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 UHRP releases press releases on major issues.  They are listed below.


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Reports: Uyghur asylum seekers deported from Cambodia sentenced to life, 17 years in prison
Published 01/26/2012 | Press Releases
According to a January 25 Radio Free Asia (RFA) report, citing local sources, Musa Muhammad, one of 20 Uyghur asylum seekers who was deported from Cambodia on December 19, 2009, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison by a Chinese court during a closed trial.
Uyghurs shot to death in Guma County, amid intense state-led repression
Published 12/29/2011 | Press Releases
The Uyghur American Association is extremely concerned about the reported killings of seven Uyghurs on December 28 in Guma (Chinese: Pishan) County, which took place amid an official “strike hard” campaign in East Turkestan.
Report: Hundreds of Uyghurs protest attack on Uyghur high school students in Karamay
Published 10/19/2011 | Press Releases
According to a report from Radio Free Asia (RFA), hundreds of Uyghur students, teachers, staff, and parents affiliated with the Karamay No. 2 High School took part in a peaceful demonstration on October 17, calling upon authorities to punish the perpetrators of an attack against Uyghur students at the high school and asking them to ensure the life and safety of the students.
They Can’t Send Me Back: Uyghur Asylum Seekers in Europe
Published 09/20/2011 | UHRP and UAA Reports , Press Releases
A new report by the UHRP documents the challenges faced by Uyghur asylum seekers in Europe, and examines the reasons why they fled East Turkestan or Central Asia. 
Commemorating the victims of September 11
Published 09/9/2011 | Press Releases
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States, the Uyghur American Association (UAA) mourns the loss of innocent lives lost in the senseless violence of that day.


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