The US Senate has approved a bill to press China on its treatment of Uighurs, requiring the US government to closely monitor the mass incarceration of the community and consider punishment of those responsible.
News & Commentary
Sep 12, 2019
Nectar Gan
Published: 10:00pm, 12 Sep, 2019
Sep 12, 2019
The Chinese government is forcing Uighurs and other ethnic minorities to work in factories in Xinjiang province for little or no pay and under cruel working conditions.
Sep 11, 2019
Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev is making a state visit to Beijing this week amid a wave of protests at home against what demonstrators describe as mounting Chinese influence through financial projects and assistance to the resource-rich Central Asian state.
Sep 11, 2019
As more reports emerge about ongoing human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against the indigenous Uighur population, the likelihood of more companies being swept into controversy over the use of forced and child labour in Xinjiang increases.
Sep 11, 2019
A crowdsourcing project in Kazakhstan is treating victims of Chinese detention camps.
Sep 11, 2019
China’s criminal policy of “Two Restraints, One Leniency” (liangshao yikuan 两少一宽) was enacted during the administration of reformist leader Hu Yaobang (1982-1987).
Sep 11, 2019
The Chinese military technology industry is becoming a serious leader in Central Asia.
Sep 11, 2019
National leader Simon Bridges’ enthusiastic praise of the Chinese regime during a recent visit, and subsequent irritable defence of them, sits uneasily with growing concern about the Asian superpower, Sam Sachdeva writes.
Sep 10, 2019
The group calls on Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene in Tashpolat Teyip’s case.
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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
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.