WUC urges UK PM Keir Starmer to raise Uyghur genocide during landmark China visit

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Washington DC [US], January 24 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the British government to use the upcoming official visit to China in the first week of January 2026 to directly raise the issue of the Uyghur genocide and press Beijing on accountability for human rights violations, as stated in a WUC press release.

According to the WUC, the prospect of deeper engagement with China has generated serious concern among Uyghur communities and human rights advocates, given that there have been no meaningful policy changes in East Turkistan since the last UK prime ministerial visit in 2018. The group highlighted that United Nations experts working with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recently expressed alarm over the widespread use of forced labour in China, warning that such practices may amount to crimes against humanity, including forcible transfer and enslavement. The WUC said more than one million Uyghurs and...

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