The risk of the Uyghur genocide being forgotten is a grave concern. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only employed deliberate and calculated tactics to conceal its genocide and crimes against humanity in East Turkestan but has also orchestrated a campaign to ensure others forget it is happening. Gregory H. Stanton, the president of … Read more
Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen, and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says. The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world’s largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor by Uyghurs and … Read more
In 1998 photographer Kevin Bubriski spent a time among the Uyghurs in Kashgar, their ancient capital city in the Xinjiang region of China. His photographs are a glimpse into the lives of a people whose repression under China’s President Xi Jinping has forever altered their lives and culture. The Xinjiang region of China, known officially … Read more
Advertisement It has been over two and a half years since the United States determined that China’s treatment of the Uyghurs is an ongoing genocide. Yet U.S. China policy in recent months has been one of engagement, absent decisive action on atrocities. This worrying trend of engaging with Beijing without discussing the Uyghur genocide is … Read more
The Debate | Opinion By bringing tourists to the Uyghur region, travel companies tacitly whitewash genocidal policies and profit from hyper-securitization. This Feb. 1, 2019, photo by Patrick Wack shows a closed down mosque in the old town of Kashgar. The mosque is surveilled 24/7 by police officers and surrounded by numerous video cameras. Credit: Patrick Wack … Read more
Women sit holding pictures of victims and posters during a protest against China’s brutal crackdown on the Uyghur ethnic group, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra Advertisement On September 21, the world learned the grim news that Uyghur anthropologist Dr. Rahile Dawut had been handed … Read more
Advertisement Once again, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has shown its unconditional support to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite the CCP’s massive persecution of Muslim people in Xinjiang – chiefly Uyghurs but also other Turkic minorities. On August 17, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li met with an OIC delegation, saying the organization … Read more
Advertisement A little-known United Nations body, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, is helping to shine a light on the extent of China’s enforced disappearances in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Starting from 2017, Chinese authorities intensified a large-scale campaign of repression that aimed to fundamentally transform the social, cultural, and religious life of this … Read more
Advertisement In his haunting 1956 memoir “Night,” Elie Wiesel recounts the horrors he endured during the Holocaust and how indifference to the suffering of millions shook his faith in humanity. In the book’s 2006 preface, he explains that his manuscript was originally “rejected by every major publisher.” Then he notes a seachange 50 years later. … Read more
Magazine With an increase in detentions of Uyghurs abroad, many feel like they can’t escape from China no matter how far they run. Zeynure Hasan in her home in Istanbul, Turkey with her three children, Abdulkerim (left), Nefise (center), and Uyguray (right) in May 2023. Credit: Nicholas Muller Advertisement July marks the second year since … Read more