Posts Tagged ‘UHRP Research’
Future 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 MoreUyghur Human Rights Project Marks Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day with Call for Urgent Global Action
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) observes the fourth annual Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, calling on governments, businesses, and civil society to strengthen accountability measures and deliver justice for the Uyghur people.
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 MoreUHRP Issues Policy Agenda on Uyghur Genocide for New Administration and 119th Congress
In 2025, the White House and Congress must urgently implement stronger policies on the Uyghur genocide, and take decisive action to counter transnational repression to protect human rights and defend U.S. sovereignty.
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 More15 Years After Ürümchi Unrest, UHRP Calls on China to Report on Implementation of UN Recommendations
July 5, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. EDTFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Omer Kanat +1 (202) 819-0598, Peter Irwin +1 (646) 906-7722 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) marks the 15th anniversary of the July 5, 2009, unrest in Ürümchi, and calls on China to publicly report on the steps taken to implement the dozens of recommendations made…
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 A new UHRP analysis of official figures…
Read MoreEuropean 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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