have left many moms forcibly separated from their youngsters. The WUC additional alleged that its delegates had been monitored, photographed, and filmed by Chinese government-affiliated organisations all through the session, calling it one other instance of transnational intimidation focusing on Uyghur activists.
Separately, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) launched a report warning that Australia and Japan stay susceptible to imports linked to Uyghur pressured labour as a result of enforcement gaps in provide chain rules. The report argues that because the United States and the European Union strengthen restrictions on items produced via pressured labour, weaker oversight elsewhere might create various markets for such merchandise.
Meanwhile, WUC Executive Committee Chair Rushan Abbas obtained the Women’s eNews Champion for Human Rights 2026 Award in Montreal for her advocacy on behalf of Uyghur girls. In her acceptance speech, she highlighted the case of her sister, Gulshan Abbas, who has reportedly been forcibly disappeared since 2018. (ANI)