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290 articles matching the search query.
A Uyghur family fled and Beijing followed, pushing for prison and extradition in Turkey and Morocco
The precarious life of a Uyghur family in exile.
Forced labor on China’s cotton farms will enslave Uyghurs until the EU and UN act, a report says
Scholars and activists say that efforts in Europe and America to combat forced labor in China are not enough.
Will Congress task U.S. spies to dig deeper in Xinjiang?
A new bill introduced by a U.S. representative from New York, Ritchie Torres, says open-source intel isn’t enough to expose crimes against humanity that may be happening in the Uyghur homeland.
China’s trade with Central Asia — mostly via Xinjiang — topped $50 billion in April
The backdrop of China’s Central Asia Summit today is rapidly expanding trade relations, driven by fossil fuel imports, that are now almost as large as China’s trade with the U.S.
Uyghurs face long wait to become U.S. citizens
American legal gridlock is leaving exiles from Xinjiang trapped in limbo.
What Kazakhstan’s history classrooms teach their students about China
China is expanding its engagement in Central Asia. But in Kazakhstan’s history classrooms, official textbooks leave many teachers and students with more questions than answers about their powerful neighbor.
The United Nations calls for the release of three illegally detained Uyghurs
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immediate release of Ekpar Asat, Qurban Mamut, and Gulshan Abbas.
China pushes Belt and Road for Afghanistan with an eye its interests in Central and South Asia
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with top officials from Central and South Asia last week. While China’s influence in the region is growing, so are its security concerns.
The case of Idris Hasan and other Uyghurs behind bars around the world at the behest of China
Uyghurs have been detained on spurious charges in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Thailand, and Turkey, as the governments of those countries attempt to curry favor with Beijing.
A cultural program for young Uyghurs in Germany
Activist Abduweli Ayup is attempting to keep Uyghur culture alive by teaching the younger generation their history and heritage.
How China abuses the Interpol Red Notice system to persecute Uyghurs
A recent House of Lords panel in the U.K. drew attention to the way China, among other countries, abuses the global Red Notice system that was originally set up to stop criminals from fleeing justice.
U.S. officials call out companies for forced Uyghur labor in their supply chains
Activists and U.S. officials have hailed legislation intended to stop goods made with coerced Uyghur labor, but complain that tainted goods are still reaching U.S. markets in large numbers.
Xinjiang through the lens of Zhang Boyuan
Zhang says that the scenes in his photographs are things that were already there, but are also reflections of his own moods, and bearers of stories.
A new report on humanitarian needs of exiled Uyghurs around the world
Uyghurs who have escaped persecution in China face transnational repression, statelessness, poverty, and psychological trauma. Activists are calling for international help.
Activists call for complete ban on Hikvision, Dahua, and other firms that make surveillance tech used in Xinjiang
The tech companies that have profited off human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Chinese citizens continue to sell their wares worldwide and get funding from global investors.
When does cruelty become brutality? On state violence in Northwest China
In Carlos Sanchez’s book “A Sense of Brutality,” cruelty is defined as enjoying the pain of another. In Xinjiang, there was a form of enjoyment, disguised as ethno-nationalist pride, of the detention of Uyghurs, suggesting cruelty at scale.
U.S. Select Committee holds session on ‘The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide’
A new bipartisan U.S. committee held its second meeting to hear testimony from Uyghur survivors of internment camps and expert witnesses. Nobody minced their words.
Documenting the destruction of Uyghur and Kirghiz culture in China
Uyghur scholar and poet Aziz Isa Elkun has watched in anger as the Chinese government has waged war on the traditional music, dance, and poetry of his village home, and all the Turkic cultures of Xinjiang.
The man behind the protests at Pakistan’s Belt and Road hub at the port of Gwadar
Resentment at the Chinese-funded port development at Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province has been building for several years and one man is leading an ongoing protest movement.
Three Uyghur poems
For World Poetry Day, we present three Uyghur poems (two of which are translated here for the first time into English) that tell stories of continuity and struggle: “Song of Nuzugum” by Tursun’ay Huseyin, “My Body is a Leaf” by Turghun Almas, and “Unending Song” by Téyipjan Éliyov.
