Uighurs

United Kingdom 01/13/21, 15:47

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced in a speech to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 12 that British companies whose production chain is associated with the Chinese Communist Party's abuses of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region will be heavily fined, the Daily Mail reported. "Evidence of the scale ...

U.S. 09/24/20, 15:24

The House on Tuesday, Sept. 22, voted almost unanimously to pass a law that would restrict imports of products made with forced labor from China amid concerns about reports of abuse of Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region. According to Reuters, the Democrat-controlled House passed the measure by a vote of ...

Asia & Pacific 08/19/20, 18:53

Radio Free Asia interviewed Dr. Hasiyet Abdulla, a Uighur obstetrician who worked for 15 years in hospitals in Xinjiang province, China. She now resides in Turkey and reveals that hospitals in Xinjiang province are made to perform forced abortions and even kill newborn babies if they are out of "family ...

World 08/18/20, 18:03

Merdan Ghappar, a fashion model who is a Uighur Muslim, was detained in a center in the Xinjiang region of northern China, after revealing a video and exposing the harsh reality of living under pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The video of Ghappar along with a series of messages ...

World 07/18/20, 15:15

More and more facts are coming to light that call the world to wake up to the atrocities committed against the Uighurs and other minorities under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  Two recent events have once again brought the international community's attention to the Uighur minority in Xinjiang, China. On the ...

World 07/14/20, 16:52

Strong evidence of concentration camps, persecution, torture, and death of Uighur citizens under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Government of East Turkistan in Exile (ETGE) and the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to initiate an investigation into genocide and other human ...

U.S. 07/13/20, 13:05

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday, July 13, announced the details of its retaliation measures against the United States after the Trump administration slapped penalties on CCP officials for their repression of Uighur Muslims and other minorities in the Xinjiang region. The CCP’s Foreign Ministry said its sanctions targeted a ...

D.C. 05/28/20, 04:39

A controversial emergency measure gave representatives the unprecedented ability to vote on behalf of others who could not attend Congress. House Democrats took advantage of the new proxy voting scheme, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) introduced to allow 74 party members to nominate a colleague who votes on their behalf ...

World 01/08/20, 22:06

For the past six years, the Chinese communist regime has been monitoring the Uighur ethnic minority in Xinjiang Province, using advanced surveillance technology. Internment camps were created, and more than 1.5 million Uighurs and other ethnic minorities are detained there. Leaked classified Chinese documents have provided information on the communist regime’s ...

World 12/28/19, 12:58

Thousands of people took to the streets in Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday, Dec. 27, to protest the repression of nearly 2 million ethnic Uighurs by the Chinese communist regime. In Malaysia, some 700 members of various groups gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The demonstrations took place after Malaysian ...

U.S. 11/27/19, 20:41

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, Nov. 26, warned of a serious human rights breach by Chinese authorities, citing leaked classified documents that have revealed an unparalleled level of relentless suppression of Muslims and minority ethnic groups in western China—with the scale of the campaign triggering attention from numerous ...

U.S. 10/03/19, 14:28

The government recently announced that it will stop importing clothing, precious metals, and other goods suspected of having been produced by forced labor in various parts of the world. One of the companies sanctioned is Hetian Taida Apparel Co. Ltd., which is located in Xinjiang, a region of China strongly ...

World 09/25/19, 14:41

The United States denounced "the horrors of state repression" of human rights perpetrated by the Chinese regime, in the words of Under Secretary of State John J. Sullivan on Sept. 24 at the United Nations in New York. He also highlighted the responsibility of the UN and its members in the ...

Opinion 07/01/19, 11:30

Adorned with bright smiles and clothed in colorful garb, Uighur Muslims held in political reeducation camps flash across the screen as they sing and dance triumphantly to the words that President Xi Jinping wrote just for them. These sights, captured by the BBC, are what the Chinese government wants journalists and the ...

World 04/04/19, 18:10

US representatives, the US ambassador for international religious freedom and activists called for addressing mass detention of the Muslims in Xinjiang and other human rights violations of the Uighurs

World 03/19/19, 11:10

Report aims to justify what Beijing calls anti-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts in heavily Muslim western region

World 03/14/19, 11:35

China’s attempt to eradicate distinct ethnic and religious identities in Xinjing is nothing less than a systematic campaign of cultural genocide

World 03/13/19, 08:30

Trump administration considering sanctions, but lawmakers say they have seen no meaningful actions to pressure China

Asia & Pacific 02/13/19, 12:59

Beijing's warning on travel to Turkey is seen as the latest escalation in bilateral tensions following Ankara's condemnation of China over its treatment of Uighurs

Asia & Pacific 02/12/19, 14:00

China has seemingly proved Turkey wrong about the rumored death of Abdurehim Heyit, a renowned Uighur poet and musician