Washington, DC [US], October 4 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting a surge in international condemnation of China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims, following new findings and global advocacy events exposing China’s deepening campaign of cultural and religious repression in East Turkistan.
A recent US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) factsheet revealed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to target Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim clerics as part of its ongoing genocide in the region. Since 2014, more than 1,000 religious figures, including imams and teachers, have been imprisoned or disappeared. Among them, Kazakh imam Erjan Quwash received a 21-year sentence, and Uyghur imam Dadihan was sentenced to 20 years.
The report also documented the death of 96-year-old Imam Abidin Damollam in prison while serving a nine-year term. USCIRF further noted the persecution of Uyghur women such as Tursungul G...





