Welcome! About Us Founded in 2023, Uyghur Rights Monitor (URM) is a watchdog initiative that produces focused policy briefs and investigative reports. URM investigates the systems and perpetrators res...

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

In January, Robson Henry died at the age of 66. Chances are, you have never heard of Henry. He was not famous, rich, or powerful. In many ways, Henry was

A football tournament is China’s latest propaganda campaign to whitewash its abuses of Uyghur people – and deconstruct Uyghur identity in favor of Chinese “unity.”

A football tournament is China’s latest propaganda campaign to whitewash its abuses of Uyghur people – and deconstruct Uyghur identity in favor of Chinese “unity.”

Tournament could hold up a useful hand mirror to the isolationism and divisiveness of Trump’s joint-hosts

The exploration and settlement of the Pacific Island world is one of the most remarkable achievements of humanity. Early seafarers, skilled in navigation, discovered diverse habitats and biotas ext…

Issue 21: April 2, 2026 – April 15, 2026   Welcome to the twenty-first issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue featur...

April 14, 2026 A UHRP Insights column by Adaire Criner, Program Assistant, and Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research In 2019, Chinese diplomat Jiang Duan told UNHCR delegates in Geneva that “th...

April 9, 2026 A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research Chinese state media often portrays East Turkistan (also known as the Uyghur Region) as a land of pristine environme...

April 9, 2026 A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research 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…

Issue 20: March 19, 2026 – April 1, 2026  Welcome to the twentieth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features c...

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

Issue 19: March 5, 2026 – March 18, 2026 Welcome to the nineteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features c...

Washington has yet to recognize that mobility is an essential part of regional security.

Washington has yet to recognize that mobility is an essential part of regional security.

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Issue 18: February 19, 2026 – March 4, 2026  Welcome to the eighteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue featur...

In 2021, a group of Afghan women soccer players were rescued from their home country, by FIFA, and promised new lives in Houston. They’ve been on their own since.

A report by Henryk Szadziewski finds that the Chinese government employs family separation and enforced isolation as deliberate strategies to suppress international advocacy and impose psychological p...

A report by Peter Irwin examines how global sports and leisure companies are implicated in state-led winter tourism development in the Uyghur Region.

For Uyghurs abroad, even a phone call could lead to greater repression for their families inside China.

A report by Henryk Szadziewski finds that the Chinese government employs family separation and enforced isolation as deliberate strategies to suppress international advocacy and impose psychological p...

Football plays a vital role in establishing a sense of identity for the Uyghur people This piece was written by Henryk Szadziewski for issue 10 in 2013 Some time in the 1920s — accounts vary — student...

Digital booking platforms profit from their silence on human rights violations.

Issue 16: January 8, 2026 – January 22, 2026  Welcome to the sixteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue featur...

Welcome to the fourteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since then

Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis

Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands

As world leaders gather in Belém this week for COP30, China arrives with familiar rhetoric: a pledge to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

November 4, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research, and Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy Open your browser, go to Booking.com, and search ...

China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting "ethnic" experiences that activists say it's trying to erase.

The phrasing obscures much about what has happened in the region since the last one was published in May 2022.

Video: Mamatjan Juma, RFA Uyghur

Welcome to the eleventh issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

Three students from Vanuatu have been awarded scholarships under the “World in Serbia” program, further strengthening educational and diplomatic ties between Vanuatu and the Republic of Serbia.

US aid cuts hurt Washington’s standing as China recasts itself as a ‘steady’ alternative partner, Lowy Institute report finds

Climate researchers reveal the scale of British involvement in Indonesia’s brutal occupation – and call for an end to impunity.

The United States is spending billions of dollars muscling up across its Pacific Island military outposts, but locals fear their peaceful islands will become a target.

Welcome to the tenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

On the 76th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Opinion Columnist Zilala Mamat '26 puts Cornell's China ties into Uyghur perspective.

Welcome to the ninth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.