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…

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European 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,…

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Propaganda, Tourism and Culture: Hu Heping Taking Us for a Ride

In August 2023, US Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo was in Beijing to meet the Minister for Culture and Tourism, Hu Heping, where both sides agreed to “foster better understanding” on tourism between the US and China while citing the importance of “people-to-people” exchanges to the broader US-China relationship. 

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Genocide Tours: International Travel Companies in East Turkistan

New research from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) highlights the troubling industry of organized travel to the Uyghur region despite ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide. The briefing, Genocide Tours: International Travel Companies in East Turkistan, is the first on a series on the tourism industry in East Turkistan.

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UHRP Finds Prominent International Travel Companies Offering Problematic “Genocide Tours” in East Turkistan

New research from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) highlights the troubling industry of organized travel to the Uyghur region despite ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide. The briefing, Genocide Tours: International Travel Companies in East Turkistan, is the first on a series on the tourism industry in East Turkistan, also known as “Xinjiang.” 

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