World Uyghur Congress faces harassment ahead of general assembly
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Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with in in Tokyo, Sept. 30, 2022. The WUG is facing harassment from China as its general assembly is set to begin this week.
The General Assembly of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is set to begin Thursday, following months of ongoing harassment from the Chinese government that the top Uyghur organization has described as “unprecedented.”
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