A Uyghur acrobat who has already crossed one of China's rugged Yangtze river gorges by tightrope has now set his sights set on a stretch of water between the toe of Italy's boot and the island of Sicily.
News & Commentary
Apr 6, 2007
Apr 4, 2007
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa campaigned aggressively to keep a television network that is critical of the Chinese regime off Canadian airwaves, a document obtained by The Epoch Times shows.
Apr 3, 2007
Human rights group Amnesty International raised concerns in a rare meeting Friday with the Chinese government about the detained child chosen successor to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Apr 2, 2007
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Standing in the chilly rain, Kamila Telendibaeva vows through chattering teeth that she'll fight to free her husband from a Chinese prison until he is returned to her and their four children in Burlington.
Apr 2, 2007
A large archeological camp in the Tere-Khol district of Tuva is getting ready to host over 1000 people this summer. Preparation works are under way. The camp will be based on the former fish-storage place 8 km away from the Kungurtuk village, administrative center of the Tere-Khol district.
Mar 31, 2007
Chinese authorities in the northwestern Xinjiang region are forcing tens of thousands of ethnic Uyghurs into producing almonds for the county government without pay, local residents and one official say.
Mar 31, 2007
A plan announced yesterday will fund the economic development of ethnic minorities, often among the nations poorest peoples. But there will also be a system of social control of minorities to prevent protests. Particular attention is paid to the Uyghurs of Xinjiang and Tibet.
Mar 29, 2007
On March 23 and 24, more than 60 Uyghur women from around the globe gathered at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. to attend a Uyghur women’s leadership workshop, held by the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation.
Mar 22, 2007
Seated cross-legged in her farmhouse on the kang, a brick sleeping platform warmed by a fire below, Meng Shujing lifted her chin and sang a lullaby in Manchu, softly but clearly.
Mar 21, 2007
China's top security official insisted yesterday that tighter controls were needed to stop next year's Olympic Games from being disrupted by "hostile forces," including foreigners.
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UYGHUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography of select news reports & academic works
Compiled by Professor Magnus Fiskesjö
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"
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