World Uyghur Congress Condemns Chinese Media's Racist Attacks on Japanese Minister Eri
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WUC Condemns Racist Chinese Media Attacks on Japanese Minister Arfiya Eri
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News18•11-03-2026, 18:00
WUC Condemns Racist Chinese Media Attacks on Japanese Minister Arfiya Eri
•World Uyghur Congress (WUC) condemned racist remarks by Chinese media against Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister Arfiya Eri.
•Chinese website Sina.com and Global Times on TikTok targeted Eri's Uyghur heritage, calling her "frontier poison" and "toxic."
•Eri, whose parents are from East Turkistan, is the first person of Uyghur origin elected to a national parliament in the diaspora (Japan, 2023).
•Japanese government lodged a formal diplomatic protest with China over the "unprecedented insult."
•WUC President Turgunjan Alawdun linked the incident to broader discrimination and China's transnational repression policy, urging a public apology from Chinese authorities.
