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.
UHRP in the News
What really happened to China’s vanishing Uighurs?
November 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
This week Australia joined 22 other countries to condemn China at the United Nations over its horrifying treatment of the Uighur ethnic minority within its own borders.
Notepad++ v7.8.1 : Free Uyghur
October 31, 2019 
October 31, 2019
Human rights in China is always a hotly contested topic. Since 2017, numerous reports have emerged of the Uyghur people being detained in extrajudicial “re-education camps”, subjected to political indoctrination, and sometimes even torture. 2018 estimates place the number of detainees in the hundreds of thousands.
China's Cultural Cleansing: Rank Abuse of the Uyghur Minority
October 30, 2019
October 30, 2019
The U.S. State Department has categorized China's ongoing maltreatment of its Uyghur Muslim community as one of "the worst human rights [disasters] of modern times.
Chine : vives inquiétudes quant au sort d’un universitaire ouïgour
October 29, 2019 
October 29, 2019
Le sort d’un universitaire ouïgour respecté qui avait été appréhendé il y a deux ans par les autorités chinoises alors qu’il se rendait en Allemagne pour assister à une conférence suscite de vives inquiétudes.
Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference
October 28, 2019 
October 28, 2019
The Rotaract Club of Georgetown University is excited to be hosting the first-ever Peace and Conflict Resolution conference sponsored by Rotary District 7620 and MetroBethesda Rotary Club!
Ilham Tohti awarded the 2019 Sakharov Prize
October 24, 2019 
October 24, 2019
Ilham Tohti, a renowned Uyghur economics professor and advocate for the rights was arrested in January, 2014, and sentenced to life in prison in September for “inciting separatism” after just a two-day trial.
Demolishing Faith: China sharpens hacking to hound minorities, home and abroad
October 22, 2019 
October 22, 2019
China’s hackers have since built up a new arsenal of techniques, such as elaborate hacks of iPhone and Android software, pushing them beyond email attacks and the other, more basic…
Uyghur-American to Congress: Testifying Against China ‘May Cost the Lives of My Parents’
October 21, 2019 
October 21, 2019
Uyghur-Americans face regular threats from the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. soil and the fear of having their families imprisoned in a concentration camp, Nury Turkel, a Uyghur-American attorney, told Congress on Thursday.
China’s attacks on Uighur women are crimes against humanity
October 21, 2019 
October 21, 2019
Sitting in a hearing room in Congress, in a gray plaid hijab, her dark blond hair poking out, Mihrigul Tursun begins to cry. She is there to share the plight of her fellow Uighurs in Xinjiang.
Hearing on Forced Labor, Mass Internment, and Social Control in Xinjiang
October 17, 2019 
October 17, 2019
This hearing will look at forced labor, mass internment, and social control in the XUAR. Witnesses will provide testimony on forced labor and other egregious human rights abuses, examine how products made in the XUAR’s forced labor camps have entered global supply chains, and provide recommendations to the U.S. Administration and Congress.
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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.