Authors Mamatjan Juma Mamatjan Juma is the Executive Director of Uyghur News Network (UNN) and a longtime newsroom leader with more than 18 years of…
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Washington DC (UNN) — Chinese authorities have begun changing ancient Uyghur street names in Kashgar, ordering the replacement of long-standing Uyghur names with Mandarin ones,…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — Genocide Watch issued a “Genocide Emergency” alert on China’s Uyghur region, saying Chinese government policies toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims now…
WASHINGTON (UNN)— China continues to impose forced labor on Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities and to expand surveillance and repression, according to a new report…
WASHINGTON (UNN)— A congressional investigation released Wednesday found that weaknesses in research security at the U.S. Department of Energy allowed taxpayer-funded scientific work to be…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — A coalition of 15 countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Friday expressing “deep concerns” over ongoing human rights…
BERLIN (UNN) — Germany has moved to bar Huawei Technologies Co. from its future 6G networks, taking its strongest stance yet against Chinese telecommunications equipment…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — President Donald J. Trump on Thursday proclaimed Nov. 2–8, 2025, as Anti-Communism Week in the United States. The president called communism “one…
By Uyghur News DeskJune 29, 2025 A sweeping new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, or ICIJ, reveals how China is extending its…
A major new study released by the European Parliament has confirmed what many Uyghurs in exile have long feared: China’s campaign of repression has no borders. The June 2025 report, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), exposes Beijing’s systematic transnational harassment of Uyghur human rights defenders, journalists, and dissidents living abroad — including inside the European Union.
A new U.S.-China trade framework promising to restart the flow of rare earth minerals to American industries is casting a long shadow due to unresolved…
A new investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that more than 100 global brands are linked to forced labor involving Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang region
Washington — May 28, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced sweeping visa restrictions aimed at curbing the influence of the Chinese Communist…
Kucha, China | May 26, 2025 China has stepped up a carefully choreographed media campaign in its restive Xinjiang region, as international scrutiny over human…
May 26, 2025 — A 60 Minutes investigation has revealed alarming new details about China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) — now considered the largest…
In a chilling revelation that underscores Beijing’s continued surveillance of Uyghur communities abroad, Turkish authorities have dismantled what officials call the most sophisticated Chinese espionage network ever uncovered on Turkish soil—targeting Uyghur exiles.
“Harvard-trained members of a sanctioned Chinese paramilitary group involved in genocide, along with researchers partnering with Chinese military universities on Department of Defense-funded projects and those funded by the Iranian regime, represent a disturbing and ongoing threat,”