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International umbrella organization promoting human rights and a peaceful solution to the conflict in East Turkistan.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    10 Dec 2018

    On International Human Rights Day the World Uyghur Congress is calling on to We will be using the hashtag beginning of today until all are released from the internment camps in

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  2. 4 hours ago

    President said in response to the documents: “The international community no longer has an excuse to stay silent. The documents reveal a premeditated policy from the highest levels of the Chinese government to eradicate our identity.”

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Statement from the on recent leak of Chinese Communist Party documents: "The documents must serve as a basis for the international community to take concrete steps to push back against widespread rights abuses."

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  4. 12 hours ago

    “He refused to round up everyone who should be rounded up.” The leaked documents from show Chinese officials were fired, stripped of party membership and faced charges when they refused to put Uyghurs in internment camps.

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  5. Retweeted
    Nov 16

    The Chinese government’s cruel, bigoted treatment of Muslims and ethnic minorities is a horrifying human rights violation. We must stand up to hatred and extremism at home—and around the world.

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    Jul 23

    : As long as millions of Uyghurs are detained in camps & millions more are forced to renounce their ethnic identity, China is not fit to host in . 1 year from , tell the IOC to make this clear :

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    Nov 17

    Are we supposed to tolerate the in a country with concentration camps? The IOC has a BIG problem on its hands if so. Leaks to the illustrate the cold, calculated nature of China's policy of cultural genocide towards Uyghurs.

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    Nov 16

    Breaking my Twitter silence to highlight this very significant leak. Offers a *lot* of new insight into how and why Xinjiang’s Muslim re-engineering program got underway. Brave, vital work by the person who exposed these documents. And kudos to NYT on the fantastic presentation

    More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents detail the origins and growth of the indoctrination program in Xinjiang, where a million or more predominately Muslim minorities have been held in a vast network of detention centers
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    Nov 16

    Breaking: over 400 leaked internal document pages on Xinjiang's internment campaign. A county chief quietly ordered the release of >7,000 camp inmates to contain the campaign's fallout — an act of defiance for which he would be detained, stripped of power and prosecuted.

    More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents detail the origins and growth of the indoctrination program in Xinjiang, where a million or more predominately Muslim minorities have been held in a vast network of detention centers
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    Nov 16

    ‘“The papers were brought 2 light by a member of the political establishment who requested anonymity and expressed hope that their disclosure would prevent party leaders, including...Xi, from escaping culpability 4...mass detentions.” ⁦⁩

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  11. Nov 16

    Documents leaked to the reveal incredible details about the origin and nature of China’s mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.

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    Nov 16

    More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents detail the origins and growth of the indoctrination program in Xinjiang, where a million or more predominately Muslim minorities have been held in a vast network of detention centers

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    Nov 16

    One striking element is resistance from local officials: One even quietly released more than 7,000 people, which led to his detention & prosecution. In 2017, the CCP opened more than 12,000 investigations into party members for infractions in the “fight against separatism”.

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  14. Retweeted
    Nov 16

    The documents also reveal a truly Orwellian "Points System" of sorts where even relatives can jeopardise how long loved ones stay in the camps based on their behaviour.

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    Nov 16

    So many incredible & horrific aspects of the leak to the from & : - Xi urged the CCP to emulate aspects of America’s “war on terror” following 9/11 Did anyone tell Xi how the War on Terror played out?

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  16. Nov 15

    University of British Columbia is under fire for inviting SenseTime to a conference, an AI startup that was blacklisted from the US Dept of Commerce, in October. Their facial recognition programs have reportedly been used by China to monitor Uyghurs.

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  17. Nov 15

    The World Uyghur Congress Weekly Brief is out! Read about our take on: - Concerns on Uyghur -Festival of Culture and Democracy in Munich -End of Funding to Controversial Uyghur Schools

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  18. Nov 14

    EU is discussing a visit for ambassadors to East Turkistan, but the trip isn't going to happen unless certain conditions imposed by China aren't met. “A visit is very unlikely. China would only use it for propaganda purposes.” Ben Blanchard &

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  19. Nov 14

    WUC President with Dalaï-Lama's EU Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen, Vice President and President of Central Tibetan administration at the "Geneva Forum 2019".

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  20. Nov 13

    Businessman Ibrahim Qurban was reported missing in Urumqi, two days before heading to Turkey in May 2016. In 2018, his friends in Turkey learned from various sources that he had died in a detention centre in Urumqi.

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  21. Nov 13

    “很幸运冷战已经结束了，但这并不意味着已经获得了和平，我们总是遇到新的挑战。”德国议员鲍泽 女士在柏林墙倒塌30周年之际，于慕尼黑接受大纪元记者采访时表示，“德国历史提醒人们，在面对中共对维吾尔、西藏和其它宗教团体迫害时，不能保持沉默。”

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