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Adrian Zenz speaks about mass disappearances in Xinjiang
Jun 26, 2018

In recent months news that China is rounding up Muslims (mostly Uighurs) en masse in its northwestern Xinjiang region to political re-education camps has shocked many, although the story is still massively under-reported. 

Observing Ramadan under harsh conditions
Jun 11, 2018

China tightening its grip on the Uighur minority is highly condemnable as they have been subjected to a steady erosion of their right to practise their beliefs

Here’s how to re-educate an entire ethnic group
Police officers on duty in the vicinity of a center believed to be used for re-education in Xinjiang's Korla city, Nov. 2, 2017.
Jun 11, 2018

There are 10-11 million native Uyghur Turks living in China’s western-most Xinjiang province. But as many as 1 million of those are believed to be interred in “re-education camps”.

Remembering Tiananmen; The Uighur Crackdown
Jun 7, 2018

Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on the 29th anniversary of the June 4 massacre and a disturbing turn in Xinjiang.

Op-Ed: China’s growing power is a new challenge for civil society
Tibetan exiles attend a protest held to mark the 10th anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in New Delhi, India, March 14, 2018. Source: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Jun 6, 2018

By Andrew Firmin
6th June 2018

America, Hold on to Your Allies. You’ll Need Them.
Jun 6, 2018

When leaders of the Group of 7 countries meet in Quebec on Friday, the United States can expect a chilly reception. The other G-7 countries — France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada — have already expressed “unanimous concern and disappointment” with President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum in a joint statement issued by their finance ministers last week.

China’s repugnant campaign to destroy a minority people
Police officers patrol in China’s Xinjiang province in February. (Kyodo News via Getty Images)
May 21, 2018

CHINA IS undertaking a repugnant campaign to destroy the identity of a minority people, the Uighur Muslims of Xinjiang province in the far northwest. The Chinese government has in recent years blamed violent attacks in the region on Islamist extremists and has targeted Uighurs and others for pressure and persecution.

16 May Xinjiang Today: Wang Zhen Rides Again?
Wang Zhen
May 17, 2018

By Tom Cliff
Posted at 19:30h

What Really Happens in China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps
Protesters demanding that China respect human rights in its Xinjiang region and release members of the Uighur minority detained in so-called re-education centers there, in Brussels in April.CreditEmmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
May 15, 2018

What does it take to intern half a million members of one ethnic group in just a year? Enormous resources and elaborate organization, but the Chinese authorities aren’t stingy.

Commentary: China’s Muslim minority faces a modern Orwellian nightmare
Men install a CCTV camera in a shopping street in the old town of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
May 14, 2018

At least 120,000 Uighurs have been imprisoned in so-called “re-education camps” in the last two years, according to the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia.

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