All Reading
This section contains a curated list of useful articles, investigations, books and other reading materials. The list is updated on a weekly basis and suggestions for additions are welcome.
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Beyond Silence: Transnational Repression of Uyghurs
This report assesses the growing scale of repression of Uyghurs in the Arab states as China’s relations there have strengthened.
China's Global Dragnet
Since 1997, the Chinese government has engaged in an unprecedented scale of abuse and reprisals – often called “transnational repression” – against Uyghurs living abroad. These are the 440 people in 40 countries known to have faced detention, deportation, and more from 1997 until March 2021.
CCP: 100 Years of Suppression
In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the CCP’s ambitions, it is important to analyze both the historical and current injustices perpetrated by the Chinese government, particularly in Tibet, Xinjiang , and Hong Kong — three regions where the CCP’s state-sanctioned policies appear to be the most widespread and concerning.
China: Hearts and Lives Broken – The nightmare of Uyghur families separated by repression
Testimonies of Uyghur parents studying or making a living abroad prior to China’s crackdown on Xinjiang barely scratch the surface of the experiences of Uyghur families yearning for reunification with their children trapped in China.
Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims - Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression
A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human Rights Watch said today. A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch is further evidence of China’s use of technology in its repression of the Muslim population.
China: How Mass Surveillance Works in Xinjiang
Chinese authorities are using a mobile app to carry out illegal mass surveillance and arbitrary detention of Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report presents new evidence about the surveillance state in Xinjiang, where the government has subjected 13 million Turkic Muslims to heightened repression as part of its “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism.”
'If you enter a camp, you never come out': inside China's war on Islam
Beijing has aggressively defended its policies and sought to portray the camps as benign and Xinjiang as peaceful thanks to government efforts. A starkly different reality emerges in Lop county, where Guardian interviews and analysis of public documents reveal new details about the government’s continuing campaign in one of the worst-affected areas of Xinjiang.
Egyptian Police Detain Uighurs and Deport Them to China
At least 12 Chinese nationals were deported and put on a flight to China late Thursday, and 22 more were detained for immediate deportation, three Egyptian aviation officials said.
China believes domestic tourism can promote “ethnic unity” - In Tibet and Xinjiang, its hopes are being dashed
Yaks graze on grassland near the turquoise waters of Karakul, a lake in the far western region of Xinjiang. Further south, towards the border with Pakistan, the imposing walls of a ruined hilltop fort at Tashkurgan mark a stop on the ancient Silk Road. With such a rich landscape and history this region should be a magnet for Chinese tourists. Instead the area that accounts for more than one-sixth of China’s land mass is better known for violent unrest. The picturesque charms of the lake and fort can be enjoyed in near solitude.
Passports Arbitrarily Recalled in Xinjiang - Heightened Control Over Travel for Residents of Uighur Muslim Region
The Chinese government’s new policy of recalling passports restricts foreign travel for many residents of Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. The policy, applicable to residents of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region since at least October, gives police wide power to scrutinize residents’ proposed visits abroad.