Students Urge Georgetown To Investigate Financial Ties to Uyghur Genocide

February 2, 2022

Several students have signed a letter demanding Georgetown University investigate its endowment to screen for the presence of ties to human rights abuses in China. 

The Jan. 23 letter, titled “An Open Letter Calling for Divestment from Ongoing Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity,” calls on Georgetown University to divest the university’s endowment from companies that are linked to the repression and forced labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in China. The letter was co-authored by the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA), alongside individual students from across the campus community.  

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