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Lobby organisation

World Uyghur Congress

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

As of 9 September 2026, World Uyghur Congress appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to 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. The main objective of WUC is to highlight the severe human rights atrocities being committed against the Uyghur people,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe735%
Socialists & Democrats630%
Greens/EFA420%
European People's Party210%
European Conservatives & Reformists15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2026).

2019
1
2020
3
2021
0
2022
0
2023
2
2024
1
2025
4
2026
9

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

Hilde Vautmans
3 meetings · Renew
Ilhan Kyuchyuk
2 meetings · Renew
Raphaël Glucksmann
2 meetings · S&D
Pina Picierno
1 meeting · S&D
Isabel Wiseler-Lima
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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
3 Feb 2026Miriam LexmannForced Labour
23 Jan 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of views on Transnational Repression
24 Sep 2025Lukas SieperEvent
12 Feb 2025Pina PiciernoHuman rights violations towards the Uyghurs
12 Feb 2025Ilhan KyuchyukSafeguarding minority rights globally
11 Feb 2025Markéta GregorováMeeting with World Uyghur Congress delegation
3 Oct 2024Hilde VautmansUYGHURS
25 Oct 2023Anna CavazziniForced labour

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