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Uyghur Human Rights Project

@UyghurProject

May 15 • 5 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo

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The @UyghurProject was in 🇨🇭 Geneva for the 🇺🇳 review of China's record on women's rights #CEDAW 👇🏽

We submitted a detailed 🧾 report for consideration by the Committee, including info on:

➡️ Dramatic drop in Uyghur birth rates
➡️ Forced & incentivized marriage
➡️ Forced labor
➡️ Torture and sexual violence in the camps
uhrp.org/submissions/pa…

@UyghurProject

The Committee raised issues with 🇨🇳 citing research from @UyghurProject and others.

Including our report on forced an incentivized marriages 👇🏽
uhrp.org/report/forced-…

@henrykszad

As well as our own research on the Chinese government's tight control over passports 👇🏽

"Weaponized Passports: the Crisis of Uyghur Statelessness" by @henrykszad demonstrates how Uyghurs have—for years—been denied passports.
uhrp.org/report/weaponi…

https://twitter.com/UyghurProject/status/1657040996515938304

See this thread for a detailed account of the Committee's questions and the Chinese government replies related to the review.

https://twitter.com/UyghurProject/status/1657040996515938304

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