Preparing for the President’s visit to Shandong’s Qingdao city to attend Navy Day celebrations, authorities are increasing security in the name of “maintaining stability.”
News & Commentary
Apr 9, 2019
As China continues to flout the internationally protected right to freedom of religion in the harshest possible ways, the EU’s silence on the matter is unsettling, writes Thomas Mann.
Apr 9, 2019
On March 19, 2019, Professor James MIllward and Uyghur Human Rights advocate Nury Turkel engaged in a conversation on Human Rights in the Modern world relating to China's detainment and globally criticized policies impacting the Uyghur population. Co sponsor ACMCU presents the talk in full.
Apr 9, 2019
The Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect have released a joint policy brief on China's treatment of the Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and how it could constitute crimes against humanity under international law.
Apr 9, 2019
Richard Nixon said no to the people of Xinjiang. President Trump has a chance to change course.
Apr 9, 2019
Chinese officials are in Washington this week to negotiate President Trump's long-promised trade deal amid growing pressure on the Trump administration to sanction China for what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the worst human rights abuses since the 1930s.
Apr 9, 2019
Ferkat Jawdat, who lives in Virginia, told BuzzFeed News that China was using his relatives “as hostages.”
Apr 8, 2019
Chen Quanguo’s social-control methods in Xinjiang are spreading to other parts of China
Apr 8, 2019
The levelling of ancient sites in Xinjiang, alongside mass detention, is part of an attempt to destroy an entire society
Apr 8, 2019
China is waging a global campaign against the Uighurs, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority concentrated in its western frontier of Xinjiang.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
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.
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.
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.
BRIEFING: Assault on the Uyghur Language in East Turkestan
Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019
Chinese government officials have emphasized Mandarin language ability as a marker of modernity and, more recently, a necessity in the fight against “terrorism.”