The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) launched a month-long international campaign across Europe and Canada to spotlight alleged genocide, transnational repression, and forced labour linked to East Turkistan, the group said in a monthly brief released in Munich.
WUC delegations visited Belgium and Germany, meeting European Union officials, members of the European Parliament and national policymakers to press for coordinated, firmer action against Beijing’s policies toward Uyghurs. They urged tighter safeguards to keep goods tied to forced labour out of supply chains and called on European governments to confront what the WUC describes as systematic persecution of Uyghur communities.
The campaign helped build momentum behind a European Parliament resolution condemning China’s ‘Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress.’ Critics say the measure institutionalises forced assimilation and risks cultural erasure in Uyghur and Tibetan regions.
In Canada, the WUC vice-president testified before the Canadian Subcommittee on International Human Rights, detailing alleged transnational repression, including intimidation, surveillance and threats against Uyghur diaspora members. He urged Ottawa to strengthen protections for diaspora communities and to pursue accountability for overseas abuses. Senior WUC officials also met Canadian lawmakers to push for legislation to block imports produced with forced labour, calling for strict enforcement of measures such as those discussed under Bill C-251.
Former WUC president Dolkun Isa spoke at the United Nations Forum in New York under the Human Rights Dialogue, where Chinese delegates reportedly denounced him as a ‘separatist’ and ‘terrorist’ after he raised Uyghur concerns. Isa later addressed an event at the Hertie School in Berlin on China’s Ethnic Unity Law, warning it could formalise long-standing repressive practices and accelerate forced assimilation of Uyghurs and Tibetans. The Berlin event brought together academics, legal experts and rights advocates to assess the law’s human rights and international law implications.
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