Story Archive
2023-09-30
Rahile Dawut was targeted for her work to protect and preserve Uyghur culture, State Department says.
2023-09-27
Boarding schools teach mostly in Mandarin, with little or no use of Uyghur or other minority languages.
2023-09-27
Akida Polat speaks out about the life sentence handed to her mother, the Uyghur folklorist Rahile Dawut.
2023-09-26
Friends haven’t heard from Abduqahar Ebeydulla since he was arrested at his home in southern Xinjiang.
2023-09-26
State Department also releases an addendum to its business advisory for China’s far-west Xinjiang region.
2023-09-25
Deal makes neighboring Kazakhstan much less of a safe haven for Kazakhs who want to leave China.
2023-09-21
The folklore expert had disappeared in 2017 amid a crackdown on Uyghur intellectuals and cultural figures.
2023-09-19
China is moving Uyghurs from internment camps to prisons, while claiming it’s closing camps: experts.
2023-09-19
The intimidation tactic is ‘shocking bad behavior,’ says Human Rights Watch.
2023-09-19
Chuluqai village is under 24-hour monitoring, with a single checkpoint for pedestrian access.
2023-09-18
Reasons for conviction are unclear. Was it for comments about halal food? Or for communicating with his brothers?
2023-09-17
Reports from Xinjiang suggest persecution against members of the mostly Muslim community continues.
2023-09-14
Chinese officials meet to further plan to ‘Sinicize Islam’ and bind Muslims in China even closer to the state.
2023-09-12
US companies investing in China need more guidance on human rights and national security, Congress told.
2023-09-07
But human rights groups said the visit would play into China's propaganda on the western region.