Report by US-based think tank questions Beijing’s assertion that the massive infrastructure programme is directed at encouraging global trade
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Apr 18, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
Munzire, wife of missing Uyghur student Elyasjan Rahman, discusses his detention in Egypt and its effect on her family.
Apr 9, 2018
You can understand her frustration. More and more of Rebiya Kadeer's family have been rounded up into Chinese Communist Party re-education camps.
Apr 9, 2018
Activists, journalists and critics of Chinese leadership and authority tell stories of surveillance and threats abroad.
Apr 2, 2018
Even while Beijing pursues economic openness in the province, it’s turning Xinjiang into a security state.
Apr 2, 2018
As neither China nor Pakistan could afford the failure of the CPEC, local mistrust should be a serious concern.
Mar 29, 2018
China’s global kidnapping campaign has gone on for years. It may now be reaching inside U.S. borders.
Mar 28, 2018
Dozens gathered in Washington, D.C., last week to commemorate the life of Li Baiguang, a well-known human rights lawyer and advocate for Christians in China. Li died on Feb. 25 under suspicious circumstances after being admitted to Chinese Military Hospital No. 81 complaining of minor stomach pains. This was not the first time that Li’s life was under threat.
Mar 21, 2018
A China-backed UN resolution on “mutually beneficial cooperation” might not be all it seems.
Mar 19, 2018
Based on extensive interviews with writers, poets, artists, activists, and others personally affected by the government’s grip on online expression, as well as interviews with anonymous employees at Chinese social media companies, Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China lays bare the destructive impact of the Chinese government’s vision of “cyber sovereignty” on netizens who dare to dissent.
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The Fifth Poison: the Harassment of Uyghurs Overseas
Nov 28, 2017
Nov 28, 2017
The Chinese authorities’ recent coercion of Uyghur students studying abroad to return home has drawn international attention to the government’s campaign of harassment and control of Uyghurs living outside of China.
Simulated Autonomy: Uyghur Underrepresentation in Political Office
Oct 30, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the demographics of political office holders in East Turkestan and finds significant underrepresentation of Uyghurs.
BRIEFING: The Chinese Government’s Misleading White Paper on the Human Rights Situation in East Turkestan
Jul 6, 2017
Jul 6, 2017
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BRIEFING: Ban on “Islamic” names an absurd intrusion into Uyghurs’ private lives
May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) expresses alarm at recent measures preventing Uyghurs from choosing state restricted names for their newborn children.
Discrimination, Mistreatment and Coercion: Uyghurs Face Severe Labor Rights Abuses in China and East Turkestan
Apr 5, 2017
Apr 5, 2017
Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing the Uyghur people in East Turkestan.
End of the Road: One Belt, One Road and the Cumulative Economic Marginalization of the Uyghurs
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
End of the Road: One Belt, One Road and the Cumulative Economic Marginalization of the Uyghurs, a new research report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), is an examination of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) economic initiative from a Uyghur human rights perspective.