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Interview: ‘I am a powerless Pakistani citizen’ who ‘raised my voice for you’

Interview: ‘I am a powerless Pakistani citizen’ who ‘raised my voice for you’

Student Muhammad Usman Asad holds a one-man protest against China’s repression of Uyghurs.

Chinese research on Xinjiang mummies seen as promoting revisionist history

Chinese research on Xinjiang mummies seen as promoting revisionist history

One outside expert says the report reflects China’s efforts to rewrite ethnic history.

Seven Uyghur staffers from sports school in Xinjiang serving up to 5 years in prison

Seven Uyghur staffers from sports school in Xinjiang serving up to 5 years in prison

The reasons for their arrests remain unknown.

Uyghur university student in Xinjiang arrested for ‘attempting to divide the country’

Uyghur university student in Xinjiang arrested for ‘attempting to divide the country’

Zulyar Yasin, who attended schools in Turkey and China, is serving up to five years in jail.

Interview: Nury Turkel to ‘call China out’ for atrocities against Uyghurs, others

The new religious freedom chair takes up lead role as ‘immigrant and indirect victim of the Uyghur genocide.’

EU lawmakers find ‘serious risk of genocide’ in China’s repression of Uyghurs

EU lawmakers find ‘serious risk of genocide’ in China’s repression of Uyghurs

The European Parliament also moved to ban products made by forced labor.

Activists set up a mock Uyghur forced labor camp and call on US tech giant Apple Inc. to stop using Uyghur forced labor to manufacture its products, outside the Apple flagship store in Washington, DC, March 4, 2022.

Experts raise concern about implementation of US law on Uyghur forced labor

2022-06-22

American companies could bifurcate supply chains or route goods though other nations, they say.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet leaves after she addresses the press on the opening day of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, June 13, 2022.

UN member states criticize China over Uyghurs at Human Rights Council session

2022-06-15

The 47 nations call on the UN human rights chief to issue an overdue report on abuse 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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Chutzpah in China

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Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing

Chinese company transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to Nanjing
Jailed Uyghurs' relatives forced to attend study sessions in Ghulja during UN visit

Jailed Uyghurs' relatives forced to attend study sessions in Ghulja during UN visit

They were summoned daily by a bell and monitored closely, a village policeman says.

A sign with a Chinese slogan hangs from the fence of a mosque in the city of Aksu in northwestern China's Xinjiang province, July 17, 2014.

Officials open mosques in Xinjiang cities visited by UN human rights chief

Worshipers were allowed into a few prominent mosques in Urumqi and Kashgar.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet (L) attends a virtual meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (R) in Guangzhou, a sprawling port city in southern China, May 25, 2022.

Uyghur groups urge resignation of UN rights chief for ‘Potemkin-style’ Xinjiang tour

Chinese police patrol the streets of the Old City of Kashgar in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, May 4, 2021.

Uyghur cop’s daughter serving 10 years in Xinjiang prison for viewing Turkish films

This handout image taken and released on May 25, 2022 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) shows UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet (2nd L), OHCHR director of field operations and technical cooperation division Christian Salazar (L), China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C), and China's Vice Foreign Minister Mao Zhaoxu attending a virtual meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, in Guangzhou.

Uyghur group slams UN rights czar over ‘wasted opportunity’ during trip to Xinjiang

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

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