A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research
April 9, 2026, UHRP
Chinese state media often portrays East Turkistan (also known as the Uyghur Region) as a land of pristine environments, highlighting snow-capped mountains and alpine lakes to attract tourists seeking respite from the congestion of eastern China’s cities. This narrative of an unspoiled wilderness...
2026-04-11 :Date
Representative Image (File Photo/Reuters)
Munich [Germany] March 29 (ANI) The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting a series of international engagements aimed at exposing what it describes as China's...
2026-03-31 :Date
For immediate releaseMarch 27, 2026, UHRP
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is deeply concerned by recent comments made by Canadian Member of Parliament Michael Ma, which appear to dismiss evidence of forced labor in China,...
2026-03-28 :Date
Rights center urges pressure on China as Canadian Uyghur detained since 2006 remains denied consular access and contact with family
Muslim Network TV — March 26, 2026
OTTAWA, Canada (MNTV) — A leading human rights organization has...
2026-03-28 :Date
Image credit : The Asian Age
China’s Eid charity in Dhaka highlights a powerful contrast between outward generosity and alleged repression at home.
By Kongkon Karmaker
Borderlens, March 26, 2026
On a humid afternoon in Mirpur,...
2026-03-27 :Date
Turkistan Times, 26 March 2026, KASHGAR — In a move that observers describe as a calculated step toward demographic engineering, the Chinese government has officially announced the establishment of a new administrative unit in Kashgar Prefecture. On March 26, 2026, authorities confirmed the...
2026-03-26 :Date
From uyghurtimes.com
Turkistan Times, 26 March 2026, WASHINGTON D.C. — In a significant escalation of digital hostility, the Uyghur Post and Uyghur Times have been hit by a large-scale, coordinated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)...
2026-03-26 :Date
Chinese citizen Guan Heng was granted political asylum in the United States at the beginning of this year. He had faced severe persecution by Beijing authorities after producing a documentary in 2020 that filmed several detention camps...
2026-03-25 :Date
Jimmy Lai is transported by prisoner transport vehicles outside the court in Hong Kong, December 15, 2025. © 2025 Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images
Severe Suppression of Rights of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Unofficial Churches
HRW, February 4,...
2026-03-25 :Date
Munich [Germany], March 21 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting a series of international engagements aimed at exposing what it describes as China's ongoing repression of Uyghurs, intensifying...
2026-03-24 :Date
The screengrab taken from a video shows Uyghur Muslims praying before eating traditional snacks to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr festival in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on March 21, 2026 (Screengrab/AFP)
Uyghurs are mainly found in China’s Xinjiang region but diaspora is spread across several...
2026-03-24 :Date
A mosque in Kumul, Xinjiang, China, during Eid Al-fitr prayer, July 2016. © 2016 Yalkun Uluyol/Human Rights Watch
March 18, 2026, HRW
Yalkun Uluyol - China Researcher
This Ramadan, as I sit down with a hot bowl of...
2026-03-22 :Date
Before The Camps: The Uyghur Protests Beijing Didn’t Want You To See (Photo: On Jan 17, 2026, Demonstrators, including Uyghurs, gather outside Royal Mint Court to protest against plans to open new Chinese mega-embassy) Image Credit:...
2026-03-19 :Date
In front of the Amersfoort Police Station. The author just received the formal report confirming that a criminal investigation was officially launched on March 11, 2026.
What happened in February in The Hague is evidence of China’s...
2026-03-18 :Date
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Officers inspect vehicles at a port of entry in Seattle, Washington. Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Flickr
Enforcement of the bipartisan law appeared to be slowing prior to a...
2026-03-16 :Date
Repression does not always rely on visible coercion
Written byAsiye Uyghur
Global Voices, 11 March 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been urging grassroots officials to strengthen and innovate social governance since 2021. Screenshot for Chinese National Radio's video on...
2026-03-15 :Date
Turkistan Times, March 13, 2026 – Istanbul: During the National People's Congress held in Beijing in March 2026, the Chinese government officially passed and began implementing the "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" [1]....
2026-03-15 :Date
Turkistan Times, 10 March 2026, Tokyo– A diplomatic row has erupted between Tokyo and Beijing following a series of vitriolic racial attacks by Chinese state-linked media targeting Arfiya Eri, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister for...
2026-03-11 :Date
President Xi and the 14th National People's congress is expected to pass a law restricting the rights of ethnic minorities
Stephen McDonell - China correspondent, Beijing
BBC News, 10 March 2026
For decades the Chinese...
2026-03-10 :Date
March 6, 2026, CAIR
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the State Department to demand that the Chinese government free Uyghur Muslims...
2026-03-09 :Date
