World Uyghur Congress
The World Uyghur Congress (World Uyghur Congress, WUC; Uighur: دۇنيا ئۇيغۇر قۇرۇلتىيى; ULY: Dunya Uyghur Qurultiyi; Chinese:世界 维吾尔 代表 大会; Pinyin: Shijie Wéiwúěr Dàibiǎo DAHUI ) is an organization of exiled Uyghur headquartered in Munich.
Status
The association is classified by the Chinese authorities ( both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan) and international observers as separatist. The World Congress is an umbrella organization of several smaller groups, including some of the Uyghur Women's Club München eV, but also groups from the spectrum exiluigurischer nationalists. Some members are also accused by the Chinese government to have been involved in planning and execution of terrorist attacks.
The club was founded in 2004 from a merger of the World Congress of the Uighur Youth and the East Turkestan National Congress.
The organization claims to be to represent the interests of comprehensive around eight million people Uighur minority in China, which are mainly located in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The WUC calls on the independence of the designated " Eastern Turkestan " Region Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This claim, however, is not legitimized in the form of a democratic election, rather, is to assume that the majority of China's Uyghur know nothing of the existence of the WUC. Even if a majority of the Uyghur supports the strategic objectives of the WUC, openly or tacitly, is not known. In April 2004, Erkin Alptekin was named the first president. Current unanimously at the General Assembly in November 2006, President-elect of the association is Rebiya Kadeer, vice president Asgar Can.
According to Chinese representation and the view of some Western terrorism experts, the group was the " Uighur pogrom, [ ... ] at the beginning of July 140 Han Chinese " died, involved Chinese officials speak of prepared riots. The Chinese accusations that exiled Kadeer had the riots " orchestrated " from abroad, denied the Secretary-General of the World Congress, Dolkun Isa. Rather, the unrest and riots as a " response to atrocities committed by the Chinese " were. On July 6, 2009, there was in Munich, where the Congress has its seat to an arson attack on the Chinese Consulate.
See Some political analysts in the Uighur terrorist acts in China and the desired alliance with the Tibetans in exile, both for the U.S. foreign policy under Obama, who regarded Afghanistan as a focus, as well as for the Central Asian countries such as Russia and China domestic problems arise. The protege of Germany policy of this exile movements is considered critical, especially in Moscow and Beijing. The U.S., however, grant the WUC President Rebiya Kadeer is currently political asylum and refer to the conflict China - critical position. The quasi-governmental U.S. National Endowment for Democracy fund supports the WUC also financially, with around 200,000 U.S. dollars a year.
Objectives
The World Congress describes its goals even with the " granting of democracy, human rights and religious freedom for all Uyghur ". By his own admission is rejected violence and postulated to be the only legitimate organization of the Uyghur world, without, however, being able to documents. He considers himself a peaceful opposition movement against the Chinese occupation Osturkestans. Especially in Munich, the club is very active and regularly organizes demonstrations and vigils. According to a report by the Bavarian Constitutional Protection from the year 2009, the association of employees of the Chinese Consulate General in Munich was monitored in intelligence, it was initiated proceedings against four alleged spies.
The WUC is working closely with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, whose co-founder Erkin Alptekin 2004-2006 Chairman of the WUC was.