The Strategy of World Uyghur Congress (WUC) to Strive for Human Rights for Uyghur people

Arida Meilani,Ismah Rustam

doi:10.32699/resolusi.v4i2.2204

Abstract

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is a diaspora of ethnic Uyghurs as well as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which aims to realize human rights for Uyghurs ethnic, as one of the ethnic Muslim minorities in China. Thus, in this thesis the authors aim to examine the strategies used by the WUC to fight for human rights for Uyghurs ethnic. In conducting the research, the authors use qualitative research methods that emphasize the presentation of events descriptively and data collection using library research or literature studies, then the data sorted according to research needs. The authors were also assisted with the use of the concepts of NGO, Human Rights and Diaspora to answer the research questions of this thesis. In the end, the authors emphasis that the strategy used by WUC was divided into two, a nonviolent strategy that emphasized the dissemination of information and image of the WUC as a peace organization and lobbying western countries, such as Europe and the United States to get a support.

Highlights

This paper discusses the strategy adopted by a regime in responding to human rights violations against ethnic groups in China
The approach was carried out by sending proposals or reports of human rights violations focusing on the issue of political education camps that have attracted international attention (World Uyghur Congress, 2018)
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) gained several milestones which in the end was able to raise the issue of human rights violations experienced by the Uyghurs as an international issue

Summary

Introduction

In 2005 the Chinese government issued a Religious Affairs Regulation policy that aimed at controlling the religious activities of minorities ethnic suspected of being involved in terrorism, including Uyghur ethnicity. Uyghurs are closely examined by local police so that they do not get permission to join the events (Rayila, 2011) Another violation that can be seen in Uyghur society is the opening of a Political Education Camp in 2013 in the city of Turpan, which is one of the cities with the Uyghur majority in Xinjiang. International organizations often provide annual reports and media coverage to convey this case to the world, including the Uyghur Human Rights Project, the Uyghur American Association, and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) (Stenhauer, 2017). This study tries to describe the strategies used by the WUC in voicing the rights of Uyghurs ethnicity, how effective the strategies have been, and the extent to which these strategies have impacted the Uyghur ethnic community

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