Posts Tagged ‘UHRP Insights’
Uyghur Deportations from Thailand Part of a Decade of Betrayal
On July 8, 2015, Thai authorities shackled and hooded at least 109 Uyghur men then placed them on a plane bound for China. Chinese state media released footage showing the men, blindfolded and restrained, surrounded by armed police.
Read MorePrinceton University Press’ Trip into Chinese State Propaganda Erasing Atrocities, and How They Can Support Uyghur Intellectuals
In June 2025, a group of Princeton University Press (PUP) representatives participated in a state-arranged visit to the Uyghur Region. PUP claimed the intention of the trip was to build “inclusive cross-cultural interactions.”
Read MoreMy Father’s Doppa: In Honor of Uyghur Doppa Day, May 5
May 2, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Rafael Kokbore In 2003, when I was 11 years old, my father was forced to flee overseas due to political persecution by the Chinese government. After that, my mother and I were dependent on each other, living in depression and fear. My mother was constantly questioned, threatened,…
Read MoreFuture CCP Propaganda Versus “No One Dared to Mention the Dead”
January 14, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Ben Carrdus, UHRP Senior Researcher How has the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tended the gaping chasm between propaganda and reality in China’s modern history? And what do earlier historical precedents of propaganda around past atrocities bode for future propaganda on East Turkistan? This is not intended to…
Read MoreDenial of Rights: Free Trade Zones, Kashgar, and Spaces of Exception
Just over a year ago, China’s State Council, the nation’s chief administrative authority, issued a plan to create the Xinjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ).
Read MoreFaithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media
In a time when China is imprisoning Uyghur journalists and harassing foreign correspondents, overseas media organizations shouldn’t be distributing Chinese state propaganda about Uyghurs.
Read MoreThe Travel Industry Is Normalizing Crimes Against Humanity
Between 2019 and 2020, for a paper on the role of tourism in the securitization of the Uyghur Region, I interviewed several Uyghurs, former tour guides in their homeland and now in exile. The above quote came from a tour guide with more than twenty years of experience and a former resident of Kashgar.
Read MoreJoint Statement to the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
July 5, 2024 Below is a statement delivered by the International Service for Human Rights under Item 6: Interactive Dialogue on the adoption of China’s 4th Universal Periodic Review Mr. President, This is a joint statement, in solidarity with the victims of human rights violations committed by the Chinese government. Numerous UPR recommendations echo the…
Read MoreThe Persecution of Uyghur Senior Citizens
April 30, 2024 A UHRP Insights column by Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research, Uyghur Human Rights Project In February 2024, 96-year old Abidin Ayup died in prison. His body was not returned to his family. Instead, two days after his death, his remains were sent to Atush Police Department and then buried. Abidin was the…
Read MoreUHRP Analysis Finds 1 in 26 Uyghurs Imprisoned in Region With World’s Highest Prison Rate
An estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs and other non-Han people in the Uyghur Region are imprisoned, making up a third of China’s total prison population April 25, 2024 A UHRP Insights column by Ben Carrdus, UHRP Senior Researcher, and Peter Irwin, UHRP Associate Director for Research & Advocacy. Find press coverage of this Insights article…
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