Munich [Germany], October 11 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) intensified its worldwide advocacy efforts in September, elevating issues over alleged human rights violations in opposition to Uyghurs in China, transnational repression and the rights of Uyghur youngsters, based on its September 2026 e-newsletter.
According to the e-newsletter, Vice President Zumretay Arkin addressed the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on September 9, urging member states to take concrete motion following the UN human rights workplace’s 2022 evaluation of the scenario in Xinjiang, known as East Turkistan by Uyghur teams.
The e-newsletter stated WUC and UZDM representatives additionally held advocacy conferences on the European Parliament in Strasbourg in mid-September. Discussions targeted on China’s newly enacted Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, particular person Uyghur instances and allegations of an ongoing Uyghur genocide. Representatives additionally introduced a report marking ten years because the starting of the mass internment marketing campaign.
According to the WUC e-newsletter, the organisation’s Women’s Committee held its second International Women’s Meeting in Istanbul on September 12 and 13, bringing collectively greater than 50 girls, activists and younger contributors from the diaspora. The discussions addressed the preservation of Uyghur language and id, girls’s participation, psychological well being, safety and challenges confronted by Uyghurs dwelling in exile.
The WUC additional reported that it joined 28 human rights organisations in an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping forward of his deliberate go to to Washington, calling for the discharge of prisoners of conscience and an finish to transnational repression.
At the tip of September, WUC and UZDM representatives participated within the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva and raised issues about Uyghur refugees and worldwide accountability. On September 30, in addition they participated in a pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child forward of China’s upcoming assessment.
The WUC e-newsletter stated the representatives highlighted issues over household separation, state-run boarding faculties, discrimination and the cultural, spiritual and academic rights of Uyghur youngsters.
Separately, the e-newsletter highlighted a press convention organised by the Japan Uyghur Association in Tokyo on August 31. It introduced the testimony of a Uyghur man who was allegedly despatched to work at a manufacturing unit hundreds of kilometres from house via China’s labour switch programme earlier than being bought to a global fraud ring.
The WUC e-newsletter additionally drew consideration to experiences regarding AI-assisted surveillance focusing on Uyghur advocacy teams, restrictions on freedom of motion and a world name by greater than 130 UN human rights consultants to fight transnational repression.
The organisation urged supporters to have interaction with its advocacy initiatives, contribute to authorized proceedings regarding Uyghurs in Argentina and assist elevate consciousness of Uyghur rights. (ANI)