Rebiya Kadeer, the spiritual mother of the Uyghur people, issues a statement about the UN Human Rights Council’s failure to debate China’s treatment of Uyghurs. Here is the full text of her statement:
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying continues to deceive the world by tweeting fake charts and numerical comparisons and juxtaposing them with the situations in democratic countries.
A memorial event themed “An Immortal Soul” for the 100th anniversary of the brave poet, and revolutionary Lutpullah Mutallib was held at Istanbul’s Fatih Sultan Mehmet University.
China celebrated a victory in the United Nations and thanked Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and other countries for their support against the Uyghur motion in the UN Human Rights Council.
On October 6, The United Nations High Council on Human Rights in Geneva introduced the draft resolution on Uyghur human rights to the 47 member countries
World Uyghur Writers Union, East Turkistan Foundation, World Uyghur Congress Foundation, and Humayana Turkic World Women’s Union held a ceremony in Istanbul to honor Poet and Professor Sultan Mahmud Kashigi.
According to information on social media on October 4th, the Yining City Disease Prevention Command Headquarters issued a notice about the plans of the Chinese authorities to tighten the siege policy in Yining, including the entire Uygur homeland (East Turkistan) because of the so-called ‘infectious situation’.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday warned China on Twitter that China should know: any attack on Taiwan would make China a pariah state.”
Both the Fifth East Turkistan National Unity Council Meeting and the 14th World East Turkistan Brotherhood Meeting are taking place in Istanbul from from October 1st to 4th.
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