Munich, Nov. 14 -- The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has highlighted growing international concerns over China's expanding surveillance operations, alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs and efforts to suppress Uyghur identity, according to its weekly brief covering November 6-12.

In its November 6 report, A Formula for Repression: China's Global Grid for Community Control, human rights organisation Safeguard Defenders exposed Beijing's expanding overseas surveillance network. Citing open-source evidence from Chinese Communist Party documents, the investigation identified nearly 1,250 designated liaison points across at least 91 countries.

The report alleged that China has expanded its overseas policing infrastructure by integrating ...