On the South China Sea dispute, Saifuddin said Malaysia’s view was it should be resolved by talks between Beijing and the 10-member Asean bloc. Saifuddin said the Mahathir administration was also following ‘the Uygur story very closely’
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Malaysia won’t back down on sensitive issues even as it bolsters economic ties with China, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah says
![Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Singapore, Singapore, August 3, 2018. [State Department Photo / Public Domain]](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/640px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_with_Malaysian_FM_Saifuddin_Abdullah_%2842012332590%29.jpg?itok=JjRz4D1Q "Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Singapore, Singapore, August 3, 2018. [State Department Photo / Public Domain]")
April 23, 2019
How could Volkswagen’s CEO not know about China’s repression of Muslims?
April 23, 2019
A JOINT venture based in Shanghai, SAIC Volkswagen, is one of the oldest such automakers in China, with production based in several cities across the country, including in Xinjiang, home to ethnic Muslim Uighurs and other minorities in China’s far northwest.
Racial profiling by AI raises an ethical dilemma
April 23, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing, and numerous countries (in particular, China) are trying to implement it into their government, specifically in regards to law enforcement.
The Uyghurs: an Imprisonment of a People
April 23, 2019
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 the Turkish Heritage Organization (THO) hosted a panel discussion, “The Uyghurs: an Imprisonment of a People” with Omer Kanat, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the WUC, and former Ambassador John Herbst, the current Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former foreign service officer at the U.S. State Department, moderated by THO’s Communications Manager Savannah Lane.
China's Secret Internment Camps with Rian Thum
April 23, 2019
Did you know there are roughly one million people currently held in internment camps in China? One million people detained against their will, facing no criminal charges, cut off from the outside world.
Western AI researchers partnered with Chinese surveillance firms
April 22, 2019
Fears raised on lack of oversight in sensitive areas of academic collaboration
China’s surveillance state: An open-air prison in Xinjiang
April 22, 2019
Security cameras with facial-recognition technology, police stations watching your every move, restrictions on freedom of worship, strangers living in your home.
Volkswagen CEO Diess 'not aware' of China's Uighur camps
April 22, 2019
Herbert Diess, CEO of one of the world’s most well-known car companies, Volkswagen, claims not to know of the detention in China of up to a million Uighurs and other Muslim ethnicities in so-called re-education camps.
Minister denies Malaysia being silent in China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims
April 22, 2019
Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu denied that Malaysia is being in voicing out its concerns about China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim community.
Is China Conducting A Crackdown On Religion?
April 22, 2019
In recent months, the persecution of religious groups in China has been making headlines.
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.
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.
Dec 12, 2018
The Chinese Communist Party poses a fundamental threat to civilized values and a rules-based international order. The Party’s massive crackdown in 2018 is breathtaking, encompassing independent intellectuals, civil society, and religious believers of all kinds, including Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetan Buddhists, Chinese Buddhists, and Hui and Turkic Muslims across the length and breadth of China.
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April 19, 2019
The Chinese government would have you believe a good Uighur woman is one who knows how to apply false eyelashes and cook dumplings. She is neither too modest nor too forward. She is “good at singing and dancing.”
April 19, 2019
Since the late months of 2017, news media has increasingly published more information about the detainment of ethnic minority groups in China’s “re-education” camps.
April 18, 2019
The first panel event of the new Washington DC Nuvoices chapter was held last week, providing the perspective of two Uyghur women on the ongoing human rights crisis in their homeland.
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.
BRIEFING: Cultural Destruction in East Turkestan
Jan 26, 2019
Jan 26, 2019
The Chinese government has been demolishing Uyghur neighborhoods across East Turkestan, for more than a decade. This has resulted in the loss of physical structures, including Uyghur homes, shops, and religious sites. Uyghurs have been forcibly relocated to heavily monitored apartment blocks.