In closing for our program to Lusophone countries, Rahima Mahmut reads a moving poem from imprisoned Uyghur writer Gulnisa Imin. 'There is much more that I still ask from life'.

#BREAK the Belgian Parliament just decided to file a civil suit to open criminal investigations following the IPAC #APT31 cyber attack which targeted 🇧🇪 politicians.

WUC UK-Director & Stop Uyghur Genocide ED, Rahima Mahmut 'believes it is the responsibility of people living in democratic countries like the UK to speak out freely on behalf of those who fear their safety. The CCP's biggest worry is the people who fight openly against the regime.'

'For Rahima Mahmut, UK Director of the World Uyghur Congress, Executive Director of Stop Uyghur Genocide and Uyghur activist, singer and translator, this solidarity has more than a practical purpose.'

📰 Read our Executive Director's Rahima Mahmut interview 📰

Happening now: Uyghur Human Rights Project staff join Rahima Mahmut & Rachel Harris for a program co-hosted with the State Dept targeting Lusophone countries.
Rahima Mahmut shares about the work to preserve #Uyghur cultural identity in the midst of ongoing genocide.

Tomorrow, join the Uyghur Human Rights Project, Stop Uyghur Genocide's Rahima Mahmut & Rachel Harris tomorrow 9AM EST/2PM BST for a discussion on Uyghur culture & identity!

This event will be in English & Portuguese.

To join, you must register: statedept.zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…

The Chinese state says it protects freedom of religion and that Uyghurs and others still celebrate Ramadan in Xinjiang. But that wasn’t what David Rennie 任大伟 saw when he visited. Listen to our “Drum Tower” podcast econ.st/4baCMPC 🎧

'Lawmakers have also called for a ban on the sale and use of security cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua, two partly state-owned Chinese firms, over privacy fears'

🚨China's actions in the UK have shown they are a huge threat to British values!

#uyghurgenocide #BanHikvision

Too right Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office should demand answers

It should summon #Djibouti & #China Ambassadors; demarche them; and consider sanctions

The treatment of Tim Loughton MP 🇺🇦 is unacceptable

Foreign Office demands answers over Tim Loughton's Djibouti deportation telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

U.S. Uyghur Caucus introduces the Uyghur Genocide Accountability & Sanctions Act

'This bill seeks to punish Chinese officials who are involved in the genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the Chinese government...” -Rushan Abbas

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PLEASE READ📰

Read about Uyghur anthropologist Rahile Dawut, Uyghur woman kidnapped by the Chinese state in December 2017.

“Any religion is sensitive, and it is not about religion. This is about how Uyghur life is intertwined, embedded with religion.”

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'European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new law that prevents the import and distribution of goods made with forced labor, a move that Uyghur advocates said would help clamp down on China’s use of forced labor in far western Xinjiang.'

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MP Tim Loughton MP 🇺🇦 detained and deported by African country with close links to China. Former minister sanctioned by Beijing believes his expulsion from Djibouti was a ‘direct consequence’ of his criticism of the Chinese regime. Shocking treatment.

#BREAKING

We have confirmed with intelligence that 18 Canadian MPs and Senators were targeted by 🇨🇳 State sponsored hacking group APT31 in 2021.

🇨🇦 Parliamentarians were not told of the attack, despite the government of Canada having been informed in 2022.

STATEMENT FROM IPAC

''These companies develop advanced fighter jets and nuclear weapons for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and create technology used to perpetrate the ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people,'' the committee wrote.'

Corporate complicity must end!

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'Mr Loughton is one of seven parliamentarians sanctioned by the Chinese more than three years ago for speaking out against the “industrial scale” of human rights abuses by China against the Uighurs, Tibetans and Hong Kongers.'

#HoldChinaAccountable

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