Uyghur

Press Release: 180+ Orgs Demand Apparel Brands End Complicity in Uyghur Forced Labour

Today, 72 Uyghur rights groups are joined by over 100 civil society organisations and labour unions from around the world in calling on apparel brands and retailers to stop using forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ("Uyghur Region"), known to local...
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UHRP: Video: From Systematic Assimilation to Cultural Genocide

For immediate releaseJuly 6, 2020 12:10 pm EDTContact: Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), (646) 906-7722 https://uhrp.org/press-release/video-systematic-assimilation-cultural-genocide-july-5-2009-turning-point-chinas The unrest in Ürümchi and subsequent violent...
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The Hill: US takes steps to stop China’s abuse of Uyghurs – as should other countries

BY JIANLI YANG AND LIANCHAO HAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS06/17/20 12:00 PM EDT On May 27, the House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, voting overwhelmingly to sanction Chinese government officials responsible for internment camps in...
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The Hill: Beyond Xinjiang’s camps, China threatens Uighurs globally

By Dr. Yang Jianli & Dr. Han Lianchao It's well known that China uses its vast surveillance network to monitor its ethnic minorities, including Tibetans and Uighurs. But leaked documents - the Karakax list - from the western region of Xinjiang show that across...
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