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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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Europe’s politicians (but not its businesses) speak out after UN report on China abuses
European reaction to a scathing U.N. report on Chinese human rights abuses lays bare a deep EU strategic vulnerability: While politicians can speak out against Beijing, companies are too exposed to China's massive market to do so.
U.N. Says China May Have Committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Xinjiang
The organization’s human rights office delivered its much-delayed report minutes before Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, was to leave office.
OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang
"Serious human rights violations have been committed in XUAR in the context of the Government’s application of counter-’extremism’ strategies,” the U.N. office said in the report.
New UN Report Alleges Crimes Against Humanity
A United Nations report says the Chinese government has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in the Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watch said today.
Uyghurs: China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang - UN
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
Event: Human Rights in China
Held in collaboration with Human Rights Watch, this recorded event discusses the true situation of human rights in China, responses from the global community and the role public activism can play in improving the situation for Chinese people.
Uyghur who studied in Turkey arrested by police in Xinjiang, sources say
A Uyghur scholar who studied in Turkey and worked for an international company in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was arrested by authorities from his hometown Urumqi, a local police officer and Uyghurs with knowledge of the situation said.
Xinjiang officials use China’s anti-crime campaign to target ‘disloyal’ Uyghurs
Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region used the Chinese government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced,” a police officer in a major city said.
China Forced Labor Law Prompts Sweeping Supply Chain Reviews
A new US law that aims to weed out Chinese goods made with forced labor is catching some companies by surprise, triggering a swath of industries to untangle the roots of their hazy supply chains.
The Turkish school preserving culture of young Uighurs in exile
In Istanbul, children whose families face persecution in Xinjiang, China, attend a ‘Uighur School’ that strives to safeguard their cultural identity.
Uyghur poet and educator said to be serving 13-year prison term in Xinjiang
A prominent Uyghur poet and associate professor at a was detained as a “threat to social stability” and sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2017 on a “separatism” charge, a local police officer told RFA.
Satellite photos show China's new nuclear test site in Xinjiang
China is expanding its nuclear test facilities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, an analysis of satellite photographs obtained by Nikkei suggests.
Jailed Chinese dissident sends wife 'suspect' letter from Xinjiang prison cell
The wife of a Chinese dissident jailed for subversion after standing up for Uyghurs says she has received what could be a forcibly written letter from him, prompting fears of "extreme persecution" in prison.
Event: Making Xinjiang Sanctions Work
This webinar introduces the Making Xinjiang Sanctions Work report from the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab, the first in-depth study of government & corporate responses to alleged forced labour in Xinjiang, based on 3 data sets with over 12,000 datapoints, confidential interviews and more than a year of research.
NGOs: Thailand may be planning to deport Uyghurs to China
Thailand has moved dozens of Uyghurs from around the kingdom to a single facility in Bangkok, raising fears among NGOs that the government may deport them to China.
Until Nothing is Left: China’s Settler Corporation and its Human Rights Violations in the Uyghur Region
This report documents the human rights violations of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a state-run paramilitary organisation.
Uyghur prisoners forced to speak in Chinese during virtual visits with relatives
Uyghurs prisoners in Xinjiang are forced to speak in Mandarin and perform obvious displays of subservience to their Chinese guards in monthly video calls with relatives, Uyghurs living in exile say.
Event: Government Boarding Schools as a Tool of Genocide in the 21st Century - Uyghur and Tibetan Family Separation
The Chinese government is operating mandatory boarding schools for Uyghur children as part of its genocidal policies, in a systematic effort to separate Uyghur children from their families. This recorded discussion covers the implications of these crimes and the need for a policy response.
China exploits US social media to push its own Xinjiang narratives, report finds
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using increasingly elaborate online tactics to counter information about human rights abuses in western China’s Xinjiang region in hopes of influencing audiences across the globe, according to a new report.
Interview: ‘You have to put people over profit’
Jewish World Watch’s executive director sits down with RFA to discuss the launch of the Uyghur Forced Labor Database, which lists Western companies across a number of sectors that have been implicated as benefiting from Uyghur forced labor.