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
Home Re-Education Camp
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
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
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
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
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
Some 20,000 Former Camp Detainees Working at Xinjiang Factory Tied to Forced Labor
Around 20,000 former internment camp detainees are working at the Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) prefectur...Read More
2020-10-24
‘Music is a Very Good Way to Bring Attention to This Issue’: French Artist on Rap About Uyghurs
In recent months, the number of celebrities in the fields of the arts and sports publicly advocating...Read More
2020-10-22
Now They Come for the Uyghur Children: Thousands Sent to Jail-Like Boarding Schools
Eyewitnesses talk to Bitter Winter, and confirm that data published by scholar Adrian Zenz, unlike C...Read More
2020-10-21
Four Uyghurs Facing Persecution After Deportation by Saudi Arabia to China Identified
Saudi Arabian authorities have deported at least four Uyghurs to China over the past four years who ...Read More
2020-10-19
Is the World Finally Facing Up to China?
A debate in the British Parliament, new calls to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, coalition...Read More
2020-10-17
‘I Wish I Could Wipe my Heart And Mind Clean’: Uyghur Former Camp Instructor
Qelbinur Sidik, 51, is one of the few people to relate their experiences working at a facility in th...Read More
2020-10-06
Uyghur Farmer Dies Ten Days After Being Sent to Internment Camp, Wife Still Held
A Uyghur farmer seized at night from his home by police three years ago and sent to internment camps...Read More
2020-10-03