Washington DC, June 15 -- Rushan Abbas, Chairwoman of the WUC Executive Committee, has criticised Beijing for hosting what she described as a "so-called Human Rights Forum" while allegedly carrying out severe abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples.

Taking to X, Rushan stated, "While the Chinese government is carrying out a full-fledged genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples, Beijing is simultaneously hosting a so-called 'Human Rights Forum' as part of its broader effort to reshape international human rights norms and redefine the very meaning of human rights on the global stage to fit its authoritarian system"

Abbas also referred to the 2022 assessment by the UN Human Rights Office on Xinjiang, or East Turkistan, say...