In August 2014, China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC), imposed a framework for Hong Kong’s proposed 2017 Chief Executive election. While the decision formally opened the door to “one person, one vote,” it placed strict limits on who could actually appear on the...
Doklam 2017: The 73-Day India-China Standoff
The Doklam standoff of 2017 was a tense 73-day military confrontation involving India and China in the Doklam area, near the India-China-Bhutan trijunction. It began in June 2017 after Chinese forces initiated road construction in an area disputed between Bhutan and China. Bhutan formally...
A delegation of prominent Uyghur representatives visiting Argentina has raised concerns over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region during meetings with US representatives and members of Argentina's Muslim community in Buenos Aires.
The delegation included Dr Rishat Abbas, President of the Uyghur Academy; Abdulhakim Idris, Executive Director of the...
New concerns over the treatment of Uyghurs in China and the alleged transnational repression of Uyghur communities abroad have been highlighted in the latest weekly brief issued by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC).
According to the WUC, the Human Rights Foundation on August 11 launched a toolkit aimed at helping...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has called on Australia to protect its Uyghur community from Chinese government intimidation, warning that Beijing is using surveillance, interrogations and family ties in East Turkistan to pressure people living in Australia and suppress activism beyond China’s borders.
The WUC said the treatment documented in...
Tibetans in India are planning demonstrations across the country on Thursday to highlight what they describe as continuing human-rights violations in Tibet and to protest against a new Chinese law which they claim threatens their distinct linguistic, cultural and national identity.
The protests are expected to be held in several...
A Tibetan man living in New Zealand says his community is being spied on and harassed for protesting against China's law on promoting ethnic unity and progress.
The man, Gaden, told RNZ he knew of a few incidents where people had faced pressure from Chinese nationals.
"They don't come ... straight to...
Rights Advocates Raise Concerns Over Impact of China’s Ethnic Unity Law on Uyghurs
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One month after China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into effect, rights advocates have raised concerns that the legislation is being used to intensify assimilation policies targeting Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
According to an...
Tibetan and human rights activists yesterday protested China’s new ethnic unity law outside the Bank of China’s Taipei branch, calling on people around the world to resist China’s authoritarian rule and speak up for oppressed ethnic minorities.
Yesterday marked one month since Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen self-immolated in protest, and...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) have strongly condemned the deportation of a 21-year-old Uyghur man, Arafat Adil, from Germany to China, describing the move as a violation of international human rights obligations and warning that it exposed him to the risk of...
