Story Archive
2019-08-28
Beijing’s letter to UN member states is its latest attack on the World Uyghur Congress and its leader, Dolkun Isa.
2019-08-27
Sayit Haji Qasim is thought to have stayed in a hotel where ‘a suspect’ stayed the same night.
2019-08-22
Serikzhan Bilash faced seven years in prison after highlighting Kazakhs in Xinjiang Camps.
2019-08-20
Ablikim Ghopur had been recognized for his contribution to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
2019-08-19
Almas Nizamidin spoke to his mother Zulpiye Jalalidin during her three-day leave from camps for the Eid holiday.
2019-08-16
A source says Eziz was detained in 2017 for driving a neighbor to see their son in jail.
2019-08-09
Zinnetgul Tursun’s sister says Turkish authorities sent her to Tajikistan, where she was detained by Chinese police.
2019-08-07
Ablikim Yusup said he fled the country as pressure mounts on the Uyghur community from Beijing.
2019-08-06
Ablimit Omer was sent to an internment camp after his resignation was labelled an ‘anti-government act.’
2019-08-06
Ablikim Yusup had appealed in social media posts for international help, saying he feared for his safety if forced back to China.
2019-08-03
Ablikim Yusup had been returned from Bosnia to Qatar, which says it will deport him to China where he fears for his safety.
2019-08-02
Metrozi Jumaniyaz, 75, had broken his hip and gotten sick during a 13-month stint in a Hotan camp.
2019-08-01
Local police, Uyghurs outside Xinjiang with relatives in the internment camps are unaware of any releases.
2019-07-31
'We don’t knock our heads against a stone wall simply because it is there,' he told Turkish media.
2019-07-30
Uyghurs and rights experts see no evidence internment camp inmates have been sent home or found jobs.
2019-07-29
Akber Ebeydulla was detained for being too ‘proud’ of Uyghur culture, a former classmate says.
2019-07-26
A former detainee says his cellmates were sent to the province often within hours of receiving orders.
2019-07-25
A classmate identified the man in a propaganda program produced by official media.
2019-07-23
But critics say the report is part of a bid to undermine Uyghur culture and identity.
2019-07-23
A reporter for Vice News discusses her experience documenting rights violations in the region.
2019-07-19
A leading researcher explains why Beijing’s bid to integrate the Uyghur people is unlikely to succeed.
2019-07-18
Top US diplomat says XUAR camps are 'truly the stain of the century.'
2019-07-17
She says the US risks losing its moral authority if it does not confront China on its treatment of Uyghurs.
2019-07-15
Alimjan Emet was beaten to death after denying allegations he had prayed in secret.
2019-07-11
Ambassador Nathan Sales calls the claims a pretext to ‘wage war on religion’ in the region.
2019-07-10
They also demand unfettered access for UN experts to camps in the region.
2019-07-10
Mihrabs are traditionally built into homes to signify the direction one faces when praying.
2019-07-08
Officials say Chinese minders bring alcohol and pork, and expect every household member to partake.
2019-07-05
Experts believe the July 5, 2009 violence marked a turning point leading to today’s mass internment camps.
2019-07-02
Mujahid Yusof Rawa had described the camp as a “training and vocational center.”
