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Former Celtic who risked NBA career to speak out against China receives human rights award
Former Celtic Enes Kanter Freedom received the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice’s top honor on Dec. 7 at... Read more
China claims papal critique over Uyghurs has 'no factual basis at all'
Following Pope Francis’ mention in passing of the Uyghurs as persecuted in a new book, the Chinese foreign ministry said... Read more
Investigate China for Uighur persecution, 39 nations tell UN
The United States joined 38 other countries Tuesday in signing a joint statement to the United Nations condemning Chinese human... Read more
Uyghur detention centers in Xinjiang expanding, researchers find
Researchers at an Australian think tank have found that re-education camps for Muslims in China's Xinjiang region have expanded in... Read more
Xinjiang officials admit large drop in birth rate, attribute it to family planning
The government of China's Xinjiang autonomous region has acknowledged that birth rates there fell by nearly a third in 2018,... Read more
US senators join criticism of Disney for filming Mulan in Xinjiang
At least two U.S. Senators have joined the chorus of outrage against The Walt Disney Company after the company revealed... Read more
Chinese doctor says she participated in 'ethnic cleansing' of Uyghurs
A Uyghur woman who worked as a doctor in China has told a British news network that she participated in... Read more
State Department: ‘Threats’ from China won’t stop US fight for Uyghur human rights
The State Department on Monday said that Chinese sanctions of U.S. officials will not stop the U.S. from holding China... Read more
US sanctions Chinese officials over abuses of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is putting travel and asset sanctions on several senior officials of the Chinese... Read more
Senate approves Uyghur human rights bill
The Senate approved a bill on Thursday to sanction Chinese leaders complicit in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims. Read more
Did China use slave labor to keep factories open during coronavirus?
Chinese authorities have been accused of forcing Muslim Uyghurs to work in factories as the coronavirus pandemic spread in the... Read more
Chinese forced labor is in US supply chain, Congressional report finds
Political, ethnic and religious prisoners are being used as forced labor in China, making goods that end up in U.S.... Read more
Leak from Xinjiang shows some Uyghurs are detained for family size
A leaked document from a county in China's northwest details the personal information of some 3,000 Uyghurs. It gives violation... Read more
China punishes families of those who speak out in America, Congress hears
A Uighur-American whose mother has been held captive in a Chinese detention camp was one of several witnesses to testify... Read more
Leaked manuals detail regime at Chinese 'reeducation camps'
Leaked government documents from China have shed light on the country’s extensive network of internment camps for religious minorities, and... Read more
China defends detention of Muslims in Xinjiang
The Chinese government is defending its policy of mass detention and re-education of Muslims in the country's northwest as an... Read more
International reactions to Chinese detention of Muslims remain mixed
As China's detention of Muslims of the country's northwest in re-education camps continues, few countries are openly denouncing the practice... Read more
Chinese officials claim most Xinjiang detainees have been released
Government officials from China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region said Tuesday that the area's re-education camps for Muslims have been successful,... Read more
Chinese leaders say US is ‘fabricating lies’ about millions of detained Uighurs
Chinese government officials denied mistreating the country’s ethnic Uighur population and said there is “no evidence” that the country is... Read more
Human rights advocates: UN must address Chinese internment camps
Human rights advocates are calling on the United Nations to address reports of Chinese internment camps holding 1 million Muslim... Read more
