Experience how Dilraba and her family was harassed and threatened by the authorities in China because Dilraba and her family where Uyghur, and she eventually felt she had to flee to survive.
News & Commentary
Aug 14, 2019
Abdurahman Memet believed notes from his parents and brother were proof they had been imprisoned in Chinese ‘re-education’ centres
Aug 14, 2019
Wife of imprisoned Kazakh anti-CCP activist asks the international community to save her husband, claiming he may be secretly deported to China and “disappear” there.
Aug 14, 2019
In a joint statement, 22 mostly Western countries recently condemned China's mass detention of members from the Uighur ethnic Muslim minority based in its Xinjiang region.
Aug 14, 2019
China is forcibly sterilising women held in its vast network of "re-education" camps which house political and religious prisoners, survivors have claimed.
Aug 14, 2019
Aihemaiti Xinaimixiding's wife tells MEE she worries that her husband will be sent to a 're-education' camp if taken back to China
Aug 13, 2019
More nations are speaking out against China's brutal crackdown of its Uighur population. But some surprising voices are piping up in support of the country's policies.
Aug 13, 2019
Denying freedom of religion for ethnic minorities, the Chinese government is suppressing their individual cultures. Such actions by the Chinese government can only be considered infringements of human rights.
Aug 13, 2019
The 11 refugee communities participating in the gathering, he added, including the Rohingya, Syrian, Afghan, Sudanese, Uighur, Yemeni, Somali, Pakistan, Iraqi and Palestinian communities, were pleased with the event. Each community received livestock donated by locals for the gathering.
Aug 12, 2019
Two weeks ago Newshub Nation reported on a Uyghur man living in New Zealand who claims he fears for his safety after receiving threatening phone calls from the Chinese embassy.Shawadun Abdul-Gopur believes his relatives are among the 1 million Uyghurs being detained in Chinese prison camps.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
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.