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
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China: Families of up to One Million Detained in Mass “Re-Education” Drive Demand Answers
China must end its campaign of systematic repression and shed light on the fate of up to one million...Read More
2018-09-24
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
Chinese Authorities Profit From Forced Labor by Detainees in Camps
A “transformation through education” camp in Xinjiang’s Urumqi city houses a secret factory where 30...Read More
2018-09-12
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
China: Massive Crackdown in Muslim Region
Mass Arbitrary Detention, Religious Repression, Surveillance in Xinjiang
The Chinese government is ...Read More
2018-09-11
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
Authorities Force Han Chinese in Xinjiang to Buy Riot Control Gear
Local government in Xinjiang is pitting the Han Chinese residents against their Muslim neighbors to ...Read More
2018-08-30
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
China’s Bid to Silence Poet Highlights ‘Human Rights Disaster’ of Xinjiang Camps
Recent threats by China’s state security police against Muslim poet Cui Haoxin — known b...Read More
2018-08-28
Mosques Demolished Forcefully by Chinese Regime, Muslims in Anger and Silence
Since Xi Jinping took power, religious beliefs and fundamental human rights of Muslims in Xinjiang h...Read More
2018-08-28
Demolished Domes of Mosques Under the Name of “Sinicization”
In recent years, in order to sinicize Islam, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have launched campaig...Read More
2018-08-23
More Personal Accounts About Camps in Xinjiang
Despite China’s denials about the existence of “transformation through education camps” in Xinjiang,...Read More
2018-08-22
Xinjiang Authorities Build Massive Underground Prison
The building, constructed as a regular prison, will have extensive secret underground facilities and...Read More
2018-08-21
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
Government Treats “Generalization of Halal” as Extremism
“Halal” is a term that is usually applied to food and drinks and defines what is permissible or trad...Read More
2018-08-14
Chinese Landlord Rents to Uyghurs, is Arrested on ‘Terror’ Charge
Police in central China’s Henan province have arrested a Chinese landlord who rented his home to thr...Read More
2018-08-14
UN Rights Panel Grills China Over Mass Detention of Uyghurs
The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concerns ...Read More
2018-08-11
Islamic Symbols Removed From Buildings in Wuzhong, Ningxia
Recently, Bitter Winter received information that Islamic symbols on the buildings in a farmers’ mar...Read More
2018-08-10
Tens of Thousands of Xinjiang’s Kuchar County Residents Held in Political ‘Re-Education Camps’
More than 45,000 residents of a mostly Uyghur-populated county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur ...Read More
2018-08-10