Category: Muslim Uyghurs

Bipartisan Group Proposes Bill to Grant Uyghurs Priority Refugee Status

U.S. lawmakers have proposed a bipartisan bill to grant priority refugee status to Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities suffering persecution at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime. The bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act was introduced on June 8 by Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Don…


US Sanctions 5 Chinese Firms Allegedly Involved in Uyghur Repression

The United States has sanctioned five Chinese companies over their alleged role in the repression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang region, the U.S. Commerce Department said on March 28. The companies were accused of implicating human rights abuses in “China’s campaign of repression, arbitrary mass detention and high-technology surveillance against the Uyghur…


UN Committee Grills China Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs, Tibetans

The Chinese delegation was grilled before the United Nations this week over China’s alleged human rights abuses against minorities in Tibet, Hong Kong, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. With advocates of China’s Uyghur minority protesting loudly outside, a delegation of 40 Chinese envoys faced questions from the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which…


50 Countries Urge China to Uphold Human Rights Obligations, Release Detained Uyghurs

Some 50 countries signed a joint statement at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday urging China to uphold its human rights obligations and release all those “arbitrarily deprived of their liberty” in Xinjiang. The nations—which include the United States, Japan, Britain, Australia, Germany, and Israel—made up the largest group of countries to publicly condemn…


Indonesia Denounces ‘Politicization’ of UN Council After Rejecting Debate on Uyghur Abuses

Indonesia’s government said it rejected a Western-led proposal to debate China’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang as it seeks to avoid the “politicization” of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). A total of 17 countries voted in favor, 19 were against, and 11 abstained in a vote to debate the Chinese Communist Party’s…


Shocking Photos Inside Uyghur Concentration Camps: China’s Persecution and Human Rights Abuses

On China Insider, we take a look at the thousands of photos of Uyghur detainees—the youngest just 15 years old to as old as 73—from the Xinjiang police files, which also contain images of police drills and internal documents—and a shoot-to-kill order for anyone who attempts to escape. We speak with the Victims of Communism…


UN Judge Dismissed Before Ruling on Allegations Agency Helped Beijing to Persecute Dissidents

The United Nations has been accused of undermining judicial independence and staging a legal “coup d’etat” after it fired an Australian judge in charge of the case where a whistle-blower disclosed the UN’s role in assisting China in its human rights violation. In July 2019, the international body dismissed Australian judge Rowan Downing, QC, a…


US Urges China to End Discrimination of Uyghur Workers from Xinjiang

The United States calls on China to take steps to end the racial and religious discrimination in Xinjiang identified in an annual report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) . China is utilizing vocational training and rehabilitation centers for “political re-education” based on administrative detention, according to the 2022 report, released by the ILO’s Committee…


US Urges China to End Uyghur Forced Labor in Xinjiang

The United States calls on China to take steps to end the racial and religious discrimination in Xinjiang identified in an annual report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) . China is utilizing vocational training and rehabilitation centers for “political re-education” based on administrative detention, according to the 2022 report, released by the ILO’s Committee…


U.S. Sanctions Sought Against Present, Past Members of CCP National Congress

All present and former members of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Congress, as well as all of their adult relatives, would be barred from entering the United States, or owning property here, under new sanctions sought by 19 House Republicans. “This collection of individuals are some of the world’s worst human rights offenders and…