Washington DC [US], November 7 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has launched its month-to-month transient, commemorating two pivotal anniversaries: 76 years because the annexation of the impartial East Turkistan Republic and 70 years since China established the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
To mark the event, the WUC hosted an occasion on the European Parliament, led by MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, tracing the systematic erosion of Uyghur rights and exposing China’s empty guarantees of autonomy beneath the XUAR framework.
Throughout the month, the WUC intensified its advocacy throughout Europe, partaking policymakers and strengthening alliances. Its delegates held conferences within the German Bundestag, briefed European diplomats on China’s labour switch schemes involving Uyghurs, and up to date members of the European Parliament and EU establishments on developments in East Turkistan.
Participation within the International Forum 2000 additional highlighted WUC’s dedication to international cooperation on human rights. In late October, WUC representatives additionally addressed the VOC’s China Forum, shedding gentle on how the Chinese Communist Party’s repression reaches past its borders.
In Japan, the Japan Uyghur Association (JUA) and the Japan Uyghur Parliamentary Association collectively hosted a symposium on the National Diet titled ’70 Years Since the Establishment of the Nameless ‘Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’ – Questioning China’s Ethnic Policy.’
The session featured Professor Jun Kumakura of Hosei University, journalist Nobuhiro Sakamoto, recognised for his work on Uyghur pressured sterilisation, and JUA Vice Chairman Sawut Muhammed. The occasion attracted over 80 attendees, together with 30 lawmakers, diplomats, media representatives, and civil society members.
Meanwhile, the WUC urged main European insurance coverage and safety corporations to overview their use of surveillance applied sciences from Hikvision and Dahua as a result of their hyperlinks with human rights abuses. In France, the WUC, along with Don’t Fund Russian Army (DFRA) and Bourdon & Associes, filed a legal grievance towards Huawei, Hikvision, and Dahua for his or her function in Uyghur surveillance actions deemed crimes towards humanity. The month concluded with a joint protest in Berlin, the place the WUC and allied teams stood united towards China’s repression on China’s National Day. (ANI)