Mar 27, 2025 04:07 PM IST The proposed Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act seeks to offer additional support to the 12 million Uyghurs living in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China A bipartisan group of twelve US House representatives has introduced a bill aimed at making it easier for Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities fleeing…
BANGKOK/BEIJING, – A delegation of Thai officials and media arrived in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region on Wednesday, seeking to calm worries about mistreatment of a group of 40 Uyghurs who were deported from Thailand last month. Thai delegation visits Uyghurs, seeking to quell fears of mistreatment in China The government sent the delegation on a…
The US has imposed sanctions on Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where the US says the Muslim group will face persecution. The US State Department stated that it is “committed to combating China’s efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China, where…
BANGKOK — Human rights advocates say at least some of the eight ethnic minority Uyghurs who remain in Thailand’s custody since authorities deported 40 others to China last month are at risk of the same fate. After weeks of denying it was planning to repatriate any of the 48 Chinese Uyghurs it had held since…
Munich [Germany], February 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) reiterated its dedication to safeguarding and advancing the Uyghur language, which it considers an essential component of Uyghur identity. In observance of this day, WUC’s Education Committee, in partnership with Dogu Turkistan Ili Mesrep Uyghur Vakfi, declared a commemorative event scheduled for February 23 in…
WASHINGTON — A newly released report from the United Nations’ International Labor Organization states that authorities in China are not only using “vocational skills training and education centers” for forced labor in Xinjiang and Tibet, but also the large-scale transfer of “surplus” rural workers to state-led labor programs across the country. China called the report…
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — In a new report released Monday, Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government continues to impose strict controls on Uyghurs who seek to travel abroad or visit family members living in Xinjiang, measures the New York-based rights organization adds violate their freedom of movement. While Uyghurs have been allowed to apply for…
WASHINGTON — The plight of 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand has drawn international scrutiny as the group’s hunger strike protesting their possible return to China stretches into day 15 with the U.S. State Department, U.N. officials and activists voicing concern. “By international human rights standards, such a prolonged hunger strike requires authorities to address grievances…
BEIJING — China said on Sunday it was taking countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and Tibet. The measures, which took effect on Saturday, include asset freezes and bans on entry and the targets include Canada’s Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project and the Canada-Tibet Committee, China’s…
WASHINGTON — Unannounced, China recently demolished a center for Uyghur culture and commerce, erasing the legacy of a prominent Uyghur rights dissident and sparking outrage among Uyghur rights groups. The long-vacant Rebiya Kadeer Trade Center, located in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, had been empty since 2009 but was once a…