Demonstrations were held outside the Chinese embassy in London against China’s mass oppression against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Autonomous Region, also known as East Turkestan. The protest on Tuesday was organised by the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) and attended by over one hundred people who chanted slogans such…
DetailsExclusive new details have emerged about the transfer of Uyghur detainees outside Xinjiang (East Turkistan), and the conditions inside the prisons warehousing them for re-education. Bitter Winter has once again received exclusive news about Muslims being transferred to Shaanxi and Gansu. The prisons in these two provinces where Muslims are received and detained have also been…
DetailsEthnic Uighur people walk in front of a giant screen with a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the main city square in Kashgar in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 6, 2018. The screen broadcasts a slideshow of images of Xi on loop, including propaganda images of his previous visit to…
DetailsMore than a dozen bipartisan U.S. lawmakers have nominated jailed Uyghur academic and blogger Ilham Tohti to receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his commitment to peaceful interethnic dialogue between members of his ethnic group and China’s Han Chinese majority. An outspoken economics professor who regularly highlighted the religious and cultural persecution of the…
DetailsISHR joined today with over 36 organisations to launch a call on governments to adopt a resolution addressing human rights in China, with particular focus on Uyghur and other ethnic minority regions. This is the first time in over a decade that an organised effort has been made to use the Human Rights Council to seek access…
DetailsThe EU has repeatedly voiced concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) The team was supervised by Chinese officials trying ‘to give a good impression’ Kashgar was one of the cities visited by the European Union team. Photo: Bloomberg A European Union delegation has visited China’s far western region of Xinjiang (East…
DetailsDetentions, visa delays, and suspected phone bugging are among the challenges faced by foreign journalists in China, who say working conditions are getting worse with many reporting being watched and harassed. A survey of 109 journalists published Tuesday “painted the darkest picture of reporting conditions inside China in recent memory,” the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of…
DetailsLast fall, 646 international scholars signed a statement condemning the internment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang (East Turkistan) region of western China, stressing that mass internment of citizens on the basis of ethno-cultural and religious identity is unprecedented in the twenty-first century and should not be tolerated by the international…
DetailsIn recognition for his tireless work in raising the human rights concerns of the Uyghur people and for promoting peaceful interethnic dialogue in China, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) and Norwegian Uyghur Committee (NUK) have nominated Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti for the Rafto Prize. The Rafto Prize is awarded annually…
DetailsWith one million minority Uyghur Muslims detained for re-education, what becomes of their children? They are locked in “schools” of Han Chinese propaganda. The children of the detained Uyghur parents are kept in so-called Loving Heartkindergartens and schools in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). They undergo full-time supervision and receive their education in Chinese only. Usually, the iron gates…
DetailsXi’s economic ambitions drive the anti-Muslim crackdown in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). Twice a day, employees at an upscale jewelry boutique in China’s remote western region of Xinjiang (East Turkistan) stop what they’re doing and don bulletproof vests and combat helmets. Thrusting long clubs, they practice defending the store against attackers. Their imaginary assailants aren’t jewel…
DetailsWATCH ABOVE: In 2016, supporters of Canadian Huseyin Celil called for his release from a Chinese prison on the 10th anniversary of his arrest. Listen When they were little, Kamila Telendibaeva’s sons used to ask her the same question every day: “When is my dad going to come back?” Three of her four boys are…
DetailsXinjiang (East Turkistan)’s detainees are the latest victims of a deep insecurity. Mihrigul Tursun (right) speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Nov. 26, 2018. Through a translator, Tursun, a member of China’s Uighur minority, said she spent several months in detention in China where she was beaten, tortured, and given unknown drugs.…
DetailsGovernment officials are monitoring funeral services in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) and prohibiting Muslims from commemorating their dead according to their faith and customs. In an effort to take even more control of religion from believers, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now meddling in how the religious conduct their funerals in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Uyghur Autonomous Region. Take,…
DetailsAt least 10 Australian residents may be among the hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs imprisoned in the Chinese regime’s “re-education camps” in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) province, prompting safety concerns from family members in Australia. Nurmuhammad Majid, president of the East Turkistan Australian Association (ETAA) said that he is aware of nine Australian residents and one…
DetailsNote: This article written by Amy Anderson is based on interviews with Tashpolat Tiyip’s friends, students and relatives. Their identities cannot be revealed due to obvious reasons. Sometime after he disappeared in 2017, Tashpolat Tiyip, the president of Xinjiang (East Turkistan) University, was sentenced to death in a secret trial. The Chinese state has provided…
DetailsLast fall, 646 international scholars signed a statement condemning the internment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang (East Turkistan) region of western China, stressing that mass internment of citizens on the basis of ethno-cultural and religious identity is unprecedented in the twenty-first century and should not be tolerated by the international…
DetailsInside Tibet report There is growing evidence that military and security officials in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) (known to Uyghurs as East Turkestan) are collaborating more closely with their counterparts in the border areas of Tibet and elsewhere, reflecting the Chinese leadership’s alignment of Tibet and Xinjiang (East Turkistan) and the importance of both regions to…
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