The International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation

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11/27/2019

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07/23/2019

EVENT: Wens. July 24th, 4:30-5:30, SD-G11 (Dirksen Senate Office Building)

UHRP Director Omer Kanat will be speaking at the US Senate Human Rights Caucus Event "Religious Freedom in China: Assessing the Role of Surveillance Technology in Abuses Against the Uyghurs and Across China"

The U.S. Department of State has designated China as a “Country of Particular Concern” since 1999 because of religious freedom violations against religious minorities including Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, and others. In recent years, hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of Uyghurs and other Muslims have been detained and abused in the Xinjiang region. The Senate Human Rights Caucus will host experts to assess the Chinese government’s use of surveillance technology in monitoring religious and ethnic minorities in areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet, and steps the U.S. Government can take to promote religious freedom in China.

Panelists:

Omer Kanat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Tina Mufford, Deputy Director of Research and Policy, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House
Moderated by Francisco Bencosme, Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager, Amnesty International USA

Featuring remarks by Senator C***s and Senator Tillis

For additional information or to RSVP for the event, please reach out to Anna Yelverton at [email protected].

06/21/2019

Despite international protests, Thailand keeps Uyghur refugees in overcrowded detention camps and threatens to send them back to China.

06/14/2019

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