Rebiya Kadeer, president of the Uyghur American Association (UAA), today expressed gratitude to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper for his insistence on including human rights in discussions with senior Chinese officials – including Chinese president Hu Jintao – at the APEC summit in Vietnam.
The Uyghur American Association (UAA) on behalf of its members would like to congratulate Congressman Tom Lantos and Congressman Frank Wolf on their re-election to the US Congress and delighted at the prospect of future co-operation with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, who is set to be the new Speaker of the House.
Ms. Rebiya Kadeer today expressed her heartfelt congratulations to Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Ms. Kadeer is in complete agreement with the Nobel Committee’s assessment that “Muhammad Yunus has shown himself to be a leader who has managed to translate visions into practical action for the benefit of millions of people .
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has learned that several thousand Uyghurs in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, have been refused visas to travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in a religious pilgrimage, apparently as a result of interference from the Chinese embassy in Islamabad. According to some estimates, as many as 6000 Uyghurs in Rawalpindi are awaiting visas.
The Uyghur American Association (UAA), which represents the collective voice of the Uyghur people in the United States of America, was delighted by the recent news that its current president, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
It has been five years since the world was changed by the events of 9/11, events which continue to have repercussions for people everywhere, not least the families of the people who were killed on that day. The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) adds its voice to the chorus of those who offer their support and condolences to all people affected by terrorism.
In late August 2006, the Chinese authorities claimed that security forces in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), also known as East Turkistan, have seized over 41 metric tons (45 tons) of explosives “from the hands of terrorists since 1990.
According to Canadian news reports published over the weekend, Canadian Huseyin Celil, who has been imprisoned in China since June after being extradited from Uzbekistan, faces possible execution by Thursday, August 10.
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), which recently reported on the precarious situation faced by Uyghur refugees in southern and central Asia, is now receiving reports of Uyghurs either being forcibly returned from Germany to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), or awaiting imminent deportation from Germany to the PRC.
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has learned that two sons of Uyghur human rights activist and former prisoner of conscience Rebiya Kadeer, have been formally arraigned by the Chinese state prosecution. Kahar Abdureyim, 42, and Alim Abdureyim, 31, were arraigned on Monday, July 10.
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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.
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.
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).
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing: Forced Labor, Mass Internment, and Social Control in Xinjiang
UHRP calls for greater protection of Uyghur Americans against Chinese state harassment.
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"