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Rebiya Kadeer Says Hong Kong Protests Inspire Hope in China
December 5, 2014

UNPO welcomed Rebiya Kadeer to the European Parliament to speak about current minority persecution and prospects for democracy in China in light of the recent protests in Hong Kong.

House panel investigates 'Confucius institutes'
December 5, 2014
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.(Photo: Stephen J. Boitano, Gannett)

Lawmakers are investigating whether academic freedom is being threatened at universities building campuses in China and partnering with the Chinese on "Confucius institutes" in the U.S.

From Ferguson and NYC to Urumqi
December 5, 2014
Signs with Chinese characters are dominant in Urumqi (photo credit: author)

Kuni Miyake's Tenor of Tokyo #68
December 05, 2014  Kuni Miyake

Tighter Han-Uighur links could pave way for New Silk Road trade initiative
December 5, 2014
Women wearing traditional Uighur clothes in the city of Kashgar in the Chinese Xinjiang province. The mostly Muslim Uighurs share very close linguistic and cultural links to Central Asia and resent the Han Chinese. Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

Project will offer investment opportunities as well as energy and resources exchanges

21 Uighur refugees arrested in Thailand
December 4, 2014

In the past week 300 Uighur Turks had been taken to a refugee camp and 21 of these have been arrested and taken to a detention center that was attached to the Thailand Immigration Administration centre.

Nile Green on The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
December 4, 2014

ON MAPS TODAY, China’s Central Asian regions are labeled Xinjiang, literally designating the “New Territories” annexed to the Chinese state during the Qing imperial conquests of the 1750s.

Q. and A.: James Leibold on Ethnic Policies in China
December 2, 2014
A veiled Uighur woman at a food stall in a market in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in August.Credit Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

James Leibold is a senior lecturer in politics and Asian studies at La Trobe University in Australia, and is currently based in Beijing.

UNPO Side Event in Geneva Highlights Minority Persecution in Iraq, Crimea and China
December 2, 2014

On 26 November 2014, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, in cooperation with the Society for Threatened Peoples, organised a side-event to the 7th UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva.

UHRP issues a Chinese-language version of its report, Rumors, Suspicion and Hysteria: Urumchi’s Han Residents Target Uyghurs in September 2009 Pinprick Attack Scare
Feb 24, 2014
Rumors, Suspicion, Hysteria Chinese cover

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) issues a Chinese-language version of its report Rumors, Suspicion and Hysteria: Urumchi’s Han Residents Target Uyghurs in September 2009 Pinprick Attack Scare.

To Strike The Strongest Blow: Questions Remain Over Crackdown On 2009 Unrest In Urumchi
Jul 2, 2013

A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), To Strike The Strongest Blow: Questions Remain Over Crackdown On 2009 Unrest In Urumchi, details widespread human rights violations committed by the People’s Republic of China in the wake of unrest in Urumchi on July 5, 2009.

Sacred Right Defiled: China’s Iron-Fisted Repression of Uyghur Religious Freedom
Apr 30, 2013

A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) details the repression of religious freedom among Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).