The World Uyghur Congress (Uighur: دۇنيا ئۇيغۇر قۇرۇلتىيى, romanized: Dunya Uyghur Qurultiyi, Дуня Уйғур Қурултийи; simplified Chinese: 世界维吾尔代表大会; traditional Chinese: 世界維吾爾代表大會; pinyin: Shìjiè Wéiwú'ěr Dàibiǎo Dàhuì; abbreviated WUC) is an international organization of exiled Uyghur groups that aspires to "represent the collective interest of the Uyghur people" both inside and outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The World Uyghur Congress describes itself as a nonviolent and peaceful movement that opposes what it considers to be the Chinese occupation of East Turkestan and advocates rejection of totalitarianism, religious intolerance and terrorism as an instrument of policy. The Congress is funded in part by the National Endowment for Democracy or NED of the United States. It has been called a terrorist organization by the Chinese government and Chinese state-controlled media.
The Congress was formed in mid-April 2004 at a meeting in Munich, Germany, as a collection of various exiled Uyghur groups, advocating for "greater autonomy," including the World Uyghur Youth Congress (WUYC) and some members of the East Turkestan National Congress (ETNC) following a split among the East Turkestan National Congress over the issue of autonomy vs independence. Dolkun Isa is the current president, elected in November 2017. A prominent Uyghur activist, Isa has been living in Germany since 1996 after fleeing from China.
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