Uyghurs in China

China’s approach to Xinjiang rests on forced assimilation, a difficult task in a society where even those who wish to assimilate struggle to do so.

Engaging with China on human rights risks legitimizing Beijing’s narratives – whether intentionally or not.

Striking a balance, or a half-baked measure?

“The mass surveillance and internment project in Xinjiang should be viewed as a major test of Chinese capacities to conduct a sophisticated invasion, occupation, and transformation of spaces that were at the margins of Chinese control.”

The CCP’s attacks on Western media reports took a gruesome turn with a video purporting to detail how Uyghur Mihriay Erkin died.

The tree-lined paths of the Id Kah Mosque's grounds are tranquil, and it's easy to miss the three surveillance cameras keeping watch over whoever comes in.

“I don't know if my children are dead or alive”: Uyghur parents share the anguish of being separated from their children.

If the world’s only response to genocide is to engage in endless debate of the term, then “never again” is truly an empty promise.

Many in the Uyghur diaspora feel they have a target on their back.

24 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.

Imagine not knowing the whereabouts and condition of your parents, children, brothers, sisters. For many Uyghurs abroad, that is the daily reality.