The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has submitted a report for consideration by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in preparation for the Committee’s examination of the 3rd periodic report of China.
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Genocide & Humanitarian Crisis of Uyghurs in China–A Conversation with Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy at UHRP- Part 1
January 19, 2021 
January 19, 2021
Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy for the Uyghur Human Rights Project joins us to discuss the modern day Genocide & Humanitarian crisis that is affecting the Uyghur population in China.
The US is intensifying its crackdown on forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region
January 13, 2021 
January 13, 2021
The US government today issued a sweeping ban on imports containing any cotton or tomato products originating in China’s Xinjiang region, where at least 1 million members of the country’s Uyghur ethnic minority are estimated to be held in camps and widely pressed into forced labor.
Compelled Silence and Compelled Sound in the Uyghur Genocide
December 15, 2020 
December 15, 2020
Since 2017, China has waged a repressive campaign against Uyghurs in an effort to destroy their ways of life.
End Uyghur Forced Labor Coalition Demands Companies Disclose Corporate Lobbying Against the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act
December 15, 2020 
December 15, 2020
Coalition urges US Senate to pass the bill + welcomes CBP’s XPCC Cotton Ban— 6% of world’s cotton supply
Human Rights Day: Address China’s Uyghur rights crisis, or risk normalising atrocities elsewhere
December 10, 2020 
December 10, 2020
"As the world grapples with the aftermath of the pandemic, the Uyghur human rights crisis must be addressed in order to ensure that these types of atrocity crimes do not become the new normal," writes Omer Kanat.
[EVENT] New York Rally: Shine A Light on Uyghur Human Rights (UHRP in the news)
December 8, 2020
December 8, 2020
We are organizing protests at Chinese consulates internationally on December 10th. Join us in New York. with the @UyghurProject. We will shine a light on this genocide. #Uyghurs
Ireland should ‘take lead role’ against China’s treatment of Uighur people
December 7, 2020 
December 7, 2020
Chairman of Uighur World Congress calls on Ireland to use its position on UN Security Council
Chinese authorities detaining hundreds of Uyghur Imams in Xinjiang
November 23, 2020 
November 23, 2020
As atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China continue, Chinese authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have now detained hundreds of Muslim Imams, according to an Uyghur linguist in exile.
If Biden wants to crack down on forced labor in Xinjiang, he’s going to need help
November 19, 2020 
November 19, 2020
When Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the US on Jan. 20, he will inherit a number of thorny problems. Among them is how to confront China about its systematic oppression of the predominately Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in the country’s northwest Xinjiang region.
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List of Issues Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee During its Periodic Review of China
Jan 11, 2021
Jan 11, 2021
EXPLAINER—Five Things to Know About the Bingtuan
Aug 27, 2020
Aug 27, 2020
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) or Bingtuan:
1. Exercises State & Police Powers
2. Serves as a Colonizing Force
3. Commits Brutal Abuses
4. Profits from Uyghur Forced Labor
5. Operates a Global Business Empire
UHRP BRIEFING—Uyghurs to China: "Return our relatives’ passports"
Aug 6, 2020
Aug 6, 2020
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has released a new briefing highlighting calls by Uyghur Americans for the Chinese government to return their relatives’ passports and permit travel overseas for family reunifications in the United States.
UHRP REPORT: “The Happiest Muslims in the World”: Disinformation, Propaganda, and the Uyghur Crisis
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
The Uyghur Human Rights Project has released a new report analyzing the Chinese government’s attempts to craft and promote a narrative responding to international criticism of its large-scale arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples.
BRIEFING: Testimony of Dr. Elise Anderson Before the House of Commons of Canada, Subcommittee on International Human Rights
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
On July 21, 2020, Dr. Elise Anderson, UHRP's Senior Program Officer for Research and Advocacy, testified before the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament on the Human Rights Situation of the Uyghurs.
UHRP REPORT—Kashgar Coerced: Forced Reconstruction, Exploitation, and Surveillance in the Cradle of Uyghur Culture
Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has released a new report, Kashgar Coerced: Forced Reconstruction, Exploitation, and Surveillance in the Cradle of Uyghur Culture. The report documents the Chinese government’s campaign to stamp out tangible aspects of Uyghur culture, using the ancient city of Kashgar as the most emblematic case.