A new Chinese government decree expands the discretion of administrative authorities to arbitrarily bar people from leaving China, violating the internationally protected right to leave a country.

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The Chinese government’s decade-long severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims amounting to crimes against humanity, deserves a stronger response from the international community.

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

As the annual Hong Kong Book Fair opens this week, two of the city’s best-known independent bookstores, Elmbook and Luckwin, won’t be there.

The censorship of prominent social media accounts, foreign films, and events with LGBT themes around Pride month illustrates the deteriorating rights situation for LGBT people in China.

The Chinese government is intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre while strengthening social control throughout the country.

The Chinese government is intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre while strengthening social control throughout the country.

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...

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...

Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s unwillingness to condemn forced labor in China risks reducing pressure on the Chinese government to end its repression of ethnic Uyghurs.

TRIBUNE. Alors que le modèle économique chinois repose sur un système répressif – interdiction des syndicats, exploitation des migrants, travail forcé… –, l’Union européenne devrait renforcer la loi s...

The Chinese government’s proposed law to combat cybercrime extends far beyond addressing legitimate legal concerns and contains sweeping provisions that pose a significant threat to human rights.

This Ramadan, as I sit down with a hot bowl of lentil soup and freshly made Uyghur noodles to break my day-long fast, I try very hard not to think about my father, thousands of miles away, in a prison...

Chinese authorities have attempted to pressure two ethnic Uyghur activists living in Paris, including by asking one to spy on France’s Uyghur diaspora.

By Ablet Turdi For years, the Chinese government tightly restricted travel and independent access to the Uyghur Region while carrying out a well-documented genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic pe...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to visit China in late January, the first China trip by a British prime minister since 2018.

(London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. T...

The Turkish government is making it easier for Uyghurs to be deported to China, where they face terrible conditions

Chinese authorities have formally charged well-known journalist and author Du Bin (杜斌) with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” Human Rights Watch said today.

Het bracht internationaal een grote schok teweeg; de ontdekking van talloze detentiekampen in de Chinese provincie Xinjiang. In het noordwesten van China bleken zeker 1 miljoen Oeigoeren, een moslimmi...

Three years ago, a series of protests in China has sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth, with many questioning Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies and practices and notably...

Volgens Maya Wang, directeur China van Human Rights Watch, laat China zijn invloed steeds meer gelden in het buitenland en exporteert het land daarmee ook zijn minachting voor de mensenrechten.

The 51-page report, “Protected No More: Uyghurs in Türkiye,” finds that Uyghurs’ previous access to international protection status, and indeed preferential treatment under the Turkish immigration sys...

Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.

Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York ...

By Tahir Imin | Uyghur Times | November 4, 2025 Updated: 3:05 PM Et A Uyghur woman in Germany says her mother has been deported to China, where she fears she may face persecution by Chinese authoritie...

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

Chinese authorities on October 10-11, 2025, arrested nearly 30 pastors, preachers, and church members of the unofficial Zion Protestant Church in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhejian...