Story Archive
2019-05-23
They are told that eating pork will help create ‘unity among nationalities’ when they are released.
2019-05-22
Bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act calls for attention to plight of Uyghurs, security threats from crackdown.
2019-05-20
Officials grant the sessions ‘because they know we are suffering,’ a former detainee says.
2019-05-16
A report urges Uyghurs to ensure a future for the language through intergenerational transmission.
2019-05-15
Scott Busby discusses State Department concerns over the mass incarceration of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
2019-05-09
The peaceful advocate for Uyghur rights and better ethnic relations 'embodies a fearlessness to which we all aspire,' a US senator says.
2019-05-09
Alim Ahet, the founder of an influential software firm, disappeared in early 2018.
2019-05-06
Some U.S.-based Muslims call for a boycott of China over Xinjiang Ramadan restrictions and internment camps.
2019-05-02
Human Rights Watch reveals intrusive high-tech monitoring system used to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.
2019-04-30
Guterres’ remarks in Beijing seen as “tiptoeing” and “weak expression of concern” for persecuted Uyghurs.
2019-04-26
The photo was posted to the WeChat account of the Xinjiang Judicial Administration showing Uyghur detainees listening to a 'de-radicalization' speech, April 2017.
2019-04-18
Authorities refused to hand the body of Yaqup Rozi over to family members, sources say.
2019-04-17
A Holocaust survivor urges the international community to work to end rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2019-04-16
Sources suggest Ilyas Memet was arrested for traveling to blacklisted countries.
2019-04-12
The detainees were delivered in more than a dozen buses, escorted by police under the cover of night.
2019-04-09
Those gathered urge Washington to move beyond words to ‘concrete action.’
2019-04-05
China’s embassy in Australia provided details on their situation following pressure from Canberra.
2019-04-03
The bipartisan group of lawmakers say the Trump administration has failed to act on the issue.
2019-04-01
Hemdan Hushtar was born in the US, but is not recognized by China as holding dual citizenship.
2019-03-29
Zulhumar Isaac’s parents were detained despite having served the Chinese government for decades.
2019-03-28
Many were lured into battling the Bashar al-Assad regime with the promise of help fighting Chinese rule in Xinjiang.
2019-03-19
Officials say the number of detainees transferred is ‘many,’ but can’t provide an estimate.
2019-03-11
Serikzhan Bilash is charged with ‘inciting ethnic hatred’ after campaigning for Kazakh detainees in Xinjiang.
2019-03-08
The three women include one who is serving a life sentence for ‘separatism’ and other charges.
2019-03-08
Sam Brownback says the camp network is breeding potential terrorists, rather than combating them.
2019-03-07
The request follows a letter from US lawmakers urging Washington to hold China accountable for abuses in the region.
2019-03-05
A Uyghur father in exile recognizes his son, who is missing in Xinjiang, in a recently surfaced video.
2019-02-28
Sources suggest the releases are connected to a ‘foreign group visit.’
2019-02-21
Detainees from the XUAR have been sent to jails in at least five provincial-level regions of China.
2019-02-13
The House Speaker says the US can’t hesitate to ‘call out’ China due to commercial interests.
