WUC congratulates Mr. Friedrich Merz on being elected as Germany’s new Chancellor and Ms. Julia Klöckner the President of the German Bundestag, as well as Mr. Michael Brand as the new Parliament State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Tonight, the @euparliament.bsky.social debates on the critical issue of the deportation of 40 #Uyghur refugees to Thailand. We thank all the political parties and MEPs that have pushed for this resolution!

The WUC Youth Committee calls for action on December 9, Uyghur Genocide Commemoration Day. Youth from around the world gathered to remind the international community to break its silence and ACT NOW against the Uyghur genocide, emphasizing that “SILENCE IS COMPLICITY”

🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️ 🕊️On Uyghur Genocide Remembrance Day, the World Uyghur Congress honors victims of the Uyghur genocide and calls for urgent action to end atrocities in East Turkistan, including forced labour, mass detentions, and family separations. uyghurcongress.org/en/press-relea…

Faithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media/by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research; Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy; and Ben Carrdus, Senior Researcher at the Uyghur Human Rights Project uhrp.org/insights/fai...

🚨 Italian 🍅 purees linked to Uyghur Forced Labour 🚨 www.bbc.com/news/article...

🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️ The WUC welcomes VW’s exit from East Turkistan. But concerns over human rights abuses remain within the automotive industry. www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...

🚨BREAKING 🚨 After years of public pressure from NGOs, legislators and coalitions, the German company VW is leaving East Turkistan by selling its plants and test tracks. This is a major win! www.reuters.com/business/aut...

WUC and EUFL coalition members, including Gheyur Qurban, Director of WUC's Berlin Office, are participating in the UN Business and Human Rights Forum in #Geneva to raise awareness about the issue of Uyghur forced labor.

Last week, the WUC Vice President @zumretayarkin.bsky.social attended the 12th World Movement for Democracy, in Johannesburg 🇿🇦. She spoke on a panel organised by International Republican Institute about 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #Uyghurs.

Marking the 2nd anniversary of the Urumchi fire, we remember the lives lost and honor the global protests, including the White Paper Movement, that called for justice and freedom against China’s oppressive policies.

The WUC's Weekly Brief is out! uyghurcongress.org/en/weekly-brie… Read about: ➡️World Uyghur Congress Successfully Conducts Advocacy Trip to South Africa ➡️World Uyghur Congress Advocates for Justice at WM12 Assembly ➡️U.S. Leaders Aim to Address Human Rights Abuses in East Turkestan

⚡️ A big step forward in combatting state-imposed forced labor in the Uyghur region. UHRP's agrees that the European Commission should identify the Uyghur region as a high-risk region experiencing state-imposed forced labor in the forced labor risk database. www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...

Today, the WUC gathered together with @gfbv.de, Tibetan and Uyghur groups in Nuremberg, Germany, to protest the city’s funding of the Confucius Institute. Nuremberg allocates €37,000 annually to the Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen, supporting a platform for Chinese state propaganda.

The @UyghurCongress is attending the #WM12Assembly in Johannesburg 🇿🇦. This is a great opportunity to network with activists, politicians, scholars and civil society groups and spread awareness about the #UyghurGenocide.

Last week, following the WUC's round of advocacy in South Africa, the 🇿🇦 Parliament held a plenary session on the fate of #Uyghurs on Friday. The members of Parliament urged the SA Government to be more vocal at the multilateral level on the matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtI...

🗞️PRESS RELEASE 🗞️ On October 26, #Uyghur delegates from 27 countries democratically elected the new leadership of the WUC in free, fair and transparent elections, in Sarajevo. WUC congratulates the new President Turgunjan Alawdun and the new leadership. www.uyghurcongress.org/en/press-rel...