Uyghur Christian Pastor Faces Church Closure Amid Intensifying Pressure in Xinjiang
A Uyghur Christian pastor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is facing the possible closur...Read More
2026-06-25
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Kazakhstan’s Detention of Xinjiang Witnesses: Beijing’s Long Arm Reaches Across the Border
Protesting against China now results in activists being detained—and held in a unclear legal situati...Read More
2025-11-24
“Xinjiang Is a Wonderful Land”: China’s New White Paper Recasts Control as Cultural Progress
Ignoring international criticism, a new document declares victory against extremism, separatism, and...Read More
2025-10-10
Transplant Facilities Greatly Expanded in Xinjiang—For More Organ Harvesting?
By 2030, Xinjiang will build six more specialized hospitals. Why, given that the region has a very l...Read More
2025-07-07
Coming in February: Harsher Religious Regulations Just for Xinjiang
Special “Regulations on Religious Affairs” for Xinjiang, of which “Bitter Winter” offers a full Engl...Read More
2024-01-08
Canadian Lawmakers Approve Motion Labeling Xinjiang Abuses ‘Genocide’
Canada’s House of Commons on Monday passed a motion designating rights abuses in northwest China’s X...Read More
2021-02-24
US President Biden Warns China of ‘Repercussions’ For Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China will face “repercussions” if it continues to perpetrate human rights abuses against its people...Read More
2021-02-18
China Bans BBC Broadcasts in Move Seen as Warning to Journalists Over Xinjiang
In the early hours of Friday morning, China’s media regulator issued a blanket ban on BBC broadcasts...Read More
2021-02-13
China Hits Back at US Label of Genocide in Xinjiang as ‘Lies’ in Propaganda-Laden Screed
China on Monday labeled as “lies” a U.S. designation of abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg...Read More
2021-01-27
Uyghur Iron Traders Are ‘Taught’ Cooking at Xinjiang Internment Camp
The cousins are among a large number of Uyghur professionals taught ‘vocational skills’ in the cente...Read More
2021-01-06
UK Lawmakers Urge Action to Hold Chinese Officials Accountable For Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
A group of lawmakers in the U.K. called on the government Wednesday to “act urgently” in holding Chi...Read More
2020-12-26
Xinjiang Authorities Sentence Uyghur Septuagenarian Former Official to Lengthy Jail Term
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a septuagen...Read More
2020-12-19
In Xinjiang, a Roll Call of Disappearances and Extrajudicial Incarcerations
Three who lost their loved ones tell their stories to Bitter Winter. Now, even being a member of CCP...Read More
2020-12-11
China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression A big data program for policin...Read More
2020-12-09
US to Detain Cotton Imports Produced by Xinjiang Paramilitary Group, Citing Forced Labor Concerns
The U.S. announced Wednesday that it will detain all shipments containing cotton and cotton products...Read More
2020-12-07
Xinjiang Authorities Remove Statue of Revered Uyghur Scholar Mahmut Kashgary
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have removed the statue Ma...Read More
2020-12-06
CAG Members Tortured in Xinjiang’s Internment Camps
Members of banned religious groups are often detained in transformation through education camps. Thr...Read More
2020-11-28
Xinjiang Authorities Have Detained Hundreds of Imams, Upending Uyghur Religious Life
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained hundreds of ...Read More
2020-11-24
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Vocalist, Dozens of Others For Watching Turkish TV Series
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained a young amat...Read More
2020-11-16
Young Wrestler Jailed in Xinjiang For ‘Promoting Religious Extremism’ by Sharing Kazakh Song
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a young eth...Read More
2020-11-06
Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes
World Body Should Reject Beijing’s False Narrative The Chinese government is facing a barrage of bad...Read More
2020-11-04