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Jun 11, 2019
As a young boy growing up in 1960s Britain, George Orwell was one of my favourite authors and I avidly consumed everything he wrote. His novel 1984 was composed as a vision of a terrible future of totalitarian control of people by the capture of data about their behaviour by the state.
Jun 10, 2019
Nuria Khasim smiles fondly when she remembers what Xinjiang used to be like. The beautiful nature, the smells from the marketplace and more importantly, her Uyghur family.
Jun 10, 2019
AS A GIRL, Ziba Murat left her home and her mother in northwest China to come to the United States. Her mother, Gulshan Abbas, was a medical doctor who cared for the sick, injured and vulnerable. Despite their distance, Ziba remained close with Gulshan, regularly exchanging messages and speaking over the phone.
Jun 10, 2019
A Kazakh court has extended the house arrest measure for the leader of a group that raised concerns over the internment of ethnic Kazakhs in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
Jun 10, 2019
Over the past 18 months, terrifying reports of mass detention have emerged from Xinjiang, China. Events transpiring in Xinjiang today represent among the worst human rights abuses in Asia—if not in the world.
Jun 10, 2019
Barbed wire enclosures at agricultural campuses should be only for livestock, not Muslim political prisoners in China’s reeducation camps, the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom says.
Jun 10, 2019
President of World Uyghur Congress, Dalai Lama and Rebiya Kadeer were all denied entry to Taiwan
Jun 10, 2019
In 2015, Mihrigul Tursun arrived at a Chinese airport and was immediately apprehended by authorities.
Jun 10, 2019
The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim) calls on the People’s Republic of China to release Uyghur Muslims immediately from the Xinjiang detention camps. Abim also urges all such centres and established camps to be closed without delay.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
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
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.
The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region Continues
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
Persecution of teachers, scholars and artists constitutes an attempt to erase Uyghur culture. 338 Uyghur intellectuals interned, imprisoned or forcibly disappeared since April 2017, including 21 staff mebers of Xinjiang University. International scholarly exchange with China cannot be justified until they are released.
UHRP BRIEFING: Cultural Destruction in East Turkestan
Jan 26, 2019
Jan 26, 2019
The Chinese government has been demolishing Uyghur neighborhoods across East Turkestan, for more than a decade. This has resulted in the loss of physical structures, including Uyghur homes, shops, and religious sites. Uyghurs have been forcibly relocated to heavily monitored apartment blocks.
BRIEFING: Concentration Camps in China for Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims
Jan 26, 2019
Jan 26, 2019
The massive scale and sudden establishment of the concentration camp system in East Turkestan is unprecedented. According to US government estimates, there are a minimum of 800,000 and possibly over 2 million people currently detained. This is up to 20 percent of the Uyghur population.
UHRP BRIEFING: Religious Repression of the Uyghurs
Jan 26, 2019
Jan 26, 2019
Religious expression is one of the primary reasons the government is sending people to the expanding network of internment camps across East Turkestan (aka Xinjiang). There are reports of people being sent to the camps for having attended a wedding or funeral where a religious passage was read.