Thirty-seven years after the massacre, activists, analysts and lawmakers argue that engagement without accountability helped empower the Chinese Communist Party WASHINGTON (UNN)— Thirty-seven years after…
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When AI-generated pornographic images targeting human rights advocate Laura Harth began circulating online this spring, she says the goal was not hard to read. “The…
OPINION By: Mamatjan Juma When President Trump meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, the talks will cover trade, Taiwan, technology. Not my brother. His name is…
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2026 — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is calling on Chinese President Xi Jinping to release detained Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas.…
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2026 — Uyghur groups and communities marked the 36th anniversary of the 1990 Barin Uprising on Saturday with events in the United…
WASHINGTON — The United States criticized China after reports that Beijing plans to demolish the historic Beytulla Mosque in Ghulja in Xinjiang, where many Uyghurs…
Police say 6 Uyghur residents were taken to the police during home checks aimed at detecting fasting.
WASHINGTON — Uyghur News Network (UNN): Chinese authorities in Xinjiang carried out Ramadan house-to-house checks that took several Uyghurs into custody, according to phone interviews conducted by Radio Free Asia (RFA). One man is now facing criminal charges for fasting.
Children of imprisoned Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region are dropping out of school and taking manual labor jobs, a police officer told Radio Free Asia…
Officials warned Uyghur residents they could face detention for listening to unapproved music, as scholars say the campaign reflects expanding efforts to control cultural expression.…
When Mirkamil Turghun’s phone rang on Signal, the number appeared to be registered in Turkey. The voice on the line said he was calling from Urumqi — a detail that immediately clarified the situation for Mr. Turghun, a 42-year-old Uyghur musician living in Paris.
As China prepares its next five-year economic plan, experts warn that in the Uyghur region it is set to entrench post-2017 systems of surveillance, labor…
For much of the past decade, international reporting on China’s Uyghur region has followed a grim but familiar pattern: satellite images of internment facilities, testimony…