The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children.
News & Commentary
Jun 30, 2020
An Associated Press investigation based on government statistics indicates birth rates have plunged more than 60% in three years in regions of China primarily made up of Uyghur Muslims.
Jun 30, 2020
A China-based supplier of clothing items to U.S. construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar participates in a coercive labor program known as "Xinjiang Aid," according to documents and evidence reviewed by Axios.
Jun 30, 2020
Adrian Zenz says the measures ‘undergird a wider game plan of ethno-racial domination’ in the region.
Jun 26, 2020
Uyghur and Tibetan rights groups call for international community to hold Beijing accountable.
Jun 26, 2020
UN independent experts have repeatedly communicated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China their alarm regarding the repression of fundamental freedoms in China.
Jun 26, 2020
A Uyghur who studied abroad questions his decision not to return home amid reports of his father’s detention.
Jun 25, 2020
Sam Brownback says a new law ‘requires’ the US to review ways to end rights abuses in Xinjiang.
Jun 25, 2020
An ethnic Han man shares his impressions of Xinjiang after visiting it many years since his first encounter with the Uyghur region.
Jun 25, 2020
The city of Ghulja is reputed as a center of Uyghur rebellion, and has, in fact, often been a locus of resistance to Chinese power.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
UHRP REPORT—Kashgar Coerced: Forced Reconstruction, Exploitation, and Surveillance in the Cradle of Uyghur Culture
Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has released a new report, Kashgar Coerced: Forced Reconstruction, Exploitation, and Surveillance in the Cradle of Uyghur Culture. The report documents the Chinese government’s campaign to stamp out tangible aspects of Uyghur culture, using the ancient city of Kashgar as the most emblematic case.
UHRP EXPLAINER: Uyghur activists ask world to #HearUyghurs
Apr 24, 2020
Apr 24, 2020
The #HearUyghurs Campaign: On April 17, Uyghur diaspora activist Arslan Hidayat launched a new social-media campaign with the hashtag #HearUyghurs. The campaign highlights the trauma experienced by the worldwide Uyghur diaspora.
UHRP REPORT: Weaponized Passports: The Crisis of Uyghur Statelessness
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020
UHRP’s new report, “Weaponized Passports: The Crisis of Uyghur Statelessness,” documents an ongoing and worsening issue facing Uyghurs abroad, namely refusal to renew passports and denial of access to other documentation by the Chinese government.
UHRP BRIEFING: Local Residents in Danger of Starving in East Turkistan
Feb 26, 2020
Feb 26, 2020
The Uyghur Human Rights Project is deeply concerned by alarming new evidence that local residents are starving across the Uyghur homeland.
UHRP REPORT: “Ideological Transformation”: Records of Mass Detention from Qaraqash, Hotan
Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020
A new UHRP report analyzes a leaked document revealing ground-level implementation of the Chinese government’s mass detention program targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples.
UHRP BRIEFING: A Uyghur’s Reflections on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020
China’s Unprecedented Campaign to Eradicate the Faith, Identity and Cultural Heritage of the Uyghur People
Remarks by Omer Kanat at the 15th Annual Reflections on the Holocaust and Genocides, January 26, 2019, Centers for Pluralism