Story Archive
2020-06-02
The retired doctor disappeared days after her sister spoke out against abuses in Xinjiang.
2020-05-28
Profits are significant with free labor but may also benefit from the sourcing of raw materials.
2020-05-27
The bill, which targets officials complicit in the violations, now goes to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
2020-05-26
The appointment comes ahead of a vote on a bill to sanction China over rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2020-05-22
Observers say despoiling the region’s most important mosque signals ‘an effective ban on the Islamic faith.’
2020-05-21
Lawmakers say the treaty is unlikely to see the light of day in parliament and that they would oppose it.
2020-05-21
The stories of Xinjiang's people are the 'sorrows that need to be told,' a traveler from Taiwan says.
2020-05-18
Ekpar Asat was sentenced to 15 years in prison weeks after returning to Xinjiang from the US.
2020-05-14
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 requires a House vote before it reaches President Trump.
2020-05-14
Authorities equate the traditional observance of the Muslim holy month with ‘religious extremism.’
2020-05-11
Former students, friends, and family speak about the life of Mahsum, who died in detention in 2018.
2020-05-08
An approval would bring the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act a significant step closer to becoming law.
2020-05-07
Iminjan Seydin appeared in a video praising the government after he was missing for three years.
2020-05-06
Adrian Zenz calls intergenerational separation ‘a targeted strategy’ of China’s government in Xinjiang.
2020-05-02
World Press Freedom Day brings calls for release of jailed Uyghur writers, journalists.
2020-05-01
An expert on Uyghur history calls the move ‘part of a larger cultural cleansing campaign’ in the region.
2020-04-30
Rights violations in the region have drawn condemnation from the West, and particularly the US.
2020-04-28
A new report calls for China to be redesignated a country of particular concern for its policies on faith.
2020-04-28
Their son says he believes they were targeted for his studies and sending him money abroad.
2020-04-27
The royal says she wants to publicize the issue and help make a difference.
2020-04-24
They urge remembrance of Muslims in China who are forbidden from practicing their religion.
2020-04-23
The museum cites ‘systematic persecution’ on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
2020-04-22
The center will assist Uyghurs struggling to pay rent amid the financial impact of the outbreak.
2020-04-17
Shireli Memtili was jailed for driving an ‘illegal’ religious figure, while his mother was targeted for moving house.
2020-04-15
Uyghurs in exile say the policy is part of a ‘colonization’ of their homeland.
2020-04-13
China is offering preferential policies to would-be Han migrants through the quasi-military bingtuan.
2020-04-09
Ghoji Abdullahajim Hotan died Thursday after spending a week on a ventilator, his wife said.
2020-04-06
Near-blanket refusals to answer questions also suggest residents are self-censoring to avoid persecution.
2020-04-01
They have not been allowed to leave the former hotels in Ghulja for more than a month, sources said.
2020-03-31
Observers say authorities are pushing a narrative that they’ve stemmed the outbreak, at the risk of lives.
