In the largest internment of minorities since the second World War, China has locked up more than 1 million ethnic Uighurs in internment camps in the north-western region of Xinjiang.
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Lawmakers push for probe of German companies' role in Xinjiang
December 6, 2019
Nazi-era use of slave labor haunts Siemens, Volkswagen and BASF
Kazakhstan to return asylum seekers to China: security committee
December 6, 2019
Two ethnic Kazakhs from China’s Xinjiang region arrested for illegally entering Kazakhstan in an asylum bid will be handed back to China, the Central Asian country’s national security committee said Friday.
A World With a Billion Cameras Watching You Is Just Around the Corner
December 6, 2019
Global numbers to grow almost 30% as higher image quality allows better facial recognition
U.S. Uighur bill's threat to surveillance economy puts China on offensive
December 6, 2019
China reacted angrily to President Donald Trump’s approval of legislation supporting Hong Kong protesters last month, but movement on another congressional bill, backing Uighur Muslims in China’s northwest, has cut even closer to the bone and could trigger reprisals and hurt efforts to resolve the U.S.-China trade war.
Authoritarianism with Chinese Characteristics: Political and Religious Human Rights Challenges in China
December 6, 2019
December 10, 2019 1:30 PM at 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
China is trolling and hacking Uighur exiles across the world
December 6, 2019
Once, Uighurs forced to flee China would at least get some respite. Not anymore
Science publishers review ethics of research on Chinese minority groups
December 6, 2019
Springer Nature and Wiley have concerns about lack of consent in genetics and facial-recognition papers.
Brother of Uyghur Linguist Confirmed Held in Xinjiang Internment Camp For Years
December 5, 2019
Erkin Ayup was detained after spending decades as a civil servant.
China’s Genetic Research on Ethnic Minorities Sets Off Science Backlash
December 5, 2019
Scientists are raising questions about the ethics of studies backed by Chinese surveillance agencies. Prestigious journals are taking action.
Senate Defies China Threat, Smoothing Path for Human Rights Bill
December 5, 2019
The U.S. Senate is rushing to approve a bill to punish China for the oppression of a Muslim ethnic group, with a bipartisan pair of senators maneuvering to get the measure to President Donald Trump as soon as possible.
Dec 3, 2019
UHRP applauds the passage of the UIGHUR Act of 2019 by the US House of Representatives, which sends an important signal to Beijing that the international community is not ignoring the crimes against humanity taking place in East Turkestan.
Nov 27, 2019
At the December Executive Board meeting, the IOC should inform Beijing it will no longer be able to cooperate in planning for the 2022 Games
Nov 24, 2019
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls for survivor accounts of sexual and gendered violence in Chinese government concentration camps to be heard.
Nov 19, 2019
On World Children’s Day, and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UHRP calls for international action urging Chinese officials to reunite Uyghur children with their parents.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
December 6, 2019
Once, Uighurs forced to flee China would at least get some respite. Not anymore
December 5, 2019
The passage of a bill opposing the Chinese regime’s human rights suppression of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang has drawn an angry response from Beijing.
December 5, 2019
Chinese officials have expressed outrage after the House passed a bill late Tuesday condemning Beijing's crackdown on China's Muslim Uighur minority.
UHRP REPORT: Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques and Shrines
Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
A new report presents evidence of the complete or partial destruction of over 100 mosques by the Chinese government. Researcher Bahram Sintash and the Uyghur Human Rights Project cross-reference satellite imagery, photographs, and witness testimony to document the Chinese government’s campaign to wipe out the physical sites of Uyghur Islamic practice.
UHRP BRIEFING: The 2022 Winter Olympics and Beijing’s Uyghur Policy: Sports in the Shadows of Concentration Camps
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
In 2015, Beijing was awarded the rights to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. While the government of the People’s Republic of China has overseen preparations for the 2022 Games under the motto of “joyful rendezvous upon pure ice and snow,” the same state has also overseen the development of a network of concentration camps in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang).
UHRP BRIEFING: Testimony of Nury Turkel at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing
Oct 17, 2019
Oct 17, 2019
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing: Forced Labor, Mass Internment, and Social Control in Xinjiang