Voices Pro & Con at CPAC on China and Bulgaria MOUs

June 10, 2023 | Cultural Property News | By Peter K. Tompa

Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy for the Uyghur Human Rights Project, opposed the MOU with the People’s Republic of China.  She noted the overwhelming evidence that the PRC is committing genocide against the Uyghurs: CPAC should not brush aside this genocide and cultural cleansing in order to approve the renewal.  The PRC has sought to rewrite history through cultural cleansing to create a false narrative that Han was the dominant culture throughout what is today the PRC.  If CPAC and ECA approves this MOU, the Uyghur Human Rights Project will protest the decision.

The UHRP’s written comments can be found here.

Peter Irwin, Senior Program Officer for Advocacy and Communications at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, said that China’s government has not worked to protect cultural heritage, but to purposefully destroy that of the Uyghurs.  Some 10,000 to 15,000 sites have been destroyed to date.  These include mosques and up to 85% of the historic city of Kashgar. The MOU should not be extended in these circumstances.

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