Human Rights

Hotan, China-October 3, 2017: Blue-eyed grandfather of the Uyghur Turkic people holds his napping grandson in his arms while they both sit on the steps of a store at the city's bazaar. Xinjiang Region

Why Scholars and Activists Increasingly Fear a Uyghur Genocide in Xinjiang

Survey of the key issues in the crisis by a leading scholar. Published in Journal of Genocide Research by Joanne Smith Finley.

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USHMM: China - Country Case Studies

The Chinese government is systematically persecuting Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities on the basis of their religion and ethnicity. There is a reasonable basis to believe that the government of China is committing crimes against humanity. Learn more about the conflict history and current threats to civilians.

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The Spatial Cleansing of Xinjiang

Builds on the author's book The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History (2014), telling the living history of collective memory, and what is at stake in destroying Uyghur society. By Rian Thum (2020).

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Personal reflections on the effects of the camp system on Uyghur society, as well as the world's response, by a Uyghur modernist philosopher

Essay on the effects of surveillance in Uyghur society; terror capitalism by Darren Byler (2019). ISBN: 978-0-7618-7229-0 (2021, by Mamtimin Ala).

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Ghost World

Essay on the effects of surveillance in Uyghur society; terror capitalism by Darren Byler (2019)

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China's Government has Ordered a Million Citizens to Occupy Uygher Homes

Article that discusses the role the "Han" majority has played in Uyghur communities. Living with Uyghur families and teaching Uyghur children government approved Chinese history and culture.

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China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says

China is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of Muslim Uighurs, according to new research.

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Who are the Uighurs and why is China being accused of genocide?

China is facing mounting criticism from around the world over its treatment of the mostly Muslim Uighur population in the north-western region of Xinjiang