We also thank Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez, Member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, for helping shine a light on the enforced disappearances of Uyghur people.

We sincerely thank @MPIainDS for his video message of support for IUF 2026. A longstanding advocate for Uyghur rights, his continued solidarity and commitment to raising awareness of the ongoing Uyghur genocide are deeply appreciated.

We wrapped up IUF 2026! Over the past three days, the Third International Uyghur Forum brought together parliamentarians, policymakers, scholars, legal experts, journalists, civil society representatives, and Uyghur leaders from around the world to advance accountability for the ongoing Uyghur genocide. The Forum concluded with closing remarks by @Dolkun_Isa and @TurgunjanAlawd3, who reaffirmed the importance of sustained international action, solidarity, and accountability for the Uyghur people. Thank you to all speakers, participants, partners, volunteers, and supporters who made IUF 2026 a success. Together, we move from recognition to accountability. ✊🌍

The last panel of IUF 2026! Panel 8: From Surveillance to Criminalisation: Attacks on Religious Freedom Speakers: •Adiljan Abdurihim, Coordinator and Data Technician at @UyghurJustice •@AHakimIdris, Executive Director of the @CUyghurstudy •Mia Hasenson - Gross, Executive Director of René Cassin

As part of our final sessions at the International Uyghur Forum 2026, we heard testimony from whistleblower Zhang Yabo, a former Chinese police officer. His testimony serves as an important contribution to truth, accountability, and justice.

Roundtable 6: No Safe Haven: Uyghur Refugees and Global Insecurity Presenters: •Adiljan Abdukérim, Chair of WUC’s Refugees Center •Polat Sayim, Deputy Chair of the WUC Executive Committee •@Nat_Bergman Thai Human Rights Lawyer @PhoenixLaw_ • Iveta Vancáková, WUC coordinator for V4 countries Facilitators:  -Mutellip Kurban, WUC Vice Chair of the Executive Committee

Roundtable 5: Contemporary Uyghur Identity, Culture and Historical Memory This roundtable will explore the evolving nature of contemporary Uyghur identity through the lenses of culture, historical memory, and intellectual heritage.  Keynote speaker: @DrRishatAbbas President of Uyghur Academy International  Presenters : •@RianThum Senior Lecturer in East Asian History at University of Manchester •Dr. Michael Reinhard Hess, Turkologue    •@otkur009 Research Fellow at Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences: @Orientalniustav •Dr. Ablet Semet, Turkologue Facilitators: •@ErkinSidick President of Uyghur Projects Foundation  •Mercè Monjé, Secretary-General of @UNPOintl

Parallel sessions are happening now ⤵️

Panel 6 “The Courthouse and the Geopolitical Ceiling: Why Law Isn't Enough” is now underway. We are honored to welcome an online intervention from Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, British barrister, former Chief Prosecutor at the ICTY, and Chair of the Uyghur Tribunal Speakers: •Mercè Monjé, Secretary-General of @UNPOintl •Hamid Sabi, Human Rights Lawyer •Michael van Walt, Human Rights Lawyer •@Drlobsangsangay, Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School and Former President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Moderator: John Packer, Associate Professor of Law at University of Ottawa

The first panel of the day: What Next? Advancing  International Accountability and Multilateral Response (UN) -Prof John Packer, Associate Professor of Law at University of Ottawa -@ZumretErkin Vice President of the WUC  -Dr. Katarina Schwarz, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Form of Slavery Moderator: Raphael Viana David, Senior Advocacy Manager @ISHRglobal

Day 3 of the International Uyghur Forum 2026 has begun! Join Us Online ⤵️ youtube.com/live/b0SQVUUNIs4…

RT @UyghurCongress: We sincerely thank all the participants of today’s parliamentary luncheon at the German Bundestag. Your engagement, so…

It was a privilege to speak today on a panel at @IUFforum alongside two very distinguished psychiatrists and two very courageous #Uyghur women activists, on transnational repression, resilience, building sustainable human rights advocacy and avoiding burnout. I shared some of my own experiences, some of @FortifyRights principles and lessons learned, and some messages of encouragement for the fight for human rights which must go on.

Wonderful to meet again with the great @Alduceppe MP from the Bloc Québécois in Canada, a Patron of @hk_watch and a champion of human rights for #HongKongers, #Uyghurs, #Tibetans and the people of #China - and #Taiwan - at the @IUFforum in Berlin

It was such a privilege to meet Czech Member of Parliament @HayatoOkamura at @IUFforum in Berlin We stand together for human rights and freedom for #Uyghurs, #Tibet, #HongKong, #Myanmar, #NorthKorea, #Ukraine and beyond!