Covert Concentration Camps

“Several days after the July 5th Uyghur Massacre in Urumchi, Chinese police swarmed my uncle, put black bags over his head, and dragged him away to prison.”

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Mainstreaming Stories: A Day of Solidarity with Uyghurs

April 24, 2019 Henryk Szadziewski, Senior Researcher, Uyghur Human Rights Project The accounts of the ‘re-education’ regime that people are undergoing in those camps are harrowing…I imagine my lovely, principled, dedicated colleague there, and I feel incredibly angry. Dr. Rachel Harris, University of London The disappearance of Dr. Rahile Dawut, a leading expert on Uyghur…

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Nury Turkel Speaks at the International Religious Freedom Roundtable

July 23, 2018 On July 23rd, the International Religious Freedom Roundtable held an event on Capitol Hill highlighting the deteriorating situation facing religious believers in China entitled “Religious Persecution in China.” Co-sponsored by UHRP it was among the events held on the sidelines of the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, which took place…

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Omer Kanat Speaks at Uyghur Linguistic Rights Conference in Oslo

March 19, 2018 Omer Kanat, Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, spoke at the conference entitled “Uyghur Linguistic Rights Under Assault: Uyghur Language & Cultural Rights In East Turkestan” held at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on March 16th. He spoke on the main theme of the conference, namely the importance of the…

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March 7th, National Press Club- Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, Discusses the Removal of his INTERPOL Red Notice

March 4, 2018 Press Conference Announcement:  Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, Discusses the Removal of his INTERPOL Red Notice National Press Club, Zenger Room, Wednesday, March 7th, 12:30 PM The World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur Human Rights Project cordially invite you to a press conference featuring Dolkun Isa, president of the World…

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