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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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Uyghur community slams UN's China report as too little, too late
The United Nations has outlined "credible" reports of torture against Uyghur people in the region of Xinjiang. While for some it represents a "game changer," for others the long-awaited report is insufficient.
Statement by Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister on UN report on human rights situation in Xinjiang
“Canada urges the Government of China to uphold its international human rights obligations and to respond to the concerns and the recommendations raised in the High Commissioner’s report.”
Statement by EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on Xinjiang human rights assessment
The EU welcomes the release of the assessment report of human rights concerns in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, joining the calls to closely monitor, report, and assess the human rights situation in China.
From Strategic Reassurance to Running Over Roadblocks: A Review of Xi Jinping’s Foreign Policy Record
This essay reviews China’s foreign policy record during Xi Jinping’s time as leader, examining the evolution of China’s statecraft under him, the performance of Beijing’s pursuits of its interests and the direction China’s foreign policy might take in the coming years.
UN head hopes China will ‘take on board’ Xinjiang recommendations
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes China will “take on board the recommendations” made in a report by the organisation’s Human Rights Office on the situation in its Xinjiang region, a spokesman said.
Uyghurs UN report: International community must take action or be 'wilfully complicit
A UN report accusing China of "serious human rights violations" and possible crimes against humanity in the detention and torture of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang has provoked anger from many around the world. But what do Uyghurs think?
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.