“Xinjiang Is a Wonderful Land”: China’s New White Paper Recasts Control as Cultural Progress
Ignoring international criticism, a new document declares victory against extremism, separatism, and...Read More
2025-10-10
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Weaponizing Water: Why the New World’s Largest Dam in Tibet Threatens India—and Tibetans
Inaugurated on July 19, the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River will have a devastating ecological impa...Read More
2025-07-24
The World Uyghur Congress After Sarajevo: Where Do They Go from Here?
The 8th Congress of the major organization of the Uyghur diaspora elected a new leadership. Its task...Read More
2024-11-20
Coming in February: Harsher Religious Regulations Just for Xinjiang
Special “Regulations on Religious Affairs” for Xinjiang, of which “Bitter Winter” offers a full Engl...Read More
2024-01-08
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
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
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
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
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
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
Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes
World Body Should Reject Beijing’s False Narrative The Chinese government is facing a barrage of bad...Read More
2020-11-04
From Prisoner to (Provisional) Refugee: The Story of Bagashar Malik
Another ethnic Kazakh who escaped arrest in Xinjiang obtains temporary asylum in Kazakhstan, and tel...Read More
2020-10-31