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Xinjiang Teachers to Take Part in Anti-separatism Program
August 18, 2016

Global Times reports that 2,939 Uyghur-speaking teachers from Xinjiang will be sent to schools elsewhere in China in what authorities are describing as an “aid program” aimed at combating separatism.

Is China An Atheist Country?
August 18, 2016
A crane winches a large red cross from one of three domes on the Guantou church in Wenzhou. The Chinese government has ordered the demolition of multiple churches around the country.

China claims that its residents are free to worship, but many religious practices are prohibited. So just how religious is China?

China’s Xi Jinping Talks Up ‘One Belt, One Road’ as Keynote Project Fizzles
August 18, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 18, 2016

The nebulous trade and infrastructure project is jeopardized by simmering regional conflicts and territorial disputes in the South China Sea

China Uses Thousands of Chinese Teachers to Combat Uighur ‘Separatism’
August 17, 2016
Uyghur kids

Beijing appears to be accelerating education programs designed to dilute the ethno-linguistic bond that gives Uighurs and Tibetans their distinct identity.

Criminal Gangs Selling Fake Kyrgyz Passports to China's Uyghurs
August 17, 2016

Local media follow the story of faked travel documents to Osh.

China tries out new hardware in Xinjiang counter-terror exercise
August 16, 2016
A Chinese "New Concept UAV," which could be used against "East Turkistan terrorists in the West [Xinjiang], in the vast Gobi desert, or even hiding in Pakistan"

China has tested 21 new pieces of security equipment, including drones, during a counter-terrorism exercise in the western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Tuesday, as it strengthens its presence in the violence-prone area.

Groups Call For Human Rights Pressure on China Ahead of Hangzhou G20
August 16, 2016
Church-goers are security checked by police as they arrive to worship in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, host city of the G20 summit, in undated photo.

Local residents say city-wide security checks and closures in host city Hangzhou are a 'nuisance.'

Chinese Authorities Question Students in Xinjiang about Religious Habits
August 15, 2016
An elderly Uyghur talks to a younger man outside a mosque before Friday prayers in Urumqi, capital of western China's Xinjiang region, May 23, 2014.

Questionnaire asks children to reveal which relatives pray, what they wear and who has facial hair.

UAA & UHRP Reports

Without land, there is no life: Chinese state suppression of Uyghur environmental activism
Jul 20, 2016

The Uyghur Human Rights Project releases a report on the limits placed on environmental activism among Uyghurs

For immediate release
July 20, 2016 10:30 am EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920

BRIEFING: China's New Counter-Terrorism Law and Its Human Rights Implications for the Uyghur People
Feb 1, 2016
Armed Chinese police patrol near the exit of Urumqi's South Railway Station.

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is concerned a new Counter-Terrorism Law adopted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) on December 27, 2015, and effective as of January 1, 2016, is a mandate for the Chinese government to commit human rights violations against the Uyghur people in East Turkestan.

Human Rights Day 2015: Act Now for Uyghur Political Prisoners
Dec 9, 2015

Sign a PETITION on behalf of Uyghurs in jail for political reasons