UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says she is seeking access to China to check on reports of disappearances and arbitrary detentions, particularly in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region. Read more.
One Belt, One Road initiative has parallels with Qing colonialism in the 18th century. Read more.
WASHINGTON—For the first time, persecuted faith groups in China and human rights organizations are forming a coalition to advance religious freedom in China, with the backing of the Trump administration and members of Congress. Read more.
The horrifying stories of pain and suffering in internment camps filtering out from the Uyghur homeland have filled Uyghurs around the world with a deep sorrow. The Uyghur poet Muyesser Abdulehed said she could not help but imagine being one…
The world's largest Muslim-majority country has been unable to take a strong stance against the 're-education camps.' Read more.
Nearly 120 members of the UW community gathered in the Communications Building on the evening of Feb. 28 to hear from five experts on “China’s mass internment of Uyghurs and Kazak Muslims.” Read more.
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers and a coalition of religious rights groups pushed the U.S. government Monday to take action against Chinese officials responsible for religious persecution, particularly against China’s minority Uighur population. Read more.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations investigator on religious freedom said on Tuesday he has asked China to let him visit its Xinjiang region where some 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are in facilities activists call mass detention…
U.S. lawmakers have appealed to the Trump Administration to take action against “egregious human rights abuses” in western China, where it is believed that at least one million ethnic Uighur and other minority Muslims are being held in secretive internment…
The Silence of the Muslim World Regarding Repression in China. Read more.
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