To Strike The Strongest Blow: Questions Remain Over Crackdown On 2009 Unrest In Urumchi
A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), To Strike The Strongest Blow: Questions Remain Over Crackdown On 2009 Unrest In Urumchi, details widespread human rights violations committed by the People’s Republic of China in the wake of unrest in Urumchi on July 5, 2009.
Sacred Right Defiled: China’s Iron-Fisted Repression of Uyghur Religious Freedom
A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) details the repression of religious freedom among Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Refusals of passports to Uyghurs and confiscations of passports held by Uyghurs indicator of second-class status in China
The Uyghur American Association (UAA) calls on the Chinese government to immediately halt all discriminatory practices regarding the issuance of passports to Uyghurs.
Uyghur Homeland, Chinese Frontier: The Xinjiang Work Forum and Centrally Led Development
A new 37-page report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the effects of the Xinjiang Work Forum, held in May 2010, which heralded an unprecedented state-led development push in East Turkestan.
Living on the Margins: The Chinese State’s Demolition of Uyghur Communities
A new 89-page report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) documents the Chinese state’s top-down destruction of Uyghur communities in Kashgar and throughout East Turkestan, in a targeted and highly politicized push that Chinese officials have accelerated in the wake of turbulent unrest in the region in 2009.
They Can’t Send Me Back: Uyghur Asylum Seekers in Europe
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) documents the challenges faced by Uyghur asylum seekers in Europe, and examines the reasons why they fled East Turkestan
“Offers They Can’t Refuse: China’s Relations with the Muslim World”
A new report, Offers They Can’t Refuse: China’s Relations with the Muslim World, examines the Chinese government’s relationships with the governments of predominantly Muslim countries, and how these relationships have…
A city ruled by fear and silence: Urumchi, two years on
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the nature of post-July 5, 2009 detentions and criminal procedures in East Turkestan….
Can Anyone Hear Us? Voices From The 2009 Unrest In Urumchi
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the unrest that took place in July and September 2009 in Urumchi, the regional capital of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) through the accounts of Uyghur eyewitnesses.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the Uyghurs of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR, People’s Republic of China)
Sixty years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), more than six decades have passed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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