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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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Lina K 23/06/2023 Lina K 23/06/2023

Palestinian Leader’s Endorsement of China's Xinjiang Policy Sparks Backlash

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently visited Beijing, where he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and expressed support for China's treatment of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Lina K 20/06/2023 Lina K 20/06/2023

From Fear to Freedom: A Uyghur’s Journey

For decades, Kasim Kashgar has lived in fear: first as a Uyghur living in China's Xinjiang region under Beijing's repressive policies, and later as an exile, acutely aware of the risk to his family in China if he speaks out.

Lina K 06/04/2023 Lina K 06/04/2023

US Senate Probes Alleged Chinese Forced Labor in Auto Supply Chain

The Senate Finance Committee is investigating U.S. and foreign auto manufacturers and suppliers for potential links to forced labor practices in China’s Xinjiang region.

Lina K 05/02/2023 Lina K 05/02/2023

Beijing Stands Firm Against Reports of Uyghur Detentions

Contrary to Beijing’s claims of “harmony” in Xinjiang, some Uyghurs living abroad, unable to freely contact their family members in Xinjiang for years, say that Chinese authorities have recently detained their loved ones.

Lina K 31/12/2022 Lina K 31/12/2022

How World Responded to China's Human Rights Record in Xinjiang in 2022

While some 50 countries in 2022 have made gestures toward demanding accountability for China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, many countries still remain silent.

Lina K 23/06/2022 Lina K 23/06/2022

ICC Urged to Investigate China's Treatment of Uyghurs

A group of lawyers has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim populations in the Xinjiang region.

Lina K 16/05/2022 Lina K 16/05/2022

Exiled Uyghurs Fear China’s Reach

Amannisa Abdulla is raising her two children, ages 9 and 4, without her husband. Her husband, who is also Uyghur, was deported to China four years ago. The last time she spoke, she learned he was in prison in Xinjiang.

Lina K 26/04/2022 Lina K 26/04/2022

UN Team in China Ahead of Rights Chief Visit to Xinjiang

A United Nations team has landed in China ahead of a long-delayed visit by the U.N. human rights chief to Xinjiang, where rights groups and some Western governments allege the Chinese government is committing genocide and serious abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.

Lina K 19/02/2022 Lina K 19/02/2022

What Happens to Uyghurs After Competing in the Olympics?

Amid international condemnation of its treatment of its Uyghur minority, China selected Uyghur athlete Dilnigar Ilhamjan (Dinigeer Yilamujiang in Chinese) for the honor of lighting the 2022 Olympic flame. The 20-year-old cross-country skier can only hope to fare better than the last Uyghur to be so honored.

Lina K 10/09/2018 Lina K 10/09/2018

New UN Rights Chief Takes on China, Other Powers

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on China to accept observers in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In her first speech to the UN Human Rights Council called on China’s government to ease restrictions on her and her office’s team. Bachelet added that she expects discussions with Chinese officials to begin soon.