"[17] Kadeer rejected the accusations, saying that "anyone who is unhappy with China's harsh rule is a 'separatist'". In August Reuters published an article under the headline, UN says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps.A closer look at the article reveals NO UN policy statement, but a quote from one American member of an independent committee that does not speak for the UN, a member with no background in China. Global Times. [13], 15 March 2018, hundreds of Uyghurs demonstrated in cities around the world to draw attention to the Chinese government's repression of the Uyghur people in East Turkestan and urge the international community to take action. The company said it was dismayed when it learned an ethnicity detection feature was being tested and that it was eliminated from the product offering and would not be used in the future. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 21stCenturyWire: The source of lies about XinJiang US NED NGOs Where did the story come from? Local and state entities in the US also continue to purchase equipment manufactured by some of these companies. "Accountability starts now." 80336 Munich, Germany, Berlin Office: After both districts were approached by reporters earlier this year, the source of the funding was changed. Demonstrations were held in 15 cities in 14 countries around the world, including: the US, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Turkey, Sweden, the UK, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, France, Finland and Japan. Madam High Commissioner, We, the undersigned human rights organisations, write to follow up on your commitment last year to release a report on grave ongoing human rights violations . Police accused him of attempting to flee the country and harboring ideological problems, he said, and he spent a year in a camp where he endured food deprivation and beatings and was forced to learn and sing Chinese songs. Administrative Appeals Chamber (Upper Tribunal)CivilHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionJudgment, Neutral Citation Number: [2023] EWHC 88 (Admin)Case No: CO/2931/2021, In the High Court of JusticeKings Bench DivisionAdministrative Court, Between:The King on the Application of World Uyghur Congress-v-Secretary Of State For The Home DepartmentCommissioners for His Majestys Revenue and Customs Service National Crime Agency. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. So, Adrian Zenz suggests it would be good to investigate this more closely.. on: function(evt, cb) { [26], Dolkun Isa is a former student-leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations at Xinjiang University in 1988. The WUC engages in a wide-range of awareness raising and advocacy campaigns about the human rights situation for Uyghurs in the PRC, concentrating on United States Congress in Washington, EU member states, and EU and UN human rights mechanisms. Very cleverly worded? Nothing is substantiated. . It paves the way for, as World Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa put it, "meaningful and tangible action by member states, UN bodies, and the business community Accountability starts now . A significant base of operations is Turkey, with which the Turkic-speaking Uyghurs have a historic affinity. Buildings in Chinas north-western Xinjiang region are believed to be a re-education camp for Uyghurs. Researchers analyzed more than 1,400 email messages sent to members of the World Uyghur Congress and other activists sent over a period of four years and found a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign based on social engineering and malicious file attachments, wrote Engin Kirda, co-founder and chief architect at Lastline and a professor at . The WUC was established on 16 April 2004 in Munich, Germany, after the East Turkistan National Congress and the World Uyghur Youth Congress merged into one united organisation. During the week beginning on Monday, 18 May officially designated by the WUC as "Uyghur Week" WUC delegates, Uyghur human right activists, government officials, legislators and academics attended these two important events. 2020 that "the National Endowment for Democracy has funded Uyghur groups since 2004." The CIA-linked organization showed a map of China with the Western Xinjiang region carved off, instead occupied by the blue star and crescent flag used by Uyghur . International Committee of the Fourth International, Europe sides with the US in imposing punitive sanctions against China, US imposes new sanctions on China over alleged Uyghur abuses, The New York Times and its Uyghur activist, Twenty years since the US bombing of Yugoslavia, Imperialism intensifies pressure on Russia and China. -v-. Speeches during the ceremony were delivered by WUC President, Rebiya Kadeer and UNPO Secretary General, Marino Busdachin, along with leaders of WUC affiliate organizations. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Those wishing to travel abroad, would have to seek permission from local authorities, and who refuse could be barred from leaving the country. Between: The King on the Application of World Uyghur Congress. He was put under house arrest, warned not to talk about his experience in the camps and a camera was installed in his home, he said. Human rights violations remain pervasive including persecution on cultural and religious grounds, arbitrary arrests and the silencing of peaceful dissent. SenseTime, which filed to go public in Hong Kong, wrote in its IPO prospectus that the entity list addition has not had any material adverse impact on its business. I said, Ill see what I can find.. Dolkun Isa. The tribunal's organisers said Chinese authorities had ignored requests to participate . 28 October 2022. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. twitter.com/Abdurra1377722. Adolf-Kolping-Strae 9 The status of that draft policy is unknown but several government projects across China have since included various forms of Uyghur analytics in its facial recognition systems, he noted. Both are part of an interconnected network of Uyghur exile organisations in the US, Europe and Asia backed by Washington and its allies aimed against China. "Over the last 15 years or more . The WUC's platform combines the three previously discussed approaches (retributive justice, economic sanctions, and restorative justice), channeling their efforts into international governance . [34], From 10 to 12 November 2017, the World Uyghur Congress successfully completed its 6th General Assembly on 12 November in Munich, Germany. (And various and sundry other propaganda outlets such as Radio Free Asia very well documented as a CIA agitprop operation) These are the primary 'sources' of much of the (dis) . Still, despite the prohibitions imposed, its been somewhat business as usual for many companies. Zheng was banned from the UK parliament just days later. In the US, legislation came into effect last year assuming that any product partly or wholly made in Xinjiang, north-west China, is linked to the regions labour camps. A Uyghur democracy movement leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, was reelected WUC President. In addition, the delegates recognized the unparalleled contributions of former president and long time Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer with an honorary role with the organization. callback: cb All rights reserved. [21] Some newspapers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan reprint articles from the websites in Uyghur and Russian.[22]. Washington has a long history of turning on and turning off human rights to fit the strategic interests of US imperialism. Chosen as an International Woman of Courage on 4 March 2020 by the US Secretary of State guess thatd be the bloated twerp Pompeo then, The BBC commissioned my research. Rebiya Kadeer (born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur, businesswoman and political activist. [24], Its President, Dolkun Isa was on the Red Notice List of the International Criminal Police Organization, though the German government did not recognize the notice, nor did the United States. CGTN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yWUopabvE, https://twitter.com/Vltchek2020/status/1337255619674296321, English-born songwriter writer: Live very happily in China: See also: https://bestchinainfo.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/c/BestChinaInfo, None of them take time to mention the extremism and terrorism that China has had to defend its citizens from, The primary source of data, and we use the term very loosely, is, See: Tibet-lama-feudalism-slavery-the-great-game. Ms. Kadeer's election has given new hope and strength for WUC and the Uyghur people all around the world. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP). During the rally, a representative delivered a letter to the Chinese government calling for an end to ongoing grave human rights abuses suffered by Uyghurs in their homeland. The source of the claim it turns out is a UN independent advisory NGO called Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The switch to the Uyghurs has nothing to do with concern for their democratic rights, but rather is determined by the strategic position of Xinjiangadjacent to Central Asia and its energy supplies and essential to Chinas Belt and Road Initiative linking the Eurasian landmass with roads, rail, pipelines and telecommunications. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) (The Associated Press). 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Adrian Zenz. All of WUC leadership was democratically elected by the participants from all over the world in the General Assembly. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. These US government-run news agencies were created by the CIA during the Cold War to project propaganda about China . Several Republican lawmakers have pressured the Biden administration to either boycott the games in Beijing or lobbythe IOC to move them elsewhere. The World Uyghur Congress The Congress was formed in mid-April 2004 at a meeting in Munich, Germany, as a collection of various exiled Uyghur groups, advocating for "greater autonomy," including the World Uyghur Youth Congress and some members of the East Turkestan National Congress following a split among the East Turkestan National Congress over the issue of autonomy vs independence. } The tribunal was established in response to a request made by Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress. [32], From 14 to 17 May 2012, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) successfully held its 4th General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan, attended by more than 120 Uyghur delegates from 20 countries around the world. Its ALL agitprop. In a December 2017 draft policy, for example, Chinas ministry of public security listed ethnicity recognition: (Uyghur/Non-Uyghur) as one of the requirements of facial recognition systems that the government implements, Healy wrote. "The @UyghurCongress and @hrw held a press conference at the @MunSecConf on China and the threat it represents to the security. (a) In general.Persons of special humanitarian concern eligible for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system shall include the following: (1) Individuals who are residents of or fled the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region who suffered persecution or have a well-founded fear of persecution on account of their peaceful expression of political opinions, religious or . I took the time to read through just one article the BBC posted, out of thousands, Here: bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51520622 based on the so-called testimony of witnesses and Adrian Zenz.I lost count of the number of appears to bes, allegedlys, may well have been.. Said to haves.. Thought to have beens.. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning, He said: The outcome of the case does not in any way undermine the striking consensus in the evidence that there are clear and widespread abuses in the cotton industry in the XUAR, involving human rights violations and the exploitation of forced labour.. By representing as the sole legitimate organization of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan and abroad, WUC endeavours to set out a course for the peaceful settlement of the East Turkistan Question through dialogue and negotiation. Louisa Greve, the director of global advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project argued that those companies deserve scrutiny and that the Biden administration should expand its executive order to include all the firms that are on the entity list. [12][13] While other Uyghur, Kazakh, and other Turkic groups formed the pro-independence East Turkistan Government in Exile in September 2004. Our legal team has worked hard on this, and together we will continue to hold the Chinese government accountable.. None of the basic questions are asked let alone answered. from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/, xinjiang-and-uyghurs-what-youre-not-being-told/, bestchinainfo.com/guest-posts/jerrygrey-xinjiang/, From CGTN: UK-radio-presenter-spreads-disinformation, How I too was fooled by western propaganda, also this: western-aggression toward China, and this: if I could be fooled, so could millions of others. 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The World Uyghur Congress strives to promote democracy, human rights and freedom for the Uyghur people through peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means in order to determine their political future. World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa (center) and top WUC leaders at a news conference following the announcement of his reelection in Prague on November 14. We continue to work closely with the EU Commission (especially the EEAS), the EU Parliament (including the EU Sub-committee on Human Rights), NGOs, the UN Treaty Bodies, to which we regularly submit alternative reports (CERD, CAT, CEDAW) and UN Special Procedures (the Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Working Groups). World-Uyghur-Congress-v-HMRC-judgment-200123.pdf, History of the judiciary in England and Wales, Judiciary and Data Protection: privacy notice, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber, Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber, Administrative Appeals Chamber (Upper Tribunal). This has included campaigns on forced labour, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and recently on . Tel: +49 89 5432 1999 + Add or change photo on IMDbPro . All of these objections were rapidly swept aside by Pompeo, then the Biden administration as it came to office. Adolf-Kolping-Strae 9 Actually, no. Copyright World Uyghur Congress 2022 - All rights reserved. Beijing did so with the support of Washington, initially by the Bush administration, which was looking for international support for its own criminal activities under the banner of the global war on terror.. The WUC declares a nonviolent and peaceful opposition movement against Chinese occupation of East Turkistan and an unconditional adherence to the international accepted human rights standard as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and adherence to the principals of democratic pluralism and rejection of totalitarianism, religious intolerance, and terrorism as an instrument of policy. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Confronting Terrorism and Other Evils in China: All Quiet on the Western Front? [8][9] Dolkun Isa is the current president, who has been living in Germany since 1996 after leaving China. [8] On 18 April 2004, some Uyghur groups united to create the pro-autonomy World Uyghur Congress, with Erkin Alptekin serving as the first president and Dolkun Isa as General Secretary since 2004 of the unified group; Alptekin served until 2006, when Rebiya Kadeer was elected as President at the second General Assembly meeting held on 2427 November 2006. (2005). Who is Gulchehra Hoja? Market data provided by Factset. They also held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with the participation of Japanese supporters. The following is a transcript of an interview with Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi that aired on "Face the Nation," on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. His campaign team issued a statement in August 2020, concluding that the unsubstantiated claims of mass internment of Uyghurs constituted genocidea designation subsequently confirmed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. There is every reason to doubt all aspects of the self-interested accounts of a small number of well-connected and often wealthy Uyghur exiles. In the Assembly, the World Uyghur Youth Congress, which was formed in November 1996, and the East Turkestan National Congress declared their unification by forming the World Uyghur Congress. SenseTime maintains there is no ground for the entity list designation, according to company spokesperson Simon Chang. On the last day of Trump's presidency, his administration declared China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims a "genocide.". })(); Munich office: The first hearing took place on Tuesday after non-profit Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) NGO filed a lawsuit against the British government. (function() { Undoubtedly, the CCP regime in Beijing uses police state measures to suppress opposition in Xinjiang, as it does throughout China, particularly against the working class. The UN Forum on Minority Issues has also presented us with ample opportunity to raise the Uyghur issue in the context of other groups facing comparable discriminatory treatment around the world. Gearid Cuinn, the director of GLAN, said: The whole purpose of the Proceeds of Crime Act is to ensure that crime doesnt pay.
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