Uyghur Solidarity Month Keeps a Forgotten Crisis in Focus
Human rights advocates are renewing attention on the persecution of the Uyghur people through Uyghur Solidarity Month, a…
Beijing Launches “Meet Xinjiang This Summer” Campaign to Whitewash Uyghur Genocide
In a brazen attempt to sanitize its ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people, the Chinese government has launched…
U.S. Blacklists 43 Chinese Firms Over Alleged Uyghur Forced Labor in East Turkestan
In the most sweeping single expansion of its forced-labor enforcement to date, the United States has added 43…
Kazakhstan Braces for Cross-Border Reach of China’s New ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law
Kazakhstan, where ethnic Kazakh, Uyghur and other Turkic diaspora communities fear the legislation could extend Beijing’s influence beyond…
From Enforcer to Prisoner: A Defector Exposes China’s Xinjiang Surveillance State
A former Han Chinese police officer who helped build and operate China’s mass surveillance system in Xinjiang has…
Uyghur Family Arrested in Xinjiang Over Goods Shipped to Turkey
The arrest of four Uyghur women from the same family in Urumqi the capital of Xinjiang, China has…
The Yarkand Massacre: A Day of Blood and Silence
On 28 July 2014, in Yarkand (Shache) County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, what began as a largely peaceful Uyghur…
Uyghur Children in the Crosshairs: Rights Groups Flag Systematic Violations as China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Takes Effect
On 20 July 2026, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights…
Coming Together Against Silence: Ten Years After the Uyghur Camps
On 31 August 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), under then-High…
World Uyghur Congress Criticizes China Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has strongly criticized China over alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other…