Police in Istanbul Detain Uyghurs in Rare Instance of Harassment by Turkish Authorities
Authorities in Turkey’s financial capital Istanbul harassed and briefly detained a group of Uyghurs ...Read More
2020-08-20
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Uyghur Survivor of Xinjiang Camps Escapes Suspicious Fire Set at Home in Kazakhstan
An ethnic Uyghur woman who published an account last year of torture and other abuses at an internme...Read More
2020-02-24
Uyghur Real Estate Magnate Confirmed Jailed Along With Brothers, at Least 20 Employees
The Uyghur head of a successful real estate firm in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg...Read More
2020-01-19
Uyghurs in Xinjiang Ordered to Replace Traditional Décor With Sinicized Furniture
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are ordering Uyghurs to “m...Read More
2020-01-10
Opinion: What China Does Is Cultural Genocide
The West loses dignity turning a blind eye to Beijing’s Orwellian human rights abuse.Read More &rarrRead More
2020-01-08
Released from Camps, Uyghurs Subjected to Forced Labor
After indoctrination in internment camps, Muslims are sent outside Xinjiang to be further “transform...Read More
2019-12-24
The Price of Studies in Inland China for Uyghur Youth
Enrolled to study outside Xinjiang, Uyghur students are subjected to intense indoctrination and “han...Read More
2019-12-16
China Claims All Xinjiang Detainees Have ‘Graduated,’ Drawing Skepticism From Experts, Exile Groups
Internment camp detainees in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have “gradua...Read More
2019-12-10
Uyghur Act Passed by the U.S. House: Good, But What’s Next?
The new law is a tougher version of a bill passed last September in Senate. It still needs Senate an...Read More
2019-12-06
Prominent Uyghur Activist Dies Days After Release From Xinjiang Internment Camp
A long-time Uyghur activist has died days after being released from an internment camp in northwest ...Read More
2019-12-04
Expert Says 1.8 Million Uyghurs, Muslim Minorities Held in Xinjiang’s Internment Camps
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained up to 1.8 mi...Read More
2019-11-25
Xinjiang Authorities Undermine Muslim Abstention From Pork in Bid to Assimilate Uyghurs
Government work groups in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are undermining the Musli...Read More
2019-11-24
‘Xinjiang Papers’ Leak Spurs Calls For Action on China’s Uyghur Camps
The leak of hundreds of pages of documents detailing a crackdown on ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim ...Read More
2019-11-22
US Lawmakers Renew Calls For Sanctions on China Following Document Leak on Xinjiang Abuses
U.S. lawmakers and experts have renewed calls for sanctions against China over rights abuses in its ...Read More
2019-11-19
Xinjiang Authorities Arrest Prominent Uyghurs in Public to Instill Fear
The public arrests of prominent Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities is part of a bid by authorities ...Read More
2019-11-15
Male Chinese ‘Relatives’ Assigned to Uyghur Homes Co-sleep With Female ‘Hosts’
Male Han Chinese “relatives” assigned to monitor the homes of Uyghur families in northwest China’s X...Read More
2019-11-01
At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer
At least 150 people have died over the course of six months while detained at an internment camp for...Read More
2019-10-30
Nearly Half of Residents of Uyghur-Majority Village in Xinjiang Held in Internment Camps
Nearly half of the residents of a village in a Uyghur-majority area of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uy...Read More
2019-10-24
Police Chief Detained in Xinjiang After Expressing Concerns Over Mass Detention of Fellow Uyghurs
A police chief in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has been detained for e...Read More
2019-10-22
US Religious Freedom Envoy Urges Muslim World to Speak up For Incarcerated Uyghurs
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on Thursday called on the...Read More
2019-10-20
US Blacklists 28 Chinese Entities Citing Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
UPDATED at 5:05 P.M. ET on 2019-10-08 The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted 28 governmenta...Read More
2019-10-09