Posts Tagged ‘UHRP Research’
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.”
Read MoreGenocide 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.
Read More“Similar to Recent Observations in Xinjiang”: The Expansion of Prisons in Tibet and the Receding Spaces of Information in China
The findings reveal a possible “shift towards longer detentions and imprisonments and is similar to recent observations in Xinjiang,” referring to a 2021 RAND report.
Read MoreUHRP Submits Comprehensive Report for UN Consideration of China’s Human Rights Record
The government of China is perpetrating crimes against humanity and genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region targeting Uyghur and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
Read MoreUN Refugee Agency Failing to Protect Uyghur Refugees: New UHRP Report
The UN’s global refugee agency has failed to fulfill its mandate to safeguard Uyghurs outside their homeland, according to a new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), “I Escaped, But Not to Freedom”: Failure to Protect Uyghur Refugees.
Read MoreSurveillance, Thought Crimes, Children in Custody: The Xinjiang Police Files One Year On
A year ago a consortium of 14 media outlets published the Xinjiang Police Files, a vast collection of documents that includes images, speeches, regulations, and procedures covering China’s vast concentration camp network in East Turkistan.
Read MoreUHRP Submission to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade
Written Statement for the Record Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy, Uyghur Human Rights Project Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade April 18, 2023 To the Members of the Committee: I write in strong support of H.J. Res 39. This bipartisan bill would repeal the Biden…
Read MoreParallel Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
April 13, 2023 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has submitted a parallel report for consideration by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for the upcoming review of the People’s Republic of China at its 85th session on May 12, 2023. The submission draws on our own research, firsthand testimonies,…
Read MoreUHRP/WUC Submission to Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism
February 28, 2023 Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Call for inputs: Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space Submitted by the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the World Uyghur Congress The Uyghur Human Rights…
Read MoreJoint Submission to the UK Parliament Call for Evidence on Critical Minerals (MIN0044)
February 28, 2023 Written evidence submitted on behalf of Anti-Slavery International, Campaign for Uyghurs, Global Legal Action Network, Stop Uyghur Genocide, Unseen, Uyghur Human Rights Project, World Uyghur Congress The above named organisations welcome the Foreign Affairs Committee’s enquiry on how the UK can engage with global partners to diversify supply chains and access critical…
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