China’s critics from different countries took turns lambasting it in front of its San Francisco consulate as the People’s Republic marked its 70th founding anniversary.
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Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
Come and join the first academic dialogue on the topic of Human Rights on the Uyghur Issue in the University of Rochester!
Oct 10, 2019
“Google Uyghurs” in Washington, D.C. Nury Turkel, Uyghur-American Association
Oct 10, 2019
In June, the family had been reported as ‘safe at home’ in Xinjiang following weeks held incommunicado.
Oct 10, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that China’s treatment of Muslims, including the Uighurs, in western China was an “enormous human rights violation” and Washington will continue to raise the issue.
Oct 10, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Beijing is responsible for the 'enormous human rights violation' in Xinjiang.
Oct 10, 2019
No one outside the Chinese government knows where Tashpolat Tiyip is. No one knows exactly what charges have been filed against him.
Oct 9, 2019
Over two years ago, Yiliyasijiang Reheman went missing while studying in Egypt - his family believe he was taken. Demand his release now.
Oct 9, 2019
The announcement comes a week after Tohti was awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in absentia.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
The 2022 Winter Olympics and Beijing’s Uyghur Policy: Sports in the Shadows of Concentration Camps
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
For immediate release
October 21, 2019 5:20 pm EST
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