Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’
UHRP Welcomes UN Joint Statement on Forced Assimilation of Uyghur Children in China’s State-Run Boarding Schools
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) welcomes today’s joint statement by UN experts expressing “grave concern” over forced assimilation of Uyghurs, and calls on High Commissioner, Volker Türk, to convene governments to address ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.
Read MoreOne Year After Historic UN Report, UHRP Calls on UN Human Rights Office to Stop China’s Impunity for Grave International Crimes
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls on the UN Human Rights Office to take decisive action to respond to ongoing atrocities targeting Uyghurs, one year after former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, published an assessment citing possible crimes against humanity.
Read MoreUHRP Submits Comprehensive Report for UN Consideration of China’s Human Rights Record
The government of China is perpetrating crimes against humanity and genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region targeting Uyghur and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
Read MoreUN Committee Grills China on Widespread Gender-based Violence Targeting Uyghur Women
May 12, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. ESTFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Peter Irwin +1 (646) 906-7722, Zumretay Arkin +49 176 6161 9282 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) are calling for renewed action by governments and UN agencies following vigorous questioning by a UN Committee on the Chinese government’s blatant attack…
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