Lina K 18/09/2024 Lina K 18/09/2024

World leaders must act to end decade of injustice for jailed Uyghur academic

The international community must take concrete steps to help secure the release of Ilham Tohti, Amnesty said ahead of the 10-year-anniversary of his conviction on baseless charges of “separatism”.

Lina K 18/09/2024 Lina K 18/09/2024

Urgent Appeal for the Immediate Release of Ilham Tohti

Ilham Tohti, a renowned Uyghur intellectual, has spent a decade unjustly imprisoned for his peaceful advocacy. His calls for understanding and dialogue between Uyghurs and Han Chinese were met with a life sentence on baseless charges of “separatism”.

Lina K 25/06/2024 Lina K 25/06/2024

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.”

Lina K 31/08/2023 Lina K 31/08/2023

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.

Lina K 20/09/2022 Lina K 20/09/2022

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.

Lina K 28/05/2022 Lina K 28/05/2022

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.”

Lina K 04/04/2022 Lina K 04/04/2022

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.

Lina K 10/06/2021 Lina K 10/06/2021

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.

Lina K 10/06/2021 Lina K 10/06/2021

“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.

Lina K 19/03/2021 Lina K 19/03/2021

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.

Lina K 11/11/2015 Lina K 11/11/2015

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”.

Lina K 20/09/2006 Lina K 20/09/2006

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.

Lina K 12/08/2004 Lina K 12/08/2004

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.

Lina K 06/07/2004 Lina K 06/07/2004

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.

Lina K 22/03/2002 Lina K 22/03/2002

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.

Lina K 31/03/1999 Lina K 31/03/1999

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.

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