UHRP marks 77 years since CCP takeover of East Turkistan, urges sanctions and forced-labor import bans

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) issued a statement on October 1 marking the 71st anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's proclamation of the "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region" — framed in the release's headline as 77 years since the CCP's takeover of East Turkistan. The statement calls on governments, international institutions and civil society to reject Beijing's propaganda, strengthen enforcement of forced-labor import bans and sanctions, and push for international accountability mechanisms at the UN and beyond. UHRP Executive Director Omer Kanat said "from the very beginning, the so-called autonomy promised to Uyghurs was an illusion"; these are the organization's claims, reported here as claims.

Source: Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) press release, October 1, 2026. https://uhrp.org/statement/uhrp-marks-77-years-since-ccps-takeover-of-east-turkistan-calls-for-urgent-international-action/