World Uyghur Congress -v- HMRC 759.15 kb. It paves the way for meaningful and tangible action by member states, UN bodies, and the business community," said World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa. Chinas Uyghurs living in a dystopian hellscape, says Amnesty report, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. [14] It has labeled the WUC's president as a "terrorist" who "conspired with separatists and religious extremists to plan terror attacks. Muhammad was among dozens of survivors of Chinese detention and re-education camps who spoke at the first and second round of hearings of the non-governmental tribunal, which was organized by a group of lawyers, professors and advocacy groups such as the World Uyghur Congress, to bring attention to the treatment of Uyghurs in China. 1000 Brussels, Belgium, London Office: The goal of these surveillance tactics is not only to instill fear in Uyghurs minds that every aspect of their behavior is monitored, but most importantly to single out Uyghurs for detention in the internment camp system, Isaa said. There were only singing songs and torture, Nur testified. For two decades, she has worked for Radio Free Asia, a propaganda arm of the US State Department, after leaving China where she worked as a journalist for the state-run media. Of the 11 companies reported at the hearings to potentially play a role in the Chinese surveillance state, six have been placed on the US entity list for complicity in human rights violations. 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 Uyghur Podcast Brought to You by a CIA Torture Propagandist [15] In 2019, the World Uyghur Congress, represented by Dolkun Isa, received the Democracy Award for advocating for democracy, human rights, and freedom for the Uyghur people and the use of peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means to help Uyghurs achieve self-determination. 107 were here. [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. or redistributed. For two decades, it has carried out its own war on terrorism against Uyghur separatists who have perpetrated violent attacks inside China. He was then dismissed from university but completed his physics degree via independent study, and went on to receive a master's degree in Politics and Sociology from Gazi University in Turkey and a degree in Computer Science in Munich, Germany. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that a"final decision" on how to handle the 2022 Olympics has not been made, and that they are looking to the U.S. Olympic Committee for guidance. Several Republican lawmakers have pressured the Biden administration to either boycott the games in Beijing or lobbythe IOC to move them elsewhere. These miniscule numbers are then somehow magically extrapolated into figures amounting to hundreds of thousands, and thence ballooned to one million.. (and Ive seen even more outrageous numbers bandied around.) Clarke, Michael. And this week on Face the Nation: As the war in Ukraine officially enters its second year, divisions between the competing global alliances . Uighur Insurgency No one, however, should give any credence to US claims to be concerned about the democratic rights of the Uyghurs, or anyone else for that matter. They all serve a three-year term. . Contribute to IMDb. Headquarters: Fair Trials, an organization working "for fair trials according to internationally recognized standards of justice" has noted that in practice, "INTERPOL's Red Notices are being used as political tools by NCBs, and are being issued and maintained on the basis of criminal cases which have been recognized as being politically-motivated by extradition courts and asylum authorities. 28 Apr 2016. [30], From 24 to 27 November 2008, the World Uyghur Congress has successfully held its Second Assembly in Munich, Germany. The boundaries of this area are Prof. Dr. Sardjito Street - Wolter Monginsidi Street to the north, east side bank of Kali Code to the east, South outer ringroad of Yogyakarta City to the south, and west side bank of Kali Winongo to the . Italian Senate unveils World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa's Yes. When the Chinese government last month threatened legal action against him for damages to Chinese companies in Xinjiang, the Washington Post came to the defence of this dogged academic on whom the claim of Uyghur genocide largely stands or falls. As the freedom of speech and assembly in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) have been fully eroded as part of the Uyghur genocide, the WUC reminds the . The public opening session brought together members of the Uyghur community with representatives of civil society in France as well as WUC affiliate organizations from around the world to highlight the successes of those groups as well potential areas for improvement. It should be noted, Rebiya Kadeer is the "the world-famous moral leader of the Uyghurs," only in the eyes of the CIA and the US State Department who have assiduously promoted her, and of the . to #EndtheUyghurGenocide. China's "War on Terror" in Xinjiang: Human Security and the Causes of Violent Uighur Separatism. [31], From 21 to 25 May 2009, the World Uyghur Congress successfully held its Third General Assembly in Washington D.C. WUC delegates from the United States, Canada, the Great Britain, Australia, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan attended this assembly. 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. [5] It has been designated as a terrorist organization by China since 2003 for conspiring with separatists and religious extremists to plan terror attacks.[6][7]. By Zheng Chen, Zhang Han and Liu Xin Source:Global Times Published: 2019/12/16 0:48:40 He added that there may be other tools or resources available to the government and law enforcement agencies or evidence that could be provided to them which could provide an effective basis for tackling the concerns in respect of cotton production in the XUAR and the exploitation and abuse of the Uyghur people with which it has been associated. Significantly, even as the Washington Post holds up Hoja as proof of Chinas genocide and oppression of the Uyghurs, it is forced to acknowledge that Chinese officials earlier this month released a video of her mother and brother showing they were free, not detained. 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. . [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. Reuters in their article boosts its claim by citing a murky Washington DC based NGO, the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD). In an excellent background investigation, researchers at the Grayzone Project found that the CHRD gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from unnamed governments. [20], The Congress, like the Uyghur American Association based in Washington, D.C., use mass media and their own websites in an aim to inform the international community of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. However, this is only the beginning of such a process, with this case being the first [brought by Uyghurs concerning repression] in a foreign court. 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. In July 2018, Huawei filed for a patent on the ability to detect whether someone was Han or Uyghur, according to security research group Ipvm. Tel: +49 89 5432 1999 window.mc4wp.listeners.push( Lawyers and representatives from the World Uyghur Congress and members of the Uyghur community in the UK standing outside the high court in London last October. Speeches during the ceremony were delivered by WUC President, Rebiya Kadeer and UNPO Secretary General, Marino Busdachin, along with leaders of WUC affiliate organizations. The Associated Press contributed to this report. World Uyghur Congress | 141 (na) tagasubaybay sa LinkedIn. He is associated with a network of right-wing, anti-communist European and American think tanks including the far-right Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The closing ceremony was centered around a Uyghur cultural event that included a performance by members of the London Uyghur Ensemble, traditional dance and the recitation of poetry. Lurid claims that 100,000 ethnic Albanians had been slaughtered proved utterly false in the aftermath of the war. Uyghurs tell International Olympic Committee that China Olympics should Xinjiang police files: World leaders call for investigation - USA TODAY World Uyghur Congress - Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy Organization Working as part of a coalition of activists to secure greater action on the Uyghur crisis. 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.. Market data provided by Factset. Copyright World Uyghur Congress 2022 - All rights reserved. listeners: [], 1000 Brussels, Belgium, London Office: The lawyers warned that wielding the g-word without a solid legal basis also carries the risk of politicising and eroding the power of the designation, given its application to the worst cases of mass killings including of millions of Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 12:36. Chinese Communist Party marks 100 years, claims . At a press conference leading up to the tribunal, Chinas ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, called it a farce and said allegations of genocide were absurd. World Uyghur Congress - The Diplomat Confronting Terrorism and Other Evils in China: All Quiet on the Western Front? The assembly brought together over 100 WUC delegates hailing from 18 countries from 10 to 12 November to amend the Charter of the organization, discuss the most effective direction of the organization in the coming years, to develop a working strategy to more effectively raise the Uyghur issue in international fora, and elect new leadership. Baqitali Nur testified he was detained in 2017 ahead of a visit to sick relatives in Kazakhstan. Between: The King on the Application of World Uyghur Congress. The Clinton administration justified its humanitarian intervention as a mission to prevent the massacre of Kosovos ethnic Albanian population by the new HitlerSerbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. World Uyghur Congress PresidentDolkun Isa disagrees, saying that the IOC must take action before the 2022 Olympics start in 11 months. The WUC also attends the UN Forum on Minority Issues. When they were finally released, the cameras followed them, they said. })(); Munich office: Chinas surveillance machine has grown with the aid of Chinese and international technology companies. After enduring persecution from the Chinese government, Isa fled China in 1994 and sought asylum in Europe, and became a citizen of Germany in 2006. Not so clever. Historical City Centre of Yogyakarta - UNESCO World Heritage Centre In addition to prohibiting US firms from exporting technology to the companies, the US government with the designation signaled loudly that the companies were complicit in Chinas mass detention of Uyghurs. [39], The government of the People's Republic of China has accused the World Uyghur Congress of fomenting unrest in Xinjiang, and added the WUC to its list of terrorist organizations in December 2003. 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. 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. Superb thread From @RyanMcManimie: Utter and total #debunk of the lies and propaganda spewed out by #MehdiHasan @mehdirhasanhttp://Haaretz.com David Stavrou and @haaretzcom on the fraud #SayragulSautbay who, in actual fact does a great job of totally debunking herself. "Real people are suffering from these crimes every day and the Olympics and the sponsors risk being forever tainted with the intense suffering of my people.". Protesters hold Tibetan flags during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics by activists of the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe, in front of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The Chinese Communists are attempting to wipe out a culture, a way of life, a people, it declared. callback: cb Japanese and international media covered the protest. China orders Xinjiang residents to surrender passports. A thoroughly pliant and corrupt American and international media immediately fell into line with sensational stories of Serbian atrocities. 25 Nov 2016. The government has also alleged that Kadeer has close ties with the Dalai Lama, accused by China of inciting unrest in Tibet in 2008, and claimed that WUC president Kadeer said that "something similar should happen in Xinjiang."[40][41]. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. ", UIGHUR INTERNMENT CAMP SURVIVOR REVEALS CHINA'S HORRIFYING 'RE-EDUCATION TACTICS. Huaweis surveillance cameras are on display during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen, China. Erkin Alptekin - Wikipedia In Modesto, the local school district confirmed in February it used federal funding to purchase cameras for contact tracing for about $257,000. As for Muhammad, he said he prayed five times a day, was a non-smoker and a well-behaved man. The tribunal's organisers said Chinese authorities had ignored requests to participate . event : evt, Full text: Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy - World 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. It is as if an orchestral conductor tapped his baton, and all the instruments have sounded in turn. World Uyghur Congress - IMDb The World Uyghur Congress (WUC)[note 1] is an international organization of exiled Uyghur groups that claims to "represent the collective interest of the Uyghur people"[2] both inside and outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. After the Peaceful Liberation of Xinjiang in 1949 and succession by the new People's Republic of China, Alptekin's family fled to Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) took those limitations further and banned the use of federal funds to buy products from Huawei, Dahua or Hikvision. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. He accepted the governments argument that the WUC had not proved that a specific consignment of cotton imported into the UK was the product of unlawful conduct. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. . "Nowadays," Agee explained, "instead of having the CIA going around behind . The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organisation that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan and abroad. World Uyghur Congress - Wikiwand June 16, 2020 Before the Tiananmen Massacre, Uyghurs Led Their Own Protest By Dolkun Isa. Copyright World Uyghur Congress 2022 - All rights reserved. Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), which supported the WUC in its claim, said it was considering appealing against the judgment. The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organisation that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan and abroad. This has included campaigns on forced labour, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and recently on . Protesters hold Tibetan flags during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics by activists of the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe, in front of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Prominent Uyghur political leader and human rights activist Ms. Rebiya Kadeer was unanimously elected as the new President of World Uyghur Congress. 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. World Uyghur Congress plays key role trying to split China The World Uyghur Congress won 2019 Democracy Award. World Uyghur Congress plays key role trying to split China. World Uyghur Congress . he main objective of the WUC is to promote democracy, human rights and freedom for the Uyghur people and use peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic . World Uyghur Youth Congress, Uyghur American Association. All of WUC leadership was democratically elected by the participants from all over the world in the General Assembly. Schillingstrae 12 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. "The IOC can no longer hide behind 'political neutrality'to justify its decision to host the games in a country that is currently committing genocide and crimes against humanity," Dolkun said Friday. Ditto the economy. There he attended Catholic school and then Convent College,[28] completing his studies in the Institute of Journalism in Istanbul. 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. Title Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Summary The Yogyakarta Election Provincial Commission is a part of the General Election Commission (KPU) which has the authority to conduct the election of President/Vice President, Election of Members of the DPR/DPRA/DPRK, and Election of Regional Heads and Deputy Regional Heads (Pilkada) in Yogyakarta. World Uyghur Congress | Zee News 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. Philip Agee, the late CIA whistleblower, described the work of the NED as a more sophisticated version of the old-fashioned covert operations that Langley used to engineer. Inside the World Uyghur Congress: The US-backed Right-wing Regime From top-40s music to Hollywood blockbusters, best-selling books to news outlets, Canada's cultural and media sphere is massively influenced by the US. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. (2008). The camp, Nur said, was covered in cameras. Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: OHCHR report on } The 2019 patent which described the ability to classify Uyghurs was neither designed nor intended in any way to discriminate against that or any other groups as such an action is a violation of our company values, Chang said. Dolkun . In the first of two days of hearings at the High Court in London, Mr Tom Forster KC, for the World Uyghur Congress and the Global Legal Action Network, said the case was "not remotely hypothetical . Who is Gulchehra Hoja? included WUC President @Dolkun_Isa, HRW ED @TiranaHassan, NED President @DamonMacWilson and camp survivor Gulbahar Hatiwaji." Debunking Anti-China Books - Part 1. Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World What you should know about China's minority Uighurs British Bullshit Corporation. World Uyghur Congress - Wikipedia WUC has close contacts and working relations with most Uyghur organisations in the world that peacefully promote human rights, religious freedom, and democracy for the Uyghur people in East Turkistan. 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. At the time, his family was deeply involved with the local mosque. The Congress is funded in part by the National Endowment for Democracy or NED . The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) commemorates the 26th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre, during which Chinese security forces arrested, wounded, and killed thousands of peaceful Uyghur protesters. [21] Some newspapers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan reprint articles from the websites in Uyghur and Russian.[22]. Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. 80336 Munich, Germany, Berlin Office: Washington had previously branded the KLA as a terrorist organisation due to its ties with Al Qaeda, but rapidly reversed course, provided money and arms, and declared it to be the sole legitimate representative of Kosovos population. World Uyghur Congress loses legal challenge against UK authorities Headquarters: 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 . The World Uyghur Congress has said it is disappointed to have lost a legal challenge against UK authorities for not launching a criminal investigation . A significant base of operations is Turkey, with which the Turkic-speaking Uyghurs have a historic affinity. 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. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Uyghurs UN report: International community must take action or be World Uyghur Congress | LinkedIn The government has been taken to court over cotton picked by Uyghur people in Chinese forced labour camps being imported into the UK. Global Times. he main objective of the WUC is to promote democracy, human rights and freedom for the Uyghur people and use peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means to determine their political future. [13] Alptekin is based in Germany.[29]. Still, many of those companies have seen little to no consequences for their contribution, even as they have been flagged by the US government for aiding in a humanitarian crisis. Uyghurs (or Uighurs, Uygurs) are ethnically and culturally a Turkic people living in the areas of Central Asia commonly known as East Turkistan. No names or details are given. 28 October 2022. The head of the religious affairs of our village noticed me and reported everything to the police, a translation of his statement submitted to the tribunal read. Adolf-Kolping-Strae 9 forms: { Iain Duncan Smith accuses Xinjiang governor of murder at Uyghur protest, Iain Duncan Smith calls for arrest of Chinese governor for crimes against humanity, Lawyer asks to prosecute Xinjiang governor in the UK, Cross-party MPs shocked by Foreign Office talks with Xinjiang governor, Failure to investigate UK imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court told, China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, report finds, West weighs calling for China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN, Our people are still trapped: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses. Uighur group calls for China to lose 2022 Games over 'genocide' Dolkun Isa is a former student-leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations at Xinjiang University in 1988, as per World Uyghur Congress website. Very cleverly worded? Last year, as the Trump administration ramped up its propaganda on Uyghur rights, the State Department quietly removed the ETIM from its terrorist list. To See Real Foreign Influence, Check out Canada's Military MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington. In November 2019, she was given the Magnitsky Human Rights Award for her reporting on the human rights crisis in Xinjiang and has been included in Jordans list of the worlds 500 most influential Muslims. Hikvision said it takes all reports regarding human rights very seriously and that it is engaging governments globally to clarify misunderstandings. I said, Ill see what I can find.. By representing as the sole legitimate organization of the Uyghur people both in East Turkestan and abroad, WUC endeavors to set out a course for . The main objective of the WUC is to promote democracy, human rights and freedom for the Uyghur people and use peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means to determine their political future. You can see, Mr Zenz is quite full of shi.. himself.. One would assume that for someone in such a respected position, verification, veracity, fact checking, dare I say, truth (?) World Uyghur Congress - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia The World Uyghur Congress has said it is disappointed to have lost a legal challenge against UK authorities for not launching a criminal investigation into the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced labour in Chinas Xinjiang province but would continue to fight for accountability. Other countries have followed suit, with Canada and the Dutch parliament passing motions last month that label the treatment of Uyghurs a genocide. Camera surveillance has become pervasive in detention facilities and outside of them, the testimonies at the tribunal highlighted. [emailprotected]. [27], Erkin Alptekin (born 4 July 1939 in Kashgar) is a Uyghur activist. After both districts were approached by reporters earlier this year, the source of the funding was changed. Notably, the CHRD official address is that of the Human Rights Watch which gets funds also from the Soros foundation. However, on Friday, Mr Justice Dove ruled against the WUC. "[25] The notice was removed in early 2018. 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.