Sophia Yan, China correspondent
Giulia Marchi Marnie Gill, video producer
Emma Mills, senior video producer
News & Commentary
Jun 4, 2019
Jun 4, 2019
The Chinese government isn’t letting up on its repression of Uyghurs. It’s setting a dangerous example of how to use “anti-terrorism” to justify authoritarian practices.
Jun 4, 2019
China has accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “prejudice and arrogance” after he issued a vehement condemnation of China’s human rights record on the 30th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protesters calling for democracy.
Jun 4, 2019
'It’s raining, and he comes out. He has a family, a business — he leaves everything and he’s stopped here doing this. He is a friend for the Muslim community'
Jun 4, 2019
A Chinese citizen of Kazakh descent, who made world headlines when she told court about camps for Muslim minorities in China's troubled Xinjiang region, has travelled to Sweden to seek asylum.
Jun 4, 2019
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, New Zealand Chinese writer Tze Ming Mok writes a beautiful, bitter letter to an old friend in Xinjiang, grappling with matters of conscience, community survival, and Anne-Marie Brady’s ‘Magic Weapons’ paper.
Jun 4, 2019
NGO Uyghur Human Rights Project has recently revealed that 58 journalists from the Xinjiang region are being detained, bringing Reporters Without Borders’ total count to 111 detainees in China.
![Secretary Pompeo Delivers Remarks to the Media U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2019. [State Department by Michael Gross/ Public Domain] Photo: U.S. Department of State](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/46663236544_b2a1d27542_z.jpg?itok=wvl8DAFz "Secretary Pompeo Delivers Remarks to the Media U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2019. [State Department by Michael Gross/ Public Domain] Photo: U.S. Department of State")
Jun 4, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called on Beijing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising this week by releasing all prisoners jailed for fighting human rights abuses in China.
Jun 4, 2019
Vice President calls on China to end persecution of religions
Jun 4, 2019
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project documents the detention of at least 58 journalists in the Xinjiang region in China. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the detention of the journalists and welcomed the report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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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.