Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly rejected claims by five human rights groups that he hasn’t condemned the Chinese government’s detention of more than a million Muslims in the Xinjiang region, saying he has spoken out forcefully.
News & Commentary
Sep 19, 2019
Authorities say the two men ‘became ill,’ but provide no details.
Sep 19, 2019
The Chinese state has come down not once, but twice, on Mayila Yakufu
![American journalist Max Blumenthal travelled with a group of journalists and activists to Damascus in September 2019 [Twitter]](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/d770078f89a147bea79e5166e393e468_18.jpg?itok=RVPMGRYF "American journalist Max Blumenthal travelled with a group of journalists and activists to Damascus in September 2019 [Twitter]")
Sep 19, 2019
What a visit of a group of journalists and activists to Damascus can tell us about 'laundering' genocidal regimes.
Sep 19, 2019
Kong Yuanfeng describes life in a women's prison in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Sep 19, 2019
The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament announced today [18 September 2019] the nomination of Professor Ilham Tohti as its candidate for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2019.
Sep 19, 2019
United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva, 9-27 September 2019 EU Statement - Item 4: Human Rights situations that require the Council's attention
Sep 18, 2019
The Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group of around 12 million in northwest China, are required by the police to carry their smartphones and IDs listing their ethnicity.
Sep 18, 2019
In August 2018 I was in Zharkent, a market town in Kazakhstan near the Chinese border, reporting on the extradition trial of an asylum seeker named Sayragul Sauytbay.
Sep 18, 2019
The United States is considering how to confront China during the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations next week over its detention of some 1 million Muslims in a remote region, as some diplomats warn that U.S. leadership in global institutions is waning and China’s influence is growing.
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Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
New Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) report details how the Chinese government is engaged in a systematic and widespread campaign to intimidate and silence Uyghur Americans.
Aug 28, 2019
Aug 28, 2019
UHRP calls for greater protection of Uyghur Americans against Chinese state harassment.
UHRP BRIEFING: UHRP Presentation, Senate Human Rights Caucus, July 24, 2019
Jul 29, 2019
Jul 29, 2019
Presentation by UHRP Director Omer Kanat at the July 24, 2019 U.S. Senate Human Rights Caucus Briefing "Religious Freedom in China: Assessing the Role of Surveillance Technology in Abuses Against the Uyghurs and Across China"
UHRP BRIEFING: The Mass Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques by China: Remarks by UHRP Director Omer Kanat
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
International Religious Freedom Ministerial Side Event: The Mass Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques by China. Remarks by Omer Kanat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
UHRP UPDATE: 435 Intellectuals Detained and Disappeared in the Uyghur Homeland
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019
Since April 2017, the Chinese government has interned, imprisoned, or forcibly disappeared at least 435 intellectuals as part of its intensified assault on Uyghurs and erasure of their culture.
UHRP SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting Chinese Linguistic Imperialism: Abduweli Ayup and the Movement for Uyghur Mother Tongue-Based Education
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
A new special report published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project highlights the politically motivated linguicide of the Uyghur language
UHRP UPDATE: Detained and Disappeared: Intellectuals Under Assault in the Uyghur Homeland
Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019
The Uyghur Human Rights Project has identified at least 386 Uyghur intellectuals detained and disappeared since early 2017, victims of the massive campaign of ethno-religious repression carried out by the Chinese government in the Uyghur homeland. It is time to end business as usual.