Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’
UN 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…
Read MoreUHRP/WUC Submission to Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism
February 28, 2023 Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Call for inputs: Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space Submitted by the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the World Uyghur Congress The Uyghur Human Rights…
Read MoreUyghur Human Rights Activist Expelled from UNPFII
On 26 April 2017, Uyghur human rights activist and member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) Dolkun Isa, who was participating in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), was forced to leave the UN premises.
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