Posts Tagged ‘Cultural Rights’
European Travel Companies Asked to Drop East Turkistan Tours, as UHRP Calls for an End to Organized Tourism Amid Crimes Against Humanity
For immediate releaseMarch 21, 2024, 7:00 a.m. EDTContact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795, Peter Irwin, +1 (646) 906-7722 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is calling on European travel companies to drop organized tours to East Turkistan, following the release of a UHRP briefing highlighting their risk of complicity in crimes against humanity. “We alerted…
Read MoreUHRP Hails House Passage of Uyghur Policy Act, Calls for Swift Action in the Senate
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) praises passage of the Uyghur Policy Act, which passed by an overwhelming majority in the US House of Representatives today, and calls for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to move the bill for markup swiftly.
Read MoreOn the 27th Anniversary of Ghulja Massacre, UHRP Reminds Governments of Their Obligations Under Genocide Convention
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) commemorates the 27th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre, and recalls the international community’s failures to heed early warning signs of forthcoming atrocities and its obligations to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide.
Read MoreTwenty Years for Learning the Quran: Uyghur Women and Religious Persecution
The Uyghur Human Rights Project’s (UHRP) new research report, Twenty Years for Learning the Quran: Uyghur Women and Religious Persecution, presents compelling evidence of the systematic oppression faced by Uyghur women, revealing stark persecution on the basis of religion.
Read MoreEuropean Travel Companies Offer Xinjiang “Genocide Tours”: 18 Companies Named in New UHRP Briefing
January 17, 2024 | 7:00 a.m. ESTFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Omer Kanat +1 (202) 790-1795, Peter Irwin +1 (646) 906-7722 New research from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) highlights the ongoing problem of organized travel to the Uyghur region amid crimes against humanity and genocide. The briefing, Genocide Tours: European Travel Companies in East Turkistan,…
Read MoreState Department MOU Recognizes China’s Ownership and Control Over Uyghur and Tibetan Cultural Heritage
Uyghurs and Tibetans have seen the People’s Republic of China (PRC) purposefully destroy their cultural heritage in an effort to create the false narrative that the Han were always the dominant culture throughout what is now China.
Read MoreOmer Kanat’s Remarks at the Launch of “Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques and Shrines”
Below is the transcript of UHRP Director Omer Kanat’s remarks at the launch of UHRP’s new report on the systematic destruction of mosques in East Turkestan. The event also featured remarks by the report’s main researcher and writer Bahram Sintash, NED President Carl Gershman, and commentary by Elise Anderson and RFA Uyghur Service Director Alim Seytoff. …
Read MoreSymposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today- Friday, May 25th, 2018 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
May 22, 2018 The Uyghur American Association, Uyghur Academy & UHRP are pleased to host a “Symposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today” This one-day event will be held from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, May 25th, 2018 at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian…
Read MoreWe Are Uyghur: Artist Q&A with Susan Kattas
January 21, 2014 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project We are Uyghur. Collage by Susan Kattas.Photograph of the artwork courtesy of the artist. Susan Kattas, a Hudson, Wisconsin-based artist, recently created a collage inspired by the Uyghurs’ cultural struggle under Chinese government repression. The collage was part of the 45th Parallel Exhibition celebrating peoples…
Read MoreMazar Shrine Book Launch Details State Control Cautiously
February 20, 2013 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project Photographer Lisa Ross spent eight years studying and photographing mazar, Uyghur religious shrines, across East Turkestan, and the resulting images can be seen in a new book, Living Shrines of Uyghur China. Ross spoke at a book launch at the Rubin Museum in New York…
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