4 Years After Genocide Declaration, Uyghur Advocates Say Not Enough Is Being Done

Lawmakers have introduced 22 bills in Congress addressing the persecution.

Omer Kanat, Uyghur Human Rights Project executive director, speaks about the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act passed by the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Four years after the London-based Uyghur Tribunal declared that the Chinese persecution of Uyghurs constituted a genocide, human rights advocates have said the problem is still ongoing.

Dec. 9 was the anniversary of that declaration, which states that China is guilty of crimes against humanity, including torture, forced sterilization, enslavement, and murder of Uyghur Muslims.