Uighur Muslims residing in US tell MEE that many of their family members have been rounded up into Chinese internment camps
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Nov 16, 2018
On casual strolls through the backstreets of Xinjiang’s major cities, I have seen padlocked doors and piles of rubble where mosques long stood.
Nov 16, 2018
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), today called on all those who value religious liberty to urge their members of Congress to support the bipartisan legislation condemning human rights violations against Turkic Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province and calling for an end to the arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
Nov 16, 2018
The story of one Kazakh woman who Chinese authorities forced to undergo an abortion and then assigned local government "minders" who were with her 24/7 as she attempted to escape China to Kazakhstan.
Nov 16, 2018
The federal government is holding up Canada’s experience with residential schools as a warning to China over its mass detention of Muslims – a subject raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with China’s Premier this week.
Nov 16, 2018
Xinjiang University lecturer Abdurehim Rahman had visited Turkey to conduct research.
Nov 15, 2018
China's Foreign Ministry has responded furiously to an official letter, reportedly drafted by 15 Western diplomats, calling for answers to the continuing human rights crisis in Xinjiang.
Nov 15, 2018
Every day, US-based Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja tries to call her family in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. Sometimes she tries up to 20 different numbers, just hoping that someone will pick up.
Nov 15, 2018
Bipartisan legislation would push for sanctions and set up a State Department coordinator on Xinjiang.
Nov 15, 2018
A group of 15 Western ambassadors in Beijing, spearheaded by Canada, are seeking a meeting with the top official in China’s restive, heavily Muslim Xinjiang region for an explanation of alleged rights abuses against ethnic Uighurs.
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The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region: Disappeared Forever?
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Sep 27, 2018
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Oral Statement of UHRP Chairman Nury Turkel, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Asia Subcommittee Hearing: "China's Repression and Internment of Uyghurs: U.S. Policy Responses." September 26, 2018.
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018
The human rights crisis in East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) requires an urgent international response. The mass internment of Uyghurs in camps across the region is occurring as the Chinese government promotes itself globally as a model of governance and trade through the Belt and Road Initiative.
The Mass Internment of Uyghurs: “We want to be respected as humans. Is it too much to ask?”
Aug 23, 2018
Aug 23, 2018
The mass internment of Uyghurs in camps across the region is occurring as the Chinese government promotes itself globally as a model of governance and trade through the Belt and Road Initiative. A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project documents the camp system and the individuals impacted.