Munich, Aug. 16 -- The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) weekly briefing has highlighted several key developments regarding China's human rights record and global responses.

In the recently released brief, it stated that on 11 August, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor urged Beijing to safeguard the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders, many of whom are serving sentences of ten years or longer.

She called on authorities to allow family and legal visits, provide adequate medical care, and ensure that detainees are held in officially recognised facilities with transparent information about their whereabouts.

According to the weekly brief, among the cases raised was that of renowned Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, wh...