GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Māori face high trauma injury rates

December 18, 2024 | ICT News | By Deusdedit Ruhangariyo

“Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day is a reminder of what is at stake – Uyghurs continue to face cultural erasure,” said Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. “Words of recognition must be backed by concrete, enforceable policies to end complicity in these atrocities.”

The Uyghur Human Rights Project highlighted abuses such as mass arbitrary detentions, forced labor, family separations, religious persecution, and the systematic erasure of Uyghur culture. The organization urged governments to enforce bans on goods linked to Uyghur forced labor, tighten sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for human rights violations, and adopt stronger measures to stop the genocide. It also called on businesses to end partnerships with entities implicated in forced labor practices.

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