Last year, vice-chair of the United Nations anti-racism committee, Gay McDougall, stated that China had turned East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) into “something resembling a massive internment camp, shrouded in secrecy, a sort of no-rights zone.”
One of the social media giants says it will no longer accept ad money from state-controlled media.
Haunting images on TikTok’s domestic Chinese affiliate appear to challenge Beijing’s assurances about mass-internment campaign
Nury Turkel, chairman of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, looks at the persecution of Uyghur Muslims, an ethnic minority group, by the Chinese government. He breaks down claims Uyghur Muslims who were detained in “re-education centers” have been released and integrated back into society.
Beijing has published a document claiming that the transformation through education camps in Xinjiang are just beautiful schools. This bunch of lies should fool no one.
BuzzFeed News found two ads placed in the last three days casting doubt on human rights violations in Xinjiang, where the Chinese government has detained more than a million people.
Families of detained Uighur Muslims are using viral video app TikTok to raise awareness about the estimated one million Uighurs who are thought to be detained in Chinese concentration camps, The Guardian reported.
Families of detained Uighur Muslims are using viral video app TikTok to raise awareness about the estimated one million Uighurs who are thought to be detained in Chinese concentration camps, The Guardian reported.
Ablikim Ghopur had been recognized for his contribution to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
![Workers tend to a vehicle at the SAIC Volkswagen’s facility in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Sept 4, 2018 [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/5b8e8189a310add1c69a53bf%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=aL49ALSM "Workers tend to a vehicle at the SAIC Volkswagen’s facility in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Sept 4, 2018 [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]")
Volkswagen, Siemens and more are making money in Xinjiang, where minorities are being herded into detention camps.
Qatar withdrew from a letter signed by dozens of countries expressing support for China’s human-rights record despite growing international condemnation over its detention of as many as two million ethnic Muslim Uighurs.
International Religious Freedom Ministerial Side Event: The Mass Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques by China. Remarks by Omer Kanat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
The Chinese government’s violent suppression of a peaceful protest in Urumchi on July 5, 2009 constituted grave violations of international human rights standards.
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls on all concerned governments to sanction Chinese officials for the torture of individuals held in Chinese government concentration camps.
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Last year, vice-chair of the United Nations anti-racism committee, Gay McDougall, stated that China had turned East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) into “something resembling a massive internment camp, shrouded in secrecy, a sort of no-rights zone.”
Nury Turkel, chairman of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, looks at the persecution of Uyghur Muslims, an ethnic minority group, by the Chinese government. He breaks down claims Uyghur Muslims who were detained in “re-education centers” have been released and integrated back into society.
A million ethnic minority Uighurs have been detained in “re-education camps.” Here, three young people recall how their parents vanished.
Presentation by UHRP Director Omer Kanat at the July 24, 2019 U.S. Senate Human Rights Caucus Briefing "Religious Freedom in China: Assessing the Role of Surveillance Technology in Abuses Against the Uyghurs and Across China"
International Religious Freedom Ministerial Side Event: The Mass Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques by China. Remarks by Omer Kanat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Since April 2017, the Chinese government has interned, imprisoned, or forcibly disappeared at least 435 intellectuals as part of its intensified assault on Uyghurs and erasure of their culture.