Interview: ‘As Soon as I Was Taken Inside, I Knew it Was a Prison’
Zumuret Dawut was born and raised in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (X...Read More
2019-09-25
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Interview: ‘They Are Doing The Exact Opposite of What my Father Suggested’
Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, is a graduate from Indiana Univers...Read More
2019-09-22
The Emblematic Case of Dr. Gulshan Abbas One Year Later
An accomplished professional disappeared in one of the detention camps called “professional schools”...Read More
2019-09-15
Reports of China’s Repression in Xinjiang ‘100 Percent True’: Jordanian Journalist
A Jordanian journalist who traveled to northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) fo...Read More
2019-09-14
Former Xinjiang University President at Risk of ‘Imminent’ Execution: Amnesty International
Chinese authorities may “imminently” execute the jailed former head of Xinjiang University Tashpolat...Read More
2019-09-11
Han Teachers in Xinjiang: Save Uyghur Children!
Accounts by four teachers who witness daily CCP’s destruction of Uyghur culture and language, psycho...Read More
2019-09-10
Xinjiang Authorities Arrest Sibling Uyghur Real Estate Moguls, Jail One For Decades
Two ethnic Uyghurs who run what is widely considered the most successful real estate firm of the pas...Read More
2019-09-05
Over 2,000 Uyghurs Secretly Relocated to Prisons in Henan
Reports from several sources confirm that detainees have been transferred to two prisons, they are i...Read More
2019-07-22
As Many as 1,200 Uyghur Detainees Held in Gansu Prison After Secret Transfer From Xinjiang
As many as 1,200 Uyghurs are being detained in a jail in western China’s Gansu province after being ...Read More
2019-04-19
Independent Students Slam China-Backed Intimidation on Overseas Campuses
An independent group of overseas Chinese students has hit out at Communist Party-backed student grou...Read More
2019-02-22
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Legislation to Sanction China Over Abuse of Uyghurs in XUAR
U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would hold China accountable for rights abuses aga...Read More
2019-01-20
China Threatens Retaliation if US Applies Sanctions Over Uyghur Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China’s Ambassador to the U.S. has threatened retaliation if Washington sanctions Beijing over human...Read More
2018-11-30
Xinjiang Authorities Sentence Uyghur Philanthropist to Death For Unsanctioned Hajj
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a prominent...Read More
2018-11-22
Camps for Uyghurs, “Schools” or Jails? Exclusive Report, Photos, and Footage from Bitter Winter
While China tries to defend the indefensible claiming that the transformation through education camp...Read More
2018-11-15
Judgement Day for China in Geneva
The Universal Periodic Review of the state of human rights in China at the United Nations saw severa...Read More
2018-11-08
Xinjiang Residents Told to Worship Xi Jinping
The Chinese authorities are forcing people to worship their leader and the Party instead of God. A w...Read More
2018-10-15
Interview: ‘We Give Them a Warning Before Ordering Them to Stand as Punishment’
Beginning in April 2017, Uyghurs accused of harboring “strong religious views” and “politically inco...Read More
2018-10-07
Xinjiang Authorities Secretly Transferring Uyghur Detainees to Jails Throughout China
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are secretly transferring ...Read More
2018-10-05
Uyghur Editor of State-Run Magazine Commits Suicide ‘Out of Fear’ of Detention
The Uyghur editor-in-chief of a state-run literature magazine in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur A...Read More
2018-09-30
Interview: ‘We Are Left Wandering in Fear in a Foreign Land’
Nebi Hajim and Nur Muhammet are Uyghurs from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XU...Read More
2018-09-30
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political ‘Re-education Camps’
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from one of the top universities in northwest China’s Xinjian...Read More
2018-09-20