Story Archive
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.”
2019-06-28
Qaharjan Qawul had been detained for calling ‘blacklisted’ families and traveling to Turkey.
2019-06-25
But rights groups dismiss his remarks as propaganda and call him a traitor to the Uyghur community.
2019-06-24
Aytursun Eli was targeted by police after she travelled to Dubai for her tourist agency.
2019-06-21
China has detained hundreds of thousands of Muslims accused of extremism, while Rohingya continue to face violence at the hands of Myanmar’s military.
2019-06-20
One Indonesian Muslim leader praised the internment camps as “great” for teaching Uyghurs life skills.
2019-06-19
Chinese authorities entered the embassy grounds and removed the family before returning them to Xinjiang.
2019-06-17
Washington says “highly inappropriate” visit risks endorsing Beijing’s problematic view of the Uyghur issue.
2019-06-17
Reports suggest Nurmemet Tohti was only released after becoming incapacitated by diabetes and heart disease.
2019-06-14
If accepted, Michele Bachelet would become the highest level UN official to visit the region.
2019-06-13
The five-year-old girl’s body was recovered from a river nearly a week after she died, sources say.
2019-06-07
Senior Pentagon, State Department officials see security threats arising from abuses of Muslims and seek global response.
2019-06-06
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act would seek accountability for China’s harsh crackdown in Xinjiang.
2019-06-06
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback warns that appeasing China on its Uyghur detention camps will embolden Beijing and other repressive regimes.
2019-05-29
State Department says “human rights abuses in Xinjiang must end and they must end now.”
2019-05-24
Human Rights Watch challenges the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on its silence about Uyghurs.
