“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.
The Fifth Poison: The Harassment of Uyghur Overseas
This report seeks to document the various methods the Chinese government employs to monitor and harass Uyghurs overseas. Uyghurs are subjected to coercion from the Chinese government even after leaving China.
Simulated Autonomy: Uyghur Underrepresentation in Political Office
Regional autonomy for ethnic minorities means that under the unified leadership of the state regional autonomy is practiced in areas where people of ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities; in these areas organs of self-government are established for the exercise of autonomy and for people of ethnic minorities to become masters of their own areas and manage the internal affairs of their own regions.
The Chinese Government’s Misleading White Paper on the Human Rights Situation in East Turkestan
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Ban on “Islamic” names an absurd intrusion into Uyghurs’ private lives
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) expresses alarm at recent measures preventing Uyghurs from choosing state restricted names for their newborn children.
Discrimination, Mistreatment and Coercion: Uyghurs Face Severe Labor Rights Abuses in China and East Turkestan
Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing the Uyghur people in East Turkestan.
End of the Road: One Belt, One Road and the Cumulative Economic Marginalization of the Uyghurs
End of the Road: One Belt, One Road and the Cumulative Economic Marginalization of the Uyghurs, a new research report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), is an examination of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) economic initiative from a Uyghur human rights perspective.
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