44% of China’s Imprisoned Journalists Are Uyghurs

May 3, 2022

Peter Irwin, the senior program officer for advocacy and communications at the Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project, told VOA that China has for many years targeted Uyghur journalists.

“In many ways, (Uyghur) journalists were among the earliest targets for suppression and imprisonment by the Chinese government,” Irwin said.

According to Irwin, before 2015, Uyghur journalists who wrote independently or moderated blogs or other publications were targeted for their work.

“After 2015 or so, you see a heightened attention to Uyghur journalists who tried their best to follow the arbitrary rules set out by the government and still couldn’t avoid imprisonment,” Irwin said.

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