Washington, DC [US], November 16 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has launched its weekly transient, highlighting an in depth have a look at how China’s international propaganda machine is being questioned at the same time as Uyghur advocacy good points stronger worldwide momentum.
The BBC’s latest investigation, highlighted within the transient, exposes China’s try and painting East Turkistan as a booming ‘vacationer paradise’ whereas persevering with to hide mass repression.
According to the BBC, China claims over 300 million vacationers visited the area in 2024, producing billions in income, but unbiased journalists stay restricted and Uyghurs overseas nonetheless report disappearances of relations, highlighting the huge hole between state narrative and lived actuality.
The WUC transient additionally outlines a high-level advocacy mission to Japan by President Turgunjan Alawdun, UZDM President Dolkun Isa, and different representatives.
During engagements from November 7-9, the delegation highlighted the instances of distinguished Uyghur intellectuals given demise sentences, together with Professor Tashpolat Tiyip and Halmurat Ghopur.
The conferences culminated in a big growth: Japanese parliamentary chief Furuya introduced plans for a Japanese counterpart to the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, aiming to dam imports linked to compelled labour in East Turkistan.
In Berlin, WUC leaders joined the World Liberty Congress (WLC) General Assembly and Berlin Freedom Week, held from November 8-15.
Key activists akin to Zumretay Arkin, Rushan Abbas, and Gheyur Kurban participated in strategic discussions on countering compelled labour and transnational repression.
At the Berlin Freedom Conference, Rushan Abbas urged international governments and firms to cease enabling authoritarian revenue constructions, sharing the stage with senior German and Taiwanese leaders.
WUC highlighted worldwide celebrations of East Turkistan National Day on November 12.
From Munich and Tokyo to Ankara, Istanbul, Central Asia, and Canada, Uyghur communities held cultural occasions, commemorations, and flag-raising ceremonies to honour the area’s historic republics of 1933 and 1944.
A significant Human Rights Watch report, additionally featured within the transient, warns that Turkiye, as soon as thought of a haven, is more and more unsafe for Uyghur refugees as a result of authorities’s increasing use of arbitrary ‘restriction codes.’
Human Rights Watch paperwork degrading detentions, stress to signal ‘voluntary return’ papers, and instances rooted in Chinese intelligence claims.
Concluding the week, WUCC Executive Committee Chair Rushan Abbas addressed the IRFBA High-Level Conference in Prague, assembly Czech President Petr Pavel and urging stronger international motion towards China’s escalating repression. (ANI)