Alberta Uyghur Association
@alberta_uyghur
The official X account for Alberta Uyghur Association. A local organization working to bring awareness about the Uyghur genocide happening in East Turkestan.
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Kick Yuen Pau Woo out of our Senate He is acting like an agent of CCP in Canada.
Today marks 7 years since Dr. Gulshan Abbas was forcibly disappeared by the CCP. A retired medical doctor, sister, mother, and grandmother, she has spent seven years unjustly imprisoned, punished only because of her family ties and the advocacy of her sister Rushan Abbas.
Yesterday, CFU and our Founder and Executive Director Rushan Abbas attended the The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation Foundation symposium marking five years since the imposition of the draconian National Security Law. The event featured remarks by Members of Congress, including Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rep. Chris
Read their recent report on political prisoners in Hong Kong, authored by Frances Hui 許穎婷 and Samuel Bickett here: thecfhk.org/research/we-we…
🗞️PRESS RELEASE: Thanks to all the Members of Congress who attended our Symposium in support of freedom for #HongKong - Rep. Chris Smith Senator Jeff Merkley Rep. Jim McGovern Young Kim & Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Thanks to our speakers Frances Hui 許穎婷 Simon Lee | 利世民 Tom Kellogg Samuel Bickett @jodi
CFU welcomes the recent remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he reaffirmed his full support for the 2022 OHCHR report on China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples. High Commissioner Türk also expressed concern that
Thank you to Whitworth University for graciously hosting me yesterday, and to everyone who came out to learn more about the Uyghur genocide. Your compassion, curiosity, and solidarity are truly meaningful. It was also incredibly special to return to Spokane, WA, after more than 30 years.
Thank you Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay for sponsoring Bill C-251, & to Yves-F. Blanchet 🎗⚜️ & Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe for your continued support in rejecting goods made with Uyghur forced labor. Mehmet Tohti & CanadaTibetCommittee join todays press conference: cpac.ca/headline-polit…
Forced Labour Legislation (Bill C-251) has been tabled today before the House of Commons by Bloc MP @STSPTremblay with the support of Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-F. Blanchet 🎗⚜️ and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe I am honoured to join the press conference with them to emphasize the importance of this Bill —