Religious Repression of the Uyghurs
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.
Concentration Camps in China for Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims
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.
Assault on the Uyghur Language in East Turkestan
Chinese government officials have emphasized Mandarin language ability as a marker of modernity and, more recently, a necessity in the fight against “terrorism.”
“Time to End Business as Usual”: The Global Response to the Uyghur Concentration Camps in China
UHRP calls on governments, Muslim and all faith leaders, companies, and academic institutions to end business as usual with the government of China, at a time when it is expanding concentration camps for Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim groups. UHRP asks governments and businesses to think about the judgment of history, and take urgent action.
The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region: Disappeared Forever?
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has identified 231 Uyghur intellectuals known to have disappeared, to have been taken into internment camps, or to have died in custody in China, from April 2017 through September 2018.
The Mass Internment of Uyghurs: “We Want to be Respected as Humans. Is it too much to ask?
n rights crisis in East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) requires an urgent international response.
“Another Form of Control”: Complications in obtaining documents from China impacts immigration processes and livelihoods for Uyghurs in the United States
Fear of contacting relatives in China and imposition of arbitrary conditions to obtain documents prevents Uyghurs from beginning new lives in t
Extracting Cultural Resources: The Exploitation and Criminalization of Uyghur Heritage
The government of the People’s Republic of China has always reserved the right to control the cultural expression of its citizens and has perceived cultural production as an important tool for maintaining power.
Chinese Government Accelerates Assimilative Policies in “Sinicization of Religion” Campaign
A Uyghur Human Rights Project report by Nicole Morgret. Read our press statement on the report here, and download the full report here. Earlier this month the Chinese State Council Information Office,…
The Bingtuan: China’s Paramilitary Colonizing Force in East Turkestan
The bingtuan (also known as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) or in Mandarin: xinjiang shengchang jianshe bingtuan—(this report will refer to the group as the bingtuan), is a paramilitary organization in East Turkestan that answers directly to the central Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government in Beijing.
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“We know you better than you know yourself”: China’s transnational repression of the Uyghur diaspora
Watch the UHRP co-sponsored event featuring the presentation of a new report by Dr. David Tobin and Nyrola Elimä on transnational repression.
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