Posts Tagged ‘UHRP Insights’
Watch Zubayra Shamseden Speak on Uyghur Rights on DRL’s “Religious Freedom and Empowering Civil Society” Panel
March 29, 2018 On January 30th UHRP’s Chinese Outreach Coordinator Zubayra Shamseden was invited by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to speak on a panel on religious freedom. This series of panels was held in honor of National Religious Freedom Day on January 16th, the day the Virginia General…
Read More2017-yillliq Kishiliq Hoquq Kunide, Uyghur Kishilik Hoquqi uchun bir kishilik awazingizni qoshung!
December 8, 2017 “Kishilik hoquq her bir insanning heq hoquqliridur” 2017- Yilliq Kishilik Hoquq kunide , Uyghur Kishilik Hoquq Qurulishi (UHRP) sizning Uyghurlarning kishilik hoquqi uchun des turup, Uyghurlarni qollash toghrisidiki awazingizni Birleshken Doletler Teshkilatining tor betige yollishingizni soraydu. Bu yil Birleshken Doletler Teshkilati,shexislerning, kishilik hoquqni qollaydighanliqini bilduridighan bayanini yollash uchun mexsus bir tobet tesis…
Read MoreZubayra Shamseden Speaks at the Twelfth Annual Interfaith/Interethnic Leadership Conference in Tokyo
November 19, 2017 Zubayra Shamseden, UHRP’s Chinese Outreach Coordinator, attended the Twelfth Annual Interfaith/Interethnic Leadership Conference from November 14th to 17th, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Organized by Initiatives for China, the conference seeks to promote understanding and cooperation among various religious and ethnic groups to help advance democracy and human rights. This year Professor Ilham Tohti was one…
Read MoreEast Turkestan Transformed Into the Testing Ground for the Security State
September 5, 2017 The former head of the Ministry of Public Security and current Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Meng Jianzhu called for the use of big data and artificial intelligence to fight terrorism in the region during an inspection tour in late August. The…
Read MoreIlham Tohti Wins 2017 Weimar Human Rights Award
July 3, 2017 On Thursday June 29th the Weimar city council announced that they have awarded this year’s Weimar Human Rights Award to Professor Ilham Tohti for his dedication to advancing the cause of human rights for the Uyghur people. In recognition of “its special historical responsibility and as a symbol of all the anonymous…
Read MoreThe East Turkistan Australian Association Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
May 8, 2017 On the 29th of April Ms. Zubayra Shamseden spoke at the East Turkistan Australian Association’s 25th anniversary celebration. It is a great honor for me to be here today to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of East Turkistan Australian Association Inc. (ETAA)’s establishment. It is also a great feeling to be ‘back home’…
Read MoreGovernment Repression Cannot Solve the Problem of Fake News
December 15, 2016 The provincial government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has just passed a law that went into effect last week that will issue large fines of up to 500,000 RMB to individuals spreading false news and harmful content online, harmful being defined as damaging to national security, religious and ethnic harmony or seeking…
Read MoreDissidents Call for the Incoming U.S. Administration to Push China on Human Rights Abuses
December 8, 2016 A large panel of dissidents called on the incoming Trump administration to reevaluate the U.S. approach towards China in a hearing before the Congressional Executive Commission on China on December 7. Each participant offered advice for President-elect Trump, and all seemed to sense that the US-China relationship is at a turning point.…
Read MoreForbidding Children from Participating in Religion is Nothing New in East Turkestan
October 18, 2016 Last week the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region announced a new education law that will come into force on November first in the region’s state media (for full Chinese text, see here). The most widely reported aspect of the new law was the provision that parents and guardians are forbidden…
Read MoreInternational Community, Please Do Not Let the Uyghurs Become Hopeless
October 3, 2016 By Ilshat Hassan, the Uyghur Human Rights Project Chinese Translator and Research Assistant，Translated from Chinese by N. Morgret By chance I recently had the opportunity to meet with a Uyghur intellectual from East Turkestan who is worried about his country and people. During our brief conversation I listened to his description of…
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