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
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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
Uyghurs Being Monitored Even While Showering
At a recently discovered “transformation through education” camp, authorities are monitoring each an...Read More
2018-09-19
Protection of Uyghurs, The Church of Almighty God Refugees Requested at OSCE Meeting in Warsaw
Three speakers at the yearly Human Rights Implementation Meeting of the Organization for Security an...Read More
2018-09-13
Interview: ‘The U.S. is Taking The Issue of The Concentration Camps Quite Seriously’
Dolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and Omer Kanat, chairman o...Read More
2018-09-12
Interview: ‘Even if I Wanted to Return to my Homeland, it is Impossible Now’
Beginning in April 2017, Uyghurs accused of harboring “strong religious views” and “politically inco...Read More
2018-09-09
School Converted Into a “Transformation Through Education” Camp
A middle school in Xinjiang’s Yining city has been transformed into a camp by the authorities. As th...Read More
2018-09-06
Authorities Detain Uyghur Editor-in-Chief, Directors of Xinjiang Daily Newspaper
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have arrested the Uyghur d...Read More
2018-09-06
United Nations Condemn “Re-Education Camps” for Uyghurs
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of RaciaL Discrimination denounces mass detention of Uyghur Mu...Read More
2018-09-04
China: Systematic repression of ethnic minorities laid bare in UN findings
In response to the release of concluding observations on China by the United Nations Committee on th...Read More
2018-09-02
US Lawmakers Urge Sanctions Against Chinese Officials, Companies Over Xinjiang Rights Violations
Nearly 20 U.S. lawmakers have penned a letter to Washington’s top diplomat and Treasury Secretary, u...Read More
2018-08-30
Young Son of Uyghurs Held in Xinjiang Political ‘Re-Education Camps’ Dies in Drowning Incident
The young son of two ethnic Uyghurs languishing in a political “re-education camp” in northwest Chin...Read More
2018-08-26
More Than One in 10 Residents of Xinjiang Township Held in Political ‘Re-Education Camps’
More than one in 10 residents of Toqsun township in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg...Read More
2018-08-26
China Expels BuzzFeed Journalist Who Reported on Mass Detentions, Surveillance
China’s decision to effectively expel a BuzzFeed journalist who won a human rights award for her rep...Read More
2018-08-24
Uighurs in US Celebrate Eid, With Their Thoughts Back Home
Aygul insists she's not really in the “Eid mood.” But that didn’t stop her from preparing a traditio...Read More
2018-08-23
Uyghur Woman: Threatened When Visiting Husband in Detention
ADHRRF – Ms. Gulnur (pseudonym), is a Uyghur woman from Shanshan County in Turpan city of Xinj...Read More
2018-08-23
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Uyghur Philanthropist, Three Others, Over Alleged Ties to Education Fund
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained a prominent ...Read More
2018-08-20
Three Million, Mostly Uyghurs, Detained in Xinjiang Political ‘Re-Education’ Camps, ‘Education Sessions’
Up to 3 million residents of northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), especial...Read More
2018-08-04