Europe, Canada press China over Uyghur repression as WUC intensifies global campaign

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Munich [Germany], May 7 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress has released its monthly brief highlighting its international campaign against China’s treatment of Uyghurs, carrying out a month-long advocacy drive across Europe and Canada that focused on alleged genocide, transnational repression, and forced labour linked to East Turkistan.

During a series of meetings in Belgium and Germany, WUC representatives engaged with European Union officials, Members of the European Parliament, and policymakers from EU member states, urging tougher and more coordinated action against China’s policies targeting Uyghurs.

WUC called for stronger safeguards against products tied to forced labour entering international supply chains and pressed European governments to confront what it described as China’s systematic persecution of Uyghur communities.

The advocacy campaign culminated in a European Parliament resolution condemning China’s “Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress...

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