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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SHEIN flotation would be 'badge of shame' for London Stock Exchange
Reacting to the prospective flotation, an Amnesty International Researcher specialising in the garment industry called it “deeply troubling [for a] company with questionable labour and human rights standards.”
China: Anniversary of UN’s damning Xinjiang report must be ‘wake-up call’ to action
The one-year anniversary of a damning UN report on Xinjiang stands as a grave reminder of the need to hold China to account for crimes against humanity.
UN Human Rights Council must ensure accountability for ongoing atrocities in Xinjiang
The UN Human Rights Council must end its years of inaction and establish an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes under international law in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Amnesty International said today.
China: UN visit falls short of addressing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
Amnesty International condemned United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s six-day visit to China as “a highly predictable propaganda exercise for the Chinese government.”
Saudi Arabia: Uyghur girl, 13, among four ‘facing deportation’ and torture in China
Saudi authorities must immediately release four Uyghurs – including a 13-year-old girl and her mother – who are at grave risk of being taken to repressive internment camps if sent back to China, Amnesty International said today amid fears that deportation plans for the group may already be under way.
China: Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said as it launched a new report and campaign today.
“Like We Were Enemies In a War” - China’s Mass Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang
This report, based on first-hand testimonies and satellite imagery data analysis, gives an extensive account of life inside the internment camps.
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.
China: No end in sight – Torture and forced confessions in China
This report examines what real impact the Chinese government’s efforts have had in stopping the use of torture over the past five years, in particular the use of torture and other ill-treatment to extract forced “confessions”.
China: The Olympics Countdown – Failing to keep human rights promises
This report summarizes a number of Amnesty International’s human rights concerns in China – concerns which the organization is continuing to highlight as key areas for reform in the run-up to the Olympics.
China: Execution of Uighurs brings total to four in three weeks
Two more Uighurs have been executed in northwest China for political offences, according to news agency reports.
Uighurs fleeing persecution as China wages its “war on terror”
The first section of this report gives an overview of the human rights situation in the XUAR. It describes the cases of two Uighur prisoners of conscience who continue to be imprisoned, despite repeated calls for their release from other governments, the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations. The second section describes the plight of Uighurs in other countries, including those who apply for asylum.
China’s anti-terrorism legislation and repression in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region
This report describes the new anti-terrorism provisions in Chinese law and Amnesty International’s concerns about these provisions and the crackdown against “terrorist, separatist and illegal religious activities” currently underway in the XUAR.
Gross violations of human rights in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region (includes erratum)
This report describes a pattern of gross violations of human rights in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. These violations include arbitrary detention and imprisonment, unfair political trials, torture, and arbitrary and summary executions. The main victims of these violations are the Uighurs, the majority ethnic group among the predominently Muslim local population in the region.