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World Uyghur Congress

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, World Uyghur Congress appears in 26 declared MEP meetings (19 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

26
declared meetings
with current MEPs
19
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organization based in Munich, Germany, that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China ‘PRC’) and abroad.”

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“The main objective of WUC is to highlight the severe human rights atrocities being committed against the Uyghur people, and promote democracy, human rights and freedom for the Uyghurs.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 26 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe935%
Socialists & Democrats727%
Greens/EFA623%
European People's Party28%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (16 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
2
2021
0
2022
0
2023
2
2024
1
2025
4
2026
16

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Ilhan Kyuchyuk
3 meetings · Renew
Hilde Vautmans
3 meetings · Renew
Hannah Neumann
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Markéta Gregorová
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Raphaël Glucksmann
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Oct 2026Hana Jalloul MuroHuman rights in China
13 Oct 2026Francisco AssisSituation of the Uyghur minority in China
16 Sep 2026Jonas SjöstedtEU-China relations, transnational repression, and forced labour
15 Sep 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Transnational Repression
15 Sep 2026Ilhan KyuchyukHuman rights deterioration in China
15 Sep 2026Markéta GregorováMeeting with The World Uyghur Congress
1 Sep 2026Hilde VautmansChina
16 Apr 2026Hilde VautmansChina
16 Apr 2026Lucia AnnunziataExchange of views with Uyghur Representatives
11 Mar 2026Kathleen van BremptRights of the Uyghurs in China
11 Mar 2026Reinis PozņaksIntroductory meeting
11 Mar 2026Ilhan Kyuchyukhuman rights violations in the People's Republic of China
10 Mar 2026Raphaël GlucksmannUyghur rights
10 Mar 2026Engin ErogluForeign affairs
3 Feb 2026Miriam LexmannForced Labour

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