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Interview: ‘It’s a miracle that she could escape’

Interview: ‘It’s a miracle that she could escape’

Journalist Andrea Hoffmann discusses the book she co-wrote with Uyghur camp survivor Mihrigul Tursun.

US officials, rights groups condemn billionaire investor’s Uyghur comments

US officials, rights groups condemn billionaire investor’s Uyghur comments

Chamath Palihapitiya says ‘nobody cares’ about the persecution of Uyghurs in western China.

Rights groups urge countries to pressure China on human rights before Olympics

Rights groups urge countries to pressure China on human rights before Olympics

The world cannot let China use the games as a ‘sportswashing opportunity,’ says Amnesty International.

After 4 years in detention, Uyghur brothers forced to work at factories in Xinjiang

After 4 years in detention, Uyghur brothers forced to work at factories in Xinjiang

Abduqahar and Ablikim Eziz were home only a few days before authorities picked them up again.

Five women from Uyghur family sentenced to long prison terms in China’s Xinjiang

A record of the verdict says the women were imprisoned for ‘illegal’ religious activities.

Blinken blasts China’s sanctions on US religious freedom officials

Blinken blasts China’s sanctions on US religious freedom officials

China has barred 4 commissioners from entering the country and frozen any assets they hold there.

Thai police escort Erawan Shrine bombing suspects Adem Karadag (front) and Yusufu Mieraili into a military court in Bangkok, Feb. 16, 2016.

Uyghur bombing suspects describe deplorable conditions in Thai military prison

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The defendants say they have no books to read or paper to write on to send letters.

A protester of the French Uyghur Community shout slogans and hold flags of East Turkestan during a demonstration over China's human rights record near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during a state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, March 25, 2019.

French Parliament calls Uyghur persecution a genocide

2022-01-20

Lawmakers overwhelmingly pass resolution that also calls on the government to protect Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

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“Brave” Chinese citizen journalist gets rare video of nearly 20 Xinjiang internment camps for Uyghurs

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Slaves to fashion

Slaves to fashion

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‘It was like the whole region had turned into an open-air prison,’ photographer says of Xinjiang

China appoints chief of Xinjiang’s Armed Police Force to Hong Kong

China appoints chief of Xinjiang’s Armed Police Force to Hong Kong

Major General Peng Jintang’s appointment may signal an even tougher clampdown there, analysts say.

Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021. Urumqi No. 3, China's largest detention center, is twice the size of Vatican City and has room for at least 10,000 inmates.

Retired Uyghur civil servant dies shortly after release from detention

Ghiyasidin Abla spent 3 years in an internment camp for attending a Muslim religious ceremony.

Uyghur women walk past a sign outside a small mosque in Urumqi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in a file photo.

Uyghur woman sentenced to 14 years for teaching Islam, hiding Qurans

Ethnic Uyghur men take part in a protest against China in front of the Caglayan Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 4, 2022, the day they filed a criminal complaint accusing Chinese government officials of committing genocide and other crimes against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.

Uyghurs in Turkey file criminal complaint against Chinese for abuses in Xinjiang

A receptionist works at a Tesla showroom in Beijing, China, Jan. 4, 2022.

Tesla’s new showroom in Xinjiang prompts criticism from human rights activists

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

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Countries that condemned or defended China’s mass detention of Uyghurs

Map of Countries that Condemned or Defended China’s Mass Detention of Uyghurs

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