Made it to Middleburg today to attend the Roosevelt Foundation welcoming ceremony with the other incredible laureates. Eliot Higgins, Grace Forrest, Sonia Guajajara, SAVEUKRAINE 🇺🇦 !

Zumretay Arkin receives the Freedom of Worship Award.

Zumretay Arkin has been campaigning for years for the rights of Uyghurs, a people in western China.

More info at fourfreedoms.nl

#fourfreedoms #freedom #Uyghur

This week, WUC’s Director of Global Advocacy, Zumretay Arkin together with Uyghur Human Rights Project Associate Director for Research & Advocacy Peter Irwin are attending the #HRC55 , meeting with 🇺🇳experts, diplomatic missions and the International Labour Organization.

#EndUyghurForcedLabour #EndUyghurGenocide

Great meeting many inspiring and women in positions of power from around the 🌎! Pleasure to meet Merem Mastoura Tahar #التباوية and Michelle Bachelet .

Merci ma très chère Geneviève Garrigos pour cet accueil 🙏🏼

Dr. Rahile Dawut, Uyghur anthropologist.

Dr. Gulshan Abbas, retired medical doctor.

Gulmira Imin, staff member at the local government office in Aksu.

Today marks #InternationalWomensDay . As we commemorate this important occasion, we're also shining a light on the often overlooked struggles of #Uyghur women. Their stories deserve to be heard, their voices amplified, and their resilience celebrated.

Join us as we stand in…

I had the opportunity to meet with the Foreign Minister of Mongolia 🇲🇳 Battsetseg Batmunkh at the International Women’s Day conférence in Paris.

Join us on Wednesday in #Geneva for this #HRC55 side event on the role of human rights defenders in fostering accountability for atrocity crimes featuring remarks from Ahmed Abofoul | أحمد أبو فول Al-Haq الحق, Zumretay Arkin World Uyghur Congress, Yasmin Ullah, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Michael Fakhri & more.

HOW IRONIC!

PSA: don’t be fooled by China. 🇨🇳 is the perpetrator of genocide itself. Remember? The #UyghurGenocide .

This narrative is counterproductive and hurtful to communities that are at risk.

Dolkun Isa Nice to meet you 💚

Our whole identity as #Uyghurs , including our rich culture, religion, traditions and our language are under threat by 🇨🇳’s genocide.

This makes it even more important for diaspora communities to protect, preserve and celebrate our whole identity!
#InternationalMotherTongueDay

The Gala Dinner of the Cinema for Peace, I had the privilege of meeting the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock.

Truly a magnificent event we pulled together with NEDemocracy on the margins of Munich Security Conference .

Thank you to all those attending #Uyghur Meshrep instead of listening to Wang Yi deny Uyghur genocide.

Sekretær nukinfo & koordinator Uyghur Transitional Justice Database deltok i side eventet parallel til #MSC2024 ved regi av World Uyghur Congress og NEDemocracy

Velkomst fra Dolkun Isa, Zumretay Arkin Vitnesbyrd fra QelbinurSidiq
Paneldebatt sammen med Ray Wong, Adiljan Tenzyn Zöchbauer Damon M. Wilson

I shared my story and insights on Uyghur forced labor & transnational repression at the Foreign Affairs Committee. I started the testimony by highlighting that #UyghurGenocide has been ongoing at an accelerated pace since the last inquiry of the committee, as reflected in any Uyghur’s life