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Two Years After UN Report, Calls Grow For Action On China Human Rights Abuses

31 Aug 2024

On the second anniversary of a crucial UN report alleging potential crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang region, human rights organizations and the United Nations are pressing for concrete action. The report, released by then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on August 31, 2022, just minutes before...

Human Rights Groups Form Coalition To Combat China’s Repression Of Uyghurs

15 Aug 2024

On Tuesday, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) announced that 11 human rights organisations have formed a coalition in Germany to oppose China's transnational repression of Uyghur minorities. The coalition, named the "Coalition against Transnational Repression in Germany," represents victims of repression believed to have originated from China, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Belarus,...

Xinjiang rights abuses in China condemned by 50 UN member states

01 Nov 2022

Chinese government's oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic people in Xinjiang province is condemned by as many as 50 members of the United Nations and issued a joint statement. The joint statement of 50 countries in the UN General Assembly Third Committee on the human rights situation in Xinjiang read,...