Missing Uyghur Poet and Teacher Confirmed Detained After Nearly Four Years
Qasim Sidiq is believed to have been targeted for content he composed as long as 15 years ago. A wel...Read More
2021-01-09
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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
Trade Deals and Human Rights: The Scramble for High Moral Ground in Dealing with China
The battle lines are drawn. Europe ignores human rights concerns and finalizes “the trade deals of a...Read More
2021-01-04
Dr. Gulshan Abbas Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail
The world has understood. Through this absurd decision, the CCP is punishing her sister Rushan, for ...Read More
2021-01-02
Turkish Lawmakers Vow to Block Extradition Treaty With China That Puts Uyghurs at Risk
China’s National People’s Congress ratified a treaty with Turkey at the weekend allowing for the for...Read More
2021-01-01
How Jews Celebrated Hanukkah with Uyghurs in Mind
The global Jewish community is refusing to stay silent in the face of mounting human rights atrociti...Read More
2020-12-30
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Uyghurs Clearing Path For China Sanctions
The European Parliament has voted in favor of a resolution that could allow the EU to target Chinese...Read More
2020-12-28
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
Soccer Star Griezmann Breaks with Huawei Over “Anti-Uyghur” Technology
After proofs emerged that the Chinese company developed tools for facial recognition of Uyghurs, the...Read More
2020-12-13
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
Pope breaks silence on Uyghurs but now he must do more
Francis should build on what he says in his book by demanding justice for those oppressed by China&#...Read More
2020-11-30
Uyghur Convicted of Terrorism in Indonesia Pleads For Asylum After Comrades Deported to China
One of four young Uyghur men convicted in 2015 of terror-related offenses in Indonesia has pled for ...Read More
2020-11-25
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
Aksu Internment Camp Was Former Hospital, Raising Fears Uyghur Detainees Are Used in Organ Trade
A hospital for infectious diseases in Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu), in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur...Read More
2020-11-20
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
Former UN Official Calls For Probe of Rights Body Confirming Dissident Testimonies to China
The United Nations should allow an independent probe into whether its human rights body is providing...Read More
2020-11-09
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