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Announcements
PRESS RELEASE
Title: Providing Uyghur Leaders
with the Means to Protect & Promote their Human Rights
and Democracy (2008.04.10)
Date: April 10, 2008
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Providing Uyghur Leaders with the Means to
Protect & Promote their Human Rights and Democracy
As Chinas economic weight increasingly encourages the
international community to accept promises of
democratization and human rights protection, and with
China preparing to present itself to the world during
the 2008 Olympic Games, minority communities are working
to remind the world that the Peoples Republic of China
remains a state in which the death penalty is applied
more frequently than anywhere else, in which freedom of
religion, speech, and assembly are substantially
curtailed, and in which ethnic and religious minorities,
as exemplified by recent crack downs in Tibet and East
Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region), continue to suffer the systematic violation of
social, political, and human rights.
From 20 - 23 April 2007, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC)
and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
(UNPO) will gather present and future leaders of the
Uyghur community for a series of workshops and seminars
in Berlin, Germany. Participants will be introduced to
the workings of international bodies through the
officials and practitioners who know them best. This
will allow Uyghur activists to advocate for their human
rights at any international forum and to protect their
human rights against infringement by the Chinese state.
The Uyghurs are the indigenous inhabitants of East
Turkestan, a territory that has been under strict
control of the Peoples Republic of China since 1949.
Like other minorities in China, the Uyghur population
are victims of ongoing repression, including culturally
destructive assimilation policies and substantial
restrictions on their basic freedoms, with conditions
deteriorating still further since the onset of the war
on terror.
Participants will include Mrs. Rebiya Kadeer, a former
prisoner of conscience in China, President of WUC, Rafto
Prize Laureate, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Therefore WUC and UNPO want to cordially invite you to
attend the opening ceremony of the seminar on the 21st
of April 2008 from 10.00 o'clock onwards at the Quality
Hotel & Suites, Landsberger Allee 203 Berlin, Germany.
This will provide you with the opportunity to interview
Rebiya Kadeer and other Guests of Honor.
For additional information or queries please contact Ms.
Erin Normile at the UNPO Secretariat, (tel.: +31 70
3646504) unpo@unpo.org or, Mr. Dolkun Isa at the WUC
(tel.: +49 89543 21999) contact@uyghurcongress.org
UNPO is an international membership organization based
in The Hague, Netherlands with a long history in
promoting and facilitating access to international
institutions for its members, who are all characterized
by their lack of representation on the international
stage.
WUC is an international organization representing the
collective interests of the Uyghur people, both in East
Turkestan and abroad. Its main objectives are to promote
democracy, human rights and religious freedom for the
Uyghur people, and to use nonviolent, and democratic
means to help determine their political future.
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Title: WOLRD UYGHUR CONGRESS EXPRESSES ITS SOLIDARITY
WITH THE TIBETAN PEOPLE (2008.03.18) |
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Title: WUC welcomes the Resolution 497 of the House of
Representatives of Congress of the USA (2007.09.20) |
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