Uyghurs

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., center, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., right, are leading the newly-formed House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Ahead of China hearing, lawmakers share 'next steps' the U.S. can take for Uyghurs

2:14pm February 28, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, leaders of the House select committee focused on the threat of China, say raising awareness of human rights abuses is a crucial first step.

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The Royal Mint Court office complex, bought by the Chinese government for 255 million pounds ($311 million) in May 2018, in London, on Friday. China's controversial plan to build a new embassy on the site near the Tower of London was rejected in a Tower Hamlets council meeting on Thursday.

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London says no to a big Chinese Embassy, in a blow to Beijing ties

3:02pm December 02, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Local officials in London rejected plans for a massive, new Chinese Embassy, a bitter setback for China's government that once promised a "golden age" for its British relations.

The Chinese flag is visible behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region.

How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store

7:30am May 21, 2022

by Emily Feng

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

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Kuçar shows text messages he exchanged with his wife Meryem Aimati the night she was detained from her home in Xinjiang. "The police are at the door," she wrote.

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Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang

5:22pm February 03, 2022

by Emily Feng

Being hit, locked in a dark room and forced to hold a stress position — two small Uyghur children recount abusive experiences in boarding school in Xinjiang, where they also lost their mother tongues.

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Activists urge Tesla to close its new Xinjiang showroom

6:24am January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Tesla on Friday announced the opening of its showroom in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities.

A Wakhi man looks out at the mountains in the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. Uyghurs leaving China have trekked through the region. Now many Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear the Taliban could deport them to China.

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Afghan Uyghurs whose families fled China now fear the Taliban could deport them

2:35pm October 15, 2021

by Emily Feng

Many Uyghurs living in Afghanistan want to leave now that the Taliban are back in control. They fear that the Chinese government could push the Taliban to deport them to China.

Uyghurs living in Turkey protested China in March for the country's human rights abuses in its western Xinjiang province. A new Amnesty International report substantiates these abuses, calling them "crimes against humanity."

New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China

8:00pm June 10, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.

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Facebook said the objective of the phishing scam was to lure Uyghur audiences into clicking on false content links — either from a computer or smartphone — to infect the device with malware.

Chinese Hackers Made Fake Facebook Profiles, Apps To Spy On Uyghur Activists

8:15pm March 24, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"This activity had the hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation, while obfuscating who's behind it," Facebook said, adding that the malware spread to about 500 people in seven countries.