Story Archive
2020-10-09
Jewher Ilham says more countries need to condemn China for its repression in the region.
2020-10-08
Tohti has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for working to reconcile Uyghurs and Hans.
2020-10-08
Yao Qiang’s appointment as president marks an end to more than seven decades of Uyghur leadership at XJU.
2020-10-07
Thirty-nine nations sign a resolution, up from 23 who backed a similar one last year.
2020-10-06
Ablikim Kalkun is sentenced to 18 years over content that would have been pre-approved by censors.
2020-10-05
Qelbinur Sidik describes her experiences working at Xinjiang internment camps.
2020-10-02
Tursunjan Sawut and his wife Gulbehrem were taken into custody by police in a night raid three years ago on their home, according to information just recently received.
2020-10-01
Some are sent straight from the camps to the factories, where they work 12 hours a day with only one day free per month.
2020-09-30
The ban joins similar restrictions on religious observance by Uyghurs under the age of 65, with those breaking the rules sent to Xinjiang's vast network of re-education camps.
2020-09-28
Hardline speech "shows that Xi has supported these atrocious policies from the beginning," says researcher Adrian Zenz.
2020-09-24
ASPI report, drawing on new satellite data, puts the lie to Beijing's recent claims that the "re-education centers" are winding down.
2020-09-24
The move further tightens already harsh restrictions on Islamic practice in the Xinjiang region.
2020-09-23
Ilham Tohti and the more than a million Uyghurs held in camps in Xinjiang must be freed and allowed to return to their families, Jewher Ilham says.
2020-09-23
The Zhuowan factory paid former camp detainees little to nothing to sew gloves for the global market.
2020-09-22
Bill would ban imports from Xinjiang unless it can be determined they were not made with forced labor.
2020-09-21
The Chinese government says Ghopur Hapiz died from ‘pneumonia and tuberculosis’ in 2018.
2020-09-18
In one video, Miradil Hesen discusses how his mother was subjected to forced sterilization in Xinjiang.
2020-09-16
Britain has not done nearly enough to help stop Beijing's abuses in Xinjiang, one parliamentarian says.
2020-09-16
Those held in the No. 4 Training Center are made to work at gravel and sock factories for no pay.
2020-09-15
A twitter campaigner discusses how Israelis view Beijing’s rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2020-09-14
International community wary of China's documented human rights violations against Xinjiang Uyghur Muslims.
2020-09-14
The decision to do so amid rights abuses in the region is slammed as ‘shameless.’
2020-09-11
The revelation comes as Disney faces a growing backlash for shooting the blockbuster in the region.
2020-09-10
The camps are confirmed to be operational, even as Chinese officials say all such facilities have closed.
2020-09-10
Tomomi Shimizu recently documented the 15-month detention of Uyghur Kazakh Gulbahar Jelilova.
2020-09-09
A village leader says such accusations could lead to detention for ‘religious extremism.’
2020-09-09
The letter marks one of the strongest condemnations to date by British lawmakers of the repression of Uyghurs.
2020-09-08
The megastudio has been slammed for filming in a region where millions of Uyghurs are persecuted.
2020-09-08
Cadres say thousands of people are being held at camps in Kashgar city, the airport and in a neighboring county.
2020-09-08
Abdulla and Abdurekim Abdurehim were jailed for sensitive content they had seen years earlier, an official said.
