US secretary of state will bring up China’s mass internment of Muslim ethnic minorities with his central Asian counterparts during January trip
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Dec 31, 2019
![Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo (right) meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Singapore, Singapore, August 3, 2018. [State Department Photo / Public Domain] pHoto: U.S. Department of State from United States](https://uhrp.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_related/public/field/image/640px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_with_Malaysian_FM_Saifuddin_Abdullah_%2842012332590%29_0.jpg?itok=_zVw__c3 "Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo (right) meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, in Singapore, Singapore, August 3, 2018. [State Department Photo / Public Domain] pHoto: U.S. Department of State from United States")
Dec 31, 2019
Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah: “We want to ensure the truth behind each and every report [about Xinjiang].”
Dec 31, 2019
The school on the outskirts of Istanbul is a rare place where Uighur child refugees from China can study their language and culture.
Dec 31, 2019
The suffering of Uighurs caught global attention this year—but the Chinese authorities weren’t moved.
Dec 30, 2019
Oppression against Muslims worldwide, including Uighurs, must be acknowledged, says Malaysian premier
Dec 30, 2019
Indonesia has been actively communicating with China on Uighur issues to raise concern about freedom of religion among the Muslim-majority ethnic group in China's westernmost Xinjiang province, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Friday.
Dec 30, 2019
Sky News exclusively reveals evidence of collusion between an espionage group's activities and China's government.
Dec 30, 2019
In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party.
Dec 30, 2019
As hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic Kyrgyz continue to be imprisoned in so-called “education camps” in the People’s Republic of China, governments around the world continue to interact with Beijing....
Dec 30, 2019
IT’S BEEN DESCRIBED as the worst human rights crisis in the world — the arbitrary detention in sprawling camps of a million or more Uighur Muslims in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province.
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UHRP BRIEFING: The “laboratory of repression” in East Turkistan: the action agenda | Remarks by Omer Kanat
Dec 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2019
The “laboratory of repression” in East Turkistan demands action by a long list of institutions. Universities, hospitals, and medical companies cannot claim ignorance. The cotton industry and tech companies are on notice. The World Bank and the Olympics are in the hot seat for complicity. History is watching. The lesson is very simple: business as usual must not continue.
UHRP REPORT: Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques and Shrines
Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
A new report presents evidence of the complete or partial destruction of over 100 mosques by the Chinese government. Researcher Bahram Sintash and the Uyghur Human Rights Project cross-reference satellite imagery, photographs, and witness testimony to document the Chinese government’s campaign to wipe out the physical sites of Uyghur Islamic practice.
UHRP BRIEFING: The 2022 Winter Olympics and Beijing’s Uyghur Policy: Sports in the Shadows of Concentration Camps
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
In 2015, Beijing was awarded the rights to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. While the government of the People’s Republic of China has overseen preparations for the 2022 Games under the motto of “joyful rendezvous upon pure ice and snow,” the same state has also overseen the development of a network of concentration camps in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang).
UHRP BRIEFING: Testimony of Nury Turkel at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing
Oct 17, 2019
Oct 17, 2019
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing: Forced Labor, Mass Internment, and Social Control in Xinjiang
UHRP REPORT: Repression Across Borders: The CCP’s Illegal Harassment and Coercion of 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
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"