Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics that are scheduled to take place in Beijing, UNPO Member the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has launched a campaign to call upon China to respect the human rights of Uyghurs or lose the right to host the 2022 Olympics.
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Aug 20, 2019
Aug 20, 2019
The P.R.C. has attempted to clarify its position on Xinjiang’s ‘education and training centers’ in a series of lengthy ‘white paper’ policy statements.[i] Unfortunately, despite their bulk, the white papers do not address the most pressing concerns, including the legal basis for depriving people of their physical liberty. Instead, they baldly deny that the education centers are a form of detention, without refuting the evidence to the contrary.
Aug 19, 2019
Almas Nizamidin spoke to his mother Zulpiye Jalalidin during her three-day leave from camps for the Eid holiday.
Aug 19, 2019
Born in the walled city of Kashgar during the Cultural Revolution, Mir Kamil is an eye-witness of the atrocious Chinese persecution of Uighur
Aug 19, 2019
Serikzhan Bilash was released with a fine and a promise to end his activism for ethnic Kazakhs detained in China.
Aug 19, 2019
A source says Eziz was detained in 2017 for driving a neighbor to see their son in jail.
Aug 19, 2019
The White House has quietly appointed Elnigar Iltebir, a Uighur-American scholar, to direct the National Security Council's China policy.
Aug 19, 2019
Abdulmalik Abdulaziz, an Uighur student, was arrested and handcuffed by Egyptian police and when they removed his blindfold he was surprised to see Chinese officials questioning him in custody.
Aug 19, 2019
A million ethnic minority Uighurs have been detained in “re-education camps.” Here, three young people recall how their parents vanished.
Aug 19, 2019
By Austin Ramzy
Aug. 17, 2019
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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.
UHRP UPDATE: 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.