ethnic Uighurs

Amid virus crackdown, Uighurs hope Chinese 'waking up' to their plight

Chinese suffering under harsh measures used to fight the deadly new coronavirus should recognise that similar methods have been deployed against China's minorities for years, an exiled Uighur rights activist said this week.

Families of missing Uighurs demand 'proof of life' videos from China

Ethnic Uighurs launch a global campaign to press China for video proof that their missing relatives are alive, turning the tables on Beijing's use of video to counter claims that a renowned Uighur had died in custody.

China holds million Uighurs in secret camps: UN

A United Nations human rights panel says that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy."

February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020

Amid virus crackdown, Uighurs hope Chinese 'waking up' to their plight

Chinese suffering under harsh measures used to fight the deadly new coronavirus should recognise that similar methods have been deployed against China's minorities for years, an exiled Uighur rights activist said this week.

February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019

Families of missing Uighurs demand 'proof of life' videos from China

Ethnic Uighurs launch a global campaign to press China for video proof that their missing relatives are alive, turning the tables on Beijing's use of video to counter claims that a renowned Uighur had died in custody.

August 11, 2018
August 11, 2018

China holds million Uighurs in secret camps: UN

A United Nations human rights panel says that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy."

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