Munich, Aug. 4 -- The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) recently issued its weekly brief, highlighting three significant developments that reflected growing international scrutiny of China's treatment of the Uyghur people.

The brief pointed to increased political engagement in the UK, legal advancements in Argentina, and mounting concern over forced labour linked to European imports.

As detailed in the brief, the UK's Joint Committee on Human Rights has released an in-depth report revealing the expanding threat of transnational repression (TNR), a practice where authoritarian states, notably China, targeted exiled dissidents through surveillance, intimidation, and harassment on UK territory. The report found that Uyghur activists in the UK ha...