The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), an NGO promoting the protection of human rights, recalled on Monday the need for further action to hold China accountable for grave human rights ...
Human rights groups accuse Beijing of detaining as many as 1 million ethnic Uyghur Muslims in “reeducation camps” in Xinjiang. It has also cracked down on freedoms in Tibet. Ambassador Larsen ...
The law is the latest U.S. penalty over China’s alleged systemic and widespread abuse of ethnic and religious minorities in its far western region, especially Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim Uyghurs.
Southeast Asian countries have deported or detained hundreds of Uyghur asylum seekers fleeing ethnic and religious persecution in China, according to an investigation by The New York Times Magazine.
Xinjiang, often referred to as East Turkestan by Uyghurs and the Turkish diaspora, is home to nearly 12 million ethnically Turkic and Muslim Uyghurs. Experts highlight the Uyghurs' significance in ...
About 630 villages in Xinjiang have had their names changed to remove references to Islam or the Uighurs’ culture and history, according to the group's report, done in collaboration with the ...