Turkey called on China to close its internment camps for Muslims, saying the camps which reportedly hold a million ethnic Uighur people are a “great shame for humanity”.
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Feb 11, 2019
By Gerry Shih
February 10
Feb 11, 2019
Turkey has called China’s mass repression of its Uighur Muslim ethnic minority a “great shame for humanity” and has urged the Chinese government to close detention camps estimated to hold a million people, a rare rebuke from a majority-Muslim country.
Feb 11, 2019
Chinese state media have released a video appearing to show a Uighur musician previously reported to have died in a detention camp.
Feb 11, 2019
Other countries should follow Turkey's lead in calling out China's mistreatment of UighurMuslims, said the head of a major human rights group on Feb. 10.
Feb 11, 2019
Activists urge the government to help in the release of Australian Uighurs held in China's Xinjiang region.
Feb 11, 2019
The disappearance of Uyghur artist Sanuba Tursun highlights a staggering truth: the G Word is a reality.
Feb 11, 2019
Everyday items from agricultural production to vocational tools to tea sets could get you arrested in Xinjiang. The official list of prohibited items disclosed.
Feb 11, 2019
The Chinese government has released a video of Uighur poet and musician Abdurehim Heyit in an attempt to disprove reports of his death in custody. But Rahima Mahmut, a Uighur singer and rights activist, told DW the video is disturbing and raises more questions than it answers.
Feb 11, 2019
Public awareness in the United States of this situation is not nearly widespread enough.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
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.”
A Laboratory for Repression: China's Crimes Against Humanity in the Uyghur Homeland
Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018
The Chinese Communist Party poses a fundamental threat to civilized values and a rules-based international order. The Party’s massive crackdown in 2018 is breathtaking, encompassing independent intellectuals, civil society, and religious believers of all kinds, including Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetan Buddhists, Chinese Buddhists, and Hui and Turkic Muslims across the length and breadth of China.