United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chinese Persecution of the Uyghurs - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
China has created a large system of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance. Approximately one million Uyghurs have been imprisoned in detention centers, for reasons as simple as practicing their religion, having international contacts or communications, or attending a western university.
ongoing persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in northwestern China under Xi Jinping's administration
Factsheet
Factsheet
Persecution of Uyghurs in China Part of the Xinjiang conflict
Location Xinjiang, China
Date 2014–present
Persecution of Uyghurs in China Part of the Xinjiang conflict
Location Xinjiang, China
Date 2014–present
Wikipedia
Persecution of Uyghurs in China - Wikipedia
4 days ago - There have been reports of mass arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, family separation, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights. In 2014, the administration of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary ...
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Japanese manga about a Uighur woman's persecution in China becomes viral hit
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Japanese manga about a Uighur woman's persecution in China becomes viral hit
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Link to the manga instead of an ad-infested site?
More on reddit.comThe Persecution of Uyghurs refers to human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang committed by the Chinese government, often characterized as genocide. More than one million are detained without any legal process. They are subject to forced labor, esterilization and abortion.
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The Persecution of Uyghurs refers to human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang committed by the Chinese government, often characterized as genocide. More than one million are detained without any legal process. They are subject to forced labor, esterilization and abortion.
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• April 20, 2024Interesting post! Now, let's check the comments for what I'm sure will be levelheaded discussions based on reality! Edit: The only reason why this comment has the most upvotes so far is because it's ambiguous enough for people on either side of the issue to project onto and to think that their own views are not what I'm referring to. I have strong stances on the issue myself but refuse to divulge them for my own further amusement. Play both sides and profit! More on reddit.com
Canada urged to formally label China’s Uyghur persecution as genocide
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Canada urged to formally label China’s Uyghur persecution as genocide
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• January 24, 2021Bunch of cowards.
More on reddit.comExporting persecution: Uyghur diaspora haunted by anxiety, guilt as family held in Chinese camps
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Exporting persecution: Uyghur diaspora haunted by anxiety, guilt as family held in Chinese camps
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Abdulaziz Sattar, a Uyghur who lives in Mississauga, describes being detained and tortured by police in China as a teenager:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-uyghur-man-recounts-harsh-treatment-at-the-hands-of-chinese/
Abdulaziz Sattar, decries Chinese repression of his people, describing their actions as "total ethnic cleansing":
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-uyghur-mans-demand-for-china-to-stop-repressing-his-people/
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Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide? - BBC News
May 24, 2022 - China has been accused by the US of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Muslim minority group.
Subramanyam
Congressman Suhas Subramanyam Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Help Uyghurs Fleeing Persecution in China | Representative Suhas Subramanyam
March 27, 2025 - The U.S. government has deemed ... persecution has included the arbitrary detention of an estimated one million Uyghurs with evidence of forced labor, forced sterilization, torture, and denial of cultural and religious practices....
Human Rights Watch
“Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots”: China’s Crimes against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims | HRW
March 28, 2023 - The specific crimes against humanity ... law; persecution of an identifiable ethnic or religious group; enforced disappearance; torture; murder; and alleged inhumane acts intentionally causing great suffering or serious injury to mental or physical health, notably forced labor and sexual violence. The Xinjiang Uyghur ...
U.S. Department of Labor
Against Their Will: The Situation in Xinjiang | U.S. Department of Labor
Since 2016, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has subjected Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) to genocide, state-imposed forced labor, and crimes against humanity.
Wikipedia
International reactions to the persecution of Uyghurs in China - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - International reactions to the persecution of Uyghurs in China have been varied. On 21 May 2018, during the resumed session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations in the United Nations, Kelley Currie, the United States representative to the United Nations for economic and social ...
Amnesty International
China: Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity - Amnesty International
August 8, 2022 - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority men and women subjected to mass internment and torture Millions of Muslims subjected to systematized mass surveillance Muslim ethnic groups forced to abandon their religious traditions, cultural practices and local languages More than 50 former camp ...
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
China - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
1 week ago - The widespread and systematic persecution of Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minorities, including enforced disappearances, forcible transfers, large-scale detention, torture, violations of bodily autonomy – such as forced sterilization and forced organ harvesting – sexual violence ...
United States Institute of Peace
Don’t Look Away from China’s Atrocities Against the Uyghurs | United States Institute of Peace
April 6, 2023 - Beijing continues to use its vast influence to manipulate U.N. processes and to ensure that its allies avoid public acknowledgement of the persecution of the Uyghurs. Following the release of the OHCHR report, the U.N.
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Persecution of the Uyghur population in western China
Statement by the Subcommittee on International Human Rights Concerning the Human Rights Situation of Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, China.
Human Rights Foundation
How China Uses Financial Repression to Erase the Uyghur People - Human Rights Foundation
April 14, 2025 - Rich in resources like oil, gas, and cotton — producing a fifth of the world’s cotton — the region serves as China’s gateway to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It is also home to approximately 12 million Uyghurs who speak their own language, and have their own culture that ...
PBS
The Plight of the Uyghur People | Video | Exploring Hate | PBS
June 23, 2023 - As China’s Uyghur Muslim community continues to suffer persecution, torture, forced sterilization, and the deliberate, violent erasure of their culture, what is the world doing to help prevent another genocide?
Amnesty International
China: Parents of missing Uyghur children describe horror of family separation
June 15, 2022 - Nearly four years ago, Uyghur parents studying or making a living abroad began living a recurring nightmare. Many had left one or more children in the care of family members in their hometowns back in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang).
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Report: Eight Years On, China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The report seeks to improve our collective understanding of China’s ongoing repressive policies in the predominantly Uyghur province of Xinjiang in western China. It finds that, given the available information, all of the policies that led to accusations of mass atrocities continue, and some ...
Uyghur Human Rights Project
International Responses to the Uyghur Crisis - Uyghur Human Rights Project
August 16, 2023 - On 22 March 2021, Canada imposed ... Xinjiang police department. On 22 February 2021, the Canadian House of Commons voted 266-0 to recognize the persecution of Uyghurs ......
U.S. Department of State
Determination of the Secretary of State on Atrocities in Xinjiang - United States Department of State
January 19, 2021 - The United States calls upon the ... and the removal of children from their families; end all torture and abuse in places of detention; end the persecution of Uyghurs and other members of religious and ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China, and afford Uyghurs ...
YouTube
UN: China's treatment of Uyghur community 'may constitute ...
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George W. Bush Presidential Center
China’s Persecution of Uyghur Muslims is an Attack on Freedom and Democracy | George W. Bush Presidential Center
February 24, 2025 - She also is the aunt of Ziba Murat, a Uyghur Muslim whose mother, the retired Dr. Gulshan Abbas, was taken into a Uyghur concentration camp after Rushan Abbas, her sister, spoke out during a 2018 Washington, D.C. conference about the plight of persecuted Uyghurs.
Uyghurstudy
China’s Persecution of Uyghur Muslims: More Than Islamophobia - Center for Uyghur Studies
March 15, 2025 - CUS Press Release For Immediate Release March 15, 2025 Contact@Uyghurstudy.org Uyghurstudy.org Fasting during Ramadan is not merely an act of devotion; it is a profound expression of faith, resilience, and unity - an act of defiance against oppression, a powerful declaration of belief in the ...