Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are rapidly constructing crematoria staffed by dozens of security personnel, according to local officials, amid concerns over the eradication of ethnic Uyghur funeral traditions. Between March 2017 and February 2018, the XUAR government listed 5-10 million yuan (U.S. $760,000 to $1.52 million) tenders for contractors to…
DetailsTibet isn’t the only Chinese province terrified of having its culture rubbed out by Beijing. Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in western China, are reportedly being sent to “re-education camps” and serving lengthy jail sentences on trumped-up charges of religious extremism. The pain can be deeper for overseas workers who hear stories about their relatives…
DetailsFootball player Erfan Hezim took a selfie with Lionel Messi weeks before he was detained in a re-education center. Image via FifPro. With World Cup 2018 underway, all eyes are focused on the game. But many people are unaware of what — or who — is missing on the field. The Fédération Internationale des Associations…
DetailsXinjiang has changed over the decades, emphasising more on a “nationalistic and secular” culture rather than ethnic cultures. At the local library and cultural centre in Yangi County, women practise for a national function dressed in military uniform. Xinjiang province has the most to offer China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. But with ethnic…
DetailsPEN International is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer, Ablajan Awut Ayup (popularly known as Ablajan), who was taken into custody by state security agents in Urmqi, XUAR on 15 February 2018. No reason has been given for his detention and his family have not been informed of the…
DetailsUNPO A People Under Threat: Hundreds of Thousands of Uyghurs Arbitrarily Detained in China 26 June 2018 | 12:30 – 14:00 | Brussels, European Parliament, Room 2Q2 — REGISTER HERE — On 26 June 2018, from 12:30 to 14:30, the Uyghur Friendship Group in collaboration with the European People’s Party (EPP) will convene its very first meeting since its constitution. Entitled “A…
DetailsGuligeina Tashimaimaiti has not been heard from since 26 December 2017, when she returned from Malaysia to her hometown in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Her family fear that she has been detained at a re-education camp and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Amnesty International PDF Report – Click to View Guligeina…
DetailsIn China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, there have been reports of “re-education” camps where over 200,000 “suspects” are being held. DW spoke with researcher Adrian Lenz about the veracity of the reports. DW: Where is information about the re-education camps in Xinjiang coming from? Adrian Zenz: The most important sources are government reports that are often…
DetailsPolitical indoctrination camps unlawfully holding upwards of one million Uyghurs was raised last night during @HBO’s @LastWeekTonight w/ John Oliver. John Oliver touches on the XJ situation and makes reference to recent Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and AP News pieces, including the video testimony by Tahir Hamut. “…making ‘Uncle Xi’ less like your fun…
DetailsWe’re now live with our director talking about the current situation of the Uyghurs and Kazakhs in China.
Xinjiang region of China today reflects an extreme manifestation of a new ‘Surveillance State’ by the all powerful regime of Xi Jinping. Interestingly, this comes with a high-handed combination of technology and a strong flavour of communism. Its aim is not only to prevent the wave of both global…
DetailsAuthorities in Qaraqash (in Chinese, Moyu) county, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have detained nearly half of the population of a village in “political re-education camps,” according to a local official. Beginning in April 2017, Uyghurs accused of harboring “strong religious views” and “politically incorrect” views have been jailed or detained in…
DetailsFIFPro is concerned about the reported detention of one of China’s most promising young footballers. Erfan Hezim was reportedly taken to a “political re-education camp” in February for “visiting foreign countries” when he returned home from a trip to Spain and Dubai. The 19-year-old striker — also known as Ye Erfan – last year signed a 5-year…
DetailsDolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress exile group, recently learned from a close family friend that his mother, Ayhan Memet, died in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on May 17 at the age of 78. Isa, who has lived in exile since 1994, last spoke with his mother more…
DetailsThe persecuted community who are living in Turkey say Chinese authorities have recruited Uyghurs to watch over whether their behaviour is ‘suspicious’ or opposed to the ruling Communist Party. Gulgine and her family before they fled to Turkey. Her eldest son-Pakzat (stands between mother and father) before being sentenced for 13 years of prison by…
DetailsMore details and tales of harsh treatment in Xinjiang’s internment camps leak out, as Beijing keeps silence. 11 June 2018 Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbaev made the usual congratulatory remarks to his Chinese counterpart at the conclusion of the weekend Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Qingdao. Nazarbaev praised their high level of bilateral cooperation and…
DetailsThere are 10-11 million native Uyghur Turks living in China’s western-most Xinjiang province. But as many as 1 million of those are believed to be interred in “re-education camps”. That is an astonishing number. And when one stops to consider the sheer logistics involved in such an undertaking, that fact becomes even more incredible. Now…
DetailsAdditional police have been drafted in to look for any evidence of extremists Chinese cities with large Muslim populations have tightened security ahead of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday, with additional police and anti-terrorism units drafted in to check for any evidence of infiltration by extremist groups. It is expected that at least 10 ethnic…
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