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Authorities wall off Xinjiang village to control Uyghur movement

Authorities wall off Xinjiang village to control Uyghur movement

Chuluqai village is under 24-hour monitoring, with a single checkpoint for pedestrian access.

Once hailed as role model, Uyghur entrepreneur sentenced to 15 years

Once hailed as role model, Uyghur entrepreneur sentenced to 15 years

Reasons for conviction are unclear. Was it for comments about halal food? Or for communicating with his brothers?

China says its camps are closed, but Uyghurs remain under threat

China says its camps are closed, but Uyghurs remain under threat

Reports from Xinjiang suggest persecution against members of the mostly Muslim community continues.

Among Uyghurs, China aims to ‘meld Islam with Confucianism’

Among Uyghurs, China aims to ‘meld Islam with Confucianism’

Chinese officials meet to further plan to ‘Sinicize Islam’ and bind Muslims in China even closer to the state.

Life sentence for Uyghur scholar Rahile Dawut confirmed by US group

The folklore expert had disappeared in 2017 amid a crackdown on Uyghur intellectuals and cultural figures.

‘Washington and Wall Street are two different countries’

‘Washington and Wall Street are two different countries’

US companies investing in China need more guidance on human rights and national security, Congress told.

A man walks by a Chinese propaganda poster showing China's President Xi Jinping, outside Yarkant in northwestern China's Xinjiang region in July 2023.

Uyghur event in NY goes ahead despite Beijing’s warning

2023-09-19

China is moving Uyghurs from internment camps to prisons, while claiming it’s closing camps: experts.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals Summit 2023, at UN headquarters in New York, Sept.18, 2023.

China warns UN members not to attend panel on human rights: report

2023-09-19

The intimidation tactic is ‘shocking bad behavior,’ says Human Rights Watch.

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Chinese video depicts Uyghur man as drug dealer

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Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing

Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing
UN labor organization discussed forced labor during Xinjiang visit

UN labor organization discussed forced labor during Xinjiang visit

But human rights groups said the visit would play into China's propaganda on the western region.

Tourists visit Tianshan Mingyue City, a new cultural tourism block in Urumqi, capital of northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2023.

Stop tourism of Xinjiang, Uyghur advocacy group says

By offering tours, travel agencies are implicitly supporting China’s repression of Uyghurs, it says.

Chinese authorities have ordered "A General History of the Mongols" to be removed.

China bans book about the early history of the Mongolian people

Women hold pictures of victims and posters protesting China's crackdown on Uyghurs, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2022.

Rights groups blast UN for inaction on China’s repression in Xinjiang

Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia

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Behind the walls: Three Uyghurs detail their experience in China's secret 're-education' camps

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Slaves to fashion

Slaves to fashion