Officials grant the sessions ‘because they know we are suffering,’ a former detainee says.
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RFA Identifies Uyghur Detainees in Iconic Photo
May 20, 2019
The five men were held at the Lop county detention camp in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Uyghur freedom fighter Rebiya Kadeer given Free Spirit Award 2018
May 20, 2019
Prominent Uyghur freedom fighter Rebiya Kadeer has been named the recipient of the Free Spirit Award 2018 during an event in McLeod Ganj.
Who Will Speak for Serikzhan Bilash? Not Washington.
May 20, 2019
There can be no demanding justice for those interned in China while refusing to defend the people who attempt to provide it.
Pakistan's silence on fasting ban for China Uighurs riles activists
May 20, 2019
But is public resentment enough to force PM Khan's government to confront Beijing?
X-ing Out Xinjiang
May 20, 2019
A China studies scholar says a journal editor censored him by striking out a section of a book review critical of the Chinese government's policies in Xinjiang. The editor denies it was censorship.
Forced labor in Xinjiang
May 20, 2019
Western companies have links to forced labor in China's far western province of Xinjiang. That's from a new Wall Street Journal report. Marco speaks with Rian Thum, a leading expert on Xinjiang, from the University of Nottingham.
Making the Xinjiang authorities dance: 40 examples of publicized cases
May 20, 2019
For the past half-year and probably longer, I’ve admittedly been a broken record in replaying the same mantra when talking of what works in getting the oh-so-scary Xinjiang authorities to somehow curb their seemingly unbridled madness.
Empty Uyghur Mosques During Ramadan in China
May 20, 2019
In 2014 Uyghur college students secretly fasted during Ramadan. Many of them would wake up early in the morning to eat the cold pilaf and nan that they had hidden away on the bookshelves on their bunk beds before they went to sleep.
Diplomat Confirms Limits on Ramadan in Xinjiang
May 17, 2019
A Chinese official denies allegations by activists that China’s government is blocking Muslim religious practices in the restive Xinjiang region during the holy month of Ramadan.
China pushes inter-ethnic marriage in Xinjiang assimilation drive
May 17, 2019
China's fractious far-west region of Xinjiang has changed its university entrance exam rules to give children from mixed families a leg-up on other students, in what experts say are the latest efforts to erase a mostly Muslim ethnic culture.
May 16, 2019
A new special report published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project highlights the politically motivated linguicide of the Uyghur language
May 1, 2019
On World Press Freedom Day, governments and the United Nations must call on China to free interned and imprisoned Uyghur journalists and to open East Turkestan to foreign reporters.
Mar 25, 2019
The Uyghur Human Rights Project has identified at least 386 Uyghur intellectuals detained and disappeared since early 2017, victims of the massive campaign of ethno-religious repression carried out by the Chinese government in the Uyghur homeland. It is time to end business as usual.
Feb 4, 2019
Twenty-two years later the unlawful killing of Uyghur demonstrators in Ghulja remains uninvestigated, as the Chinese government conducts a campaign of mass internment and imprisonment. The Chinese authorities' zero tolerance for peaceful dissent in 1997 has developed into the targeting of any Uyghur in a bid to eradicate the Uyghur identity and culture.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
May 16, 2019
A key part of China’s campaign against Uyghur identity is a crackdown on the Uyghur language.
May 14, 2019
In 2018, school officials in Peyziwat County in East Turkestan in the northwest of China forced Uyghur students and their parents to sign pledges that they would not fast during Ramadan.
May 9, 2019
Published on May 9, 2019
Omer Kanat, chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress joins the discussion.
Resisting Chinese Linguistic Imperialism: Abduweli Ayup and the Movement for Uyghur Mother Tongue-Based Education
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
A new special report published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project highlights the politically motivated linguicide of the Uyghur language
Detained and Disappeared: Intellectuals Under Assault in the Uyghur Homeland
Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019
The Uyghur Human Rights Project has identified at least 386 Uyghur intellectuals detained and disappeared since early 2017, victims of the massive campaign of ethno-religious repression carried out by the Chinese government in the Uyghur homeland. It is time to end business as usual.
The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region Continues
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
Persecution of teachers, scholars and artists constitutes an attempt to erase Uyghur culture. 338 Uyghur intellectuals interned, imprisoned or forcibly disappeared since April 2017, including 21 staff mebers of Xinjiang University. International scholarly exchange with China cannot be justified until they are released.