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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.

Retired Uyghur civil servant dies shortly after release from detention

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 woman sentenced to 14 years for teaching Islam, hiding Qurans

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

Hasiyet Ehmet has not been heard from since her abduction four years ago.

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

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

Advocates hope case adds pressure on China, but the country’s ties with Turkey may undercut the effort.

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.

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

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

The move is ‘not just unethical but unconscionable,’ says Dolkun Isa of the World Uyghur Congress

A building officially called a vocational skills education center, but believed to be a detention facility for Muslim Uyghurs, is seen in Hotan, northwestern China's Xinjiang region, Sept. 7, 2018.

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

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, Dec. 21, 2021.

Blinken blasts China’s sanctions on US religious freedom officials

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

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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

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

China mounts anti-US campaign in Xinjiang universities amid genocide declarations

China mounts anti-US campaign in Xinjiang universities amid genocide declarations

Uyghur university instructors and students are being used in anti-U.S. propaganda efforts.

Police officers stand at the entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng, northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021.

Uyghur scholar confirmed abducted by Chinese police 3 years ago

Abliz Orhun was arrested for his involvement in an unexplained ‘local case.’

Buildings at the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center, believed to be a re-education camp where Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, are seen north of Kashgar in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, June 2, 2019.

Uyghur forced laborer died at factory in China’s Xinjiang, officials say

Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo (L) gets up to leave as Shohrat Zakir (R), chairman of Xinjiang's government, applauds at the end of a meeting of the Xinjiang delegation during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 12, 2019.

China’s appointment of new Xinjiang chief will not change repression of Uyghurs

U.S. President Joe Biden at a signing ceremony where he signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act at the White House in Washington, DC, Dec. 23, 2021.

Biden, signing Uyghur forced labor law, vows to ‘use every tool’ to stop abuses

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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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