A UN panel has said China detains about 1 million in secretive “reeducation camps,” where they face political indoctrination and torture.
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Surprise Default in Xinjiang Raises New Debt Fears
August 16, 2018
The Xinjiang default could dampen investors’ confidence in bonds issued by government-linked investment vehicles
IS THE WHITE HOUSE IN ANY POSITION TO HELP CHINESE MUSLIMS?
August 15, 2018
Rights advocates suggest the president's hostile rhetoric and policies on American Muslims jeopardize his administration's ability to advocate against abuses abroad.
Chinese Cops Now Spying on American Soil
August 14, 2018
China is compiling a global registry of its ethnic minorities who have fled persecution, threatening to detain the families of those who don’t comply. The message: Nowhere is safe.
Chinese Landlord Rents to Uyghurs, is Arrested on ‘Terror’ Charge
August 14, 2018
His tenants have been told to go back to Xinjiang, where authorities will be told of their 'situation," a police source says.
UN reports of ''re-education'' camps for the Uyghur Muslim minority in China
August 14, 2018
Guest: Nury Turkel, Uyghur-American Attorney and Board Chair Uyghur Human Rights Project
China's state media defends Xinjiang Muslim crackdown
![Paramilitary police patrol the airport in Hotan in western China's Xinjiang region [File: Ng Han Guan/AP]](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/75611087a16b4304aeddbc0e08d97f3d_18.jpg?itok=T-Lm4Apl "Paramilitary police patrol the airport in Hotan in western China's Xinjiang region [File: Ng Han Guan/AP]")
August 13, 2018
More than one million Uighurs are estimated to be in detention in 'counter-extremism centres' in China's far west.
Exporting persecution: Uyghur diaspora haunted by anxiety, guilt as family held in Chinese camps
August 13, 2018
Sometimes, at the Vista Heights Public School in Mississauga, when the teacher gathers students around for a community circle, Khadija Abdulaziz talks about her relatives in China, the dozens of people who have disappeared.
Aug 14, 2018
For immediate release
August 14, 2018 11:05 am EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920
Jul 10, 2018
Fear of contacting relatives in China and imposition of arbitrary conditions to obtain documents prevents Uyghurs from beginning new lives in t
Jul 3, 2018
For immediate Release
July 3, 2018 11:10 am EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920
Jun 25, 2018
For immediate Release
June 25, 2018 3:45 pm EST
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August 15, 2018
Rights advocates suggest the president's hostile rhetoric and policies on American Muslims jeopardize his administration's ability to advocate against abuses abroad.
August 14, 2018
Guest: Nury Turkel, Uyghur-American Attorney and Board Chair Uyghur Human Rights Project
August 6, 2018
Someone asked me for readings on the Xinjiang camps, and I compiled this biblio to keep track; cleaned it up to share here.
Extracting Cultural Resources: the Exploitation and Criminalization of Uyghur Cultural Heritage
Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018
For immediate Release
June 12, 2018, 11:00 am EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920
Briefing: Chinese Government Accelerates Assimilative Policies in “Sinicization of Religion” Campaign
May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018
For immediate release
May 9, 2018 1:00 pm EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920
UHRP releases new report- ‘The Bingtuan: China’s Paramilitary Colonizing Force in East Turkestan’
Apr 26, 2018
Apr 26, 2018
For immediate Release
April 26, 2018, 10:45 am EST
Contact: Uyghur Human Rights Project +1 (202) 478 1920