According to Data from the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ found China had the most media workers imprisoned. In 2023, nearly half of China’s imprisoned journalists were Uyghurs, revealing the intersection of poor press freedom and human rights abuses. The U.S. and others accuse China of Uyghur genocide. Uyghur […]
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Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital Read the article in the Guardian.
By Erkin Uyghur, Jan 3, 2023 In a recent announcement by the Uyghur autonomous regional government, it has been revealed that the Chinese government’s holiday arrangements for 2024 in Xinjiang predominantly focus on China’s national and ethnic holidays, overshadowing Uyghur ethnic holidays. The official statement disclosed that, out of the […]
While Xinjiang cotton has been at the center of global concerns about Uyghur forced labor and has been one of the major targets of the U.S. federal law “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” China has never decreased its efforts to increase profits from the cotton and its propaganda about “Xinjiang […]
China Imposes Sanctions on US Company and Researchers Over Uyghur Work
Uyghur forced labor refers to the systematic and widespread use of forced labor, particularly targeting the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region where Uyghurs refer to Uyghurstan or East Turkistan. What are the evidence of Uyghur forced labor? Evidence of Uyghur forced labor has emerged from various reports […]
by Tursunjan, December 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. A new book, “Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora: Restorying a Genocide,” amplifies the voices of ten Uyghur women who fled China’s repression and are now using their experiences to advocate for their people. Authored by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, Abdulmuqtedir Udun, […]
East Turkistan has been described as “one of the most heavily policed regions in the world, Uyghur Human Rights Project writes in its newest report, titled “Policing East Turkistan: Mapping Police and Security Forces in the Uyghur Region”.
By Tursunjan, December 15, 2023 According to China news reports, the Information Office of the People’s Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference to introduce the situation of protecting the rights and interests of employees in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region colonized by the Chinese government. […]
By Tursunjan, December 14, 2023 U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15), a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), celebrated the passage of his bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3349, the “Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act,” as part of the […]