By Illyaruq Oct 21, 2020 The persecution and genocidal policies the Chinese authorities have been committing against the Uyghurs have forced many Uyghurs to flee from China and settle in other countries. The aspiration of the Uyghurs to live in free nations has especially risen after the Urumqi Massacre on […]
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By Aqil Abdullah Oct 8, 2020 Chinese authorities began to carry out another stage show to hide their human rights abuses and ethnic genocide against Uyghurs to “welcome” the independent observers who are coming to investigate the situation of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan. Having summarized the experience in welcoming […]
By Aqil Abdullah Sept 22, 2020 On Sept 14, the European Union asked for access for independent observers into Xinjiang to “truly understand” the treatment of Uyghurs in camps and China has agreed to “make arrangements”, according to Barron’s news. Although this step from the EU was long overdue, it […]
Sept 19, 2020 The Chinese authorities announced that they accepted European diplomats’ demand to visit the Uyghur region. But in its statement, the Chinese government made it clear that this investigation would not be independent by stating that it will not listen to Europe’s human rights lectures,” and would not […]
August 13, 2020 By World Uyghur Congress Press Release– For immediate release13 August 2020Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org+49 89 5432 1999 orcontact@uyghurcongress.org The World Uyghur Congress has instructed international human rights barrister Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers and head of Lawyers for Uyghur Rights to draft a formal written complaint […]
June 18, 2020 By Rabiye Kadeer The president of the most powerful country signs the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3744) We, the people of East Turkistan, are not just a group of oppressed people, but we have also been abandoned and forgotten by the world community. Now, […]
June 19, 2020 By Uyghur Human Rights Project On World Refugee Day 2020, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to address looming statelessness for Uyghurs outside of China. The stated theme for World Refugee Day 2020 aims “to remind the […]
April 22, 2020 By Uyghur Human Rights Project On Earth Day, UHRP highlights the connection between state oppression of Uyghurs and environmental degradation in East Turkistan. The Chinese government has increased the extraction of East Turkistan’s natural resources, such as minerals and foil fuels, and has massively expanded intensive agriculture […]
March 10, 2020 By Anjuman Rahman Arab silence on the looming genocide of the Uighur Muslims in China is deafening. Supposedly influential and powerful Arab states look on as the persecution continues. There are an increasing number of testimonies from Uighur refugees and asylum seekers documenting the most unimaginable forms […]
Dear BBC,The Xinjiang research community is delighted that you continue to cover such pressing humanitarian disasters as cultural genocide and internment camps. However, your coverage of the Xinjiang, Karakax papers on the 17th February 2019 fell somewhat short of the rigorous standards associated with your organisation that should continue to be both […]