Trump should raise the ethnic unity law directly with Xi and make clear that attempts to enforce it against people in the United States will not be tolerated.

Issue 32: September 3, 2026 – September 16, 2026  Welcome to the thirty-second issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issu...

September 16, 2026 The following is an open letter, led by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) and supported by UHRP and 28 other human rights organizations, calling upon Xi Jinping to take specific...

Issue 31: August 20, 2026 – September 2, 2026  Welcome to the thirty-first issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue fe...

For immediate release August 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m. EDT Contact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795 On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, the Uyg...

Issue 30: August 6, 2026 – August 19, 2026  Welcome to the thirtieth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features...

The Chinese government is interrogating Uyghur Australians visiting Xinjiang, pressing them to collect information on Uyghurs in Australia.

Government actions that could once be described as regional campaigns are now embedded in national legislation. Restrictions will become easier to expand and harder to challenge.

For immediate release July 31, 2026, 6:30PM EST Contact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) welcomes the Department of Homeland Security’s addition of 43 entities to ...

Issue 28: July 9, 2026 – July 22, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content round-up curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features...

Issue 27: June 15 – July 8, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-seventh issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.  Each issue features care...

Australia is leaving its market exposed to goods tied to Uyghur forced labour. As the United States and European Union move to block such goods, countries with weaker import controls risk becoming des...

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.”

Countries without forced labor import prohibitions not only remain exposed to forced labor-tainted goods, the Uyghur Human Rights Project warned, but they may also attract them.

Issue 26:  June 11, 2026 – June 24, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-sixth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.  Each issue feature...

A Uyghur Human Rights Project report by Elijah Pockell-Wilson. I. Key Takeaways Forced-labor risk is being redistributed, not eliminated. As the United States enforces the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent...

A resolution led by Sen. Rick Scott passed by voice vote, citing a genocide the United States first recognized in 2021.

Issue 25:  May 28, 2026 – June 10, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-fifth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.  Each issue features...

For immediate releaseJune 4, 2026, 10 a.m. EDTContact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795; Adaire Criner, +1 (612) 720-1136 Thirty-seven years after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) violently suppressed t...

Please join the International Republican Institute and the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) on Thursday, May 28 at 3 PM ET for a discussion on UHRP's recent report, Fading Ties: Uyghur Family Separa...

Please join the International Republican Institute and the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) on Thursday, May 28 at 3 PM ET for a discussion on UHRP's recent report, Fading Ties: Uyghur Family Separa...

Issue 23: April 30, 2026 – May 13, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-third issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features ...

If Trump sits across from Xi and fails to raise the cases of Uyghur Americans and their families, Beijing will read that omission not as pragmatism, but as weakness.

May 1, 2026 A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research. World Press Freedom Day arrives this year against the backdrop of some challenging numbers. Reporters Without Border...

Issue 22: April 16, 2026 – April 29, 2026  Welcome to the twenty-second issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue featu...

For immediate releaseApril 28, 2026, 10 a.m. EDTContact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795; Adaire Criner, +1 (612) 720-1136 On April 28, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Cisco Sys., Inc...

YouTube video by Uyghur Human Rights Project

He helped oppress the Uyghurs, even escorting them to torture cells. Then, policeman Zhang Yabo fled China for Germany - where he has provided a clear look at the inner workings of the apparatus.

It is nearly ten years since the start of the mass arbitrary detention and China has not been held accountable for crimes against Uyghurs — but accountability is possible if other governments act to c...

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 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…

For immediate releaseApril 3, 2026, 12 p.m. ESTContact: Omer Kanat, +1 (202) 790-1795; Adaire Criner, +1 (612) 720-1136 Thirty-six years ago, on April 5, 1990, protests in Barin Township near Kashgar ...

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...