http://www.uyghuramerican.org en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org N/A zerepshan@gmail.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:29:50 -0800 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6715/1/World-Report-2012-China-/index.html This 22nd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6541/1/US-Congressional-Report-Notes-Marked-Drop-in-China-Human-Rights/index.html As China prepares for its next leadership reshuffle in 2012, the country is facing growing social unrest and criticism over its tightening of Internet controls, and an ongoing clampdown on bloggers, lawyers and activists. A recently released annual congressional report shows how this broad decline in human rights comes despite China's notable economic progress and ascendance on the global stage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6460/1/CECC-releases-its-2011-Annual-Report-on-human-rights/index.html The Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued its 2011 Annual Report on human rights conditions and the development of the rule of law in China on October 10, 2011. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5351/1/World-Report-Governments-Soft-Talking-Abusers/index.html Too many governments are accepting the rationalizations and subterfuges of repressive governments, replacing pressure to respect human rights with softer approaches such as private "dialogue" and "cooperation," Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2011.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5150/1/Secretary-Clinton-Releases-2010-International-Religious-Freedom-Report/index.html Good afternoon. It’s my pleasure to join you today for the release of the State Department’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4752/1/New-testimonies-reinforce-call-for-China-to-investigate-Xinjiang-riots/index.html Amnesty International has urged the Chinese government to launch an independent investigation into last year's riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, after new testimony obtained by the organization has cast further doubt on the official version of events. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4793/1/Annual-Report-of-the-United-States-Commission-on-International-Religious-Freedom-/index.html Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4604/1/The-Society-for-Threatened-Peoples-issues-Report-on-Kashgar-Demolition/index.html The Old Town of the city of Kashgar, which is over 2000 years old, in the north-west of China is threatened with destruction. In the coming five years about 200,000 people are to be re-housed in so-called earthquake-proof apartment buildings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4603/1/The-Society-for-Threatened-Peoples-issues-Report-on-July-5-Unrest/index.html Eight months after the disturbances in Urumqi of July 2009 the real extent of the sometimes violent conflicts between Uyghurs, Han Chinese and the government security forces is still not clear. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4249/1/World-Report-Abusers-Target-Human-Rights-Messengers-/index.html Governments responsible for serious human rights violations have over the past year intensified attacks against human rights defenders and organizations that document abuse, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing its World Report 2010. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3903/1/International-Religious-Freedom-Report-Released/index.html The Government's repression of religious freedom also remained severe in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas as well as in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) during the reporting period. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3882/1/quotWe-Are-Afraid-to-Even-Look-for-Themquot-/index.html This 44-page report by Human Rights Watch documents the widespread campaign of unlawful arrests carried out by Chinese security forces in the Uyghur areas of Urumchi in the wake of July 5. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3857/1/CECC-Releases-2009-Annual-Report-on-Human-Rights-and-Rule-of-Law-in-China-/index.html The Congressional-Executive Commission on China released its 2009 Annual Report on October 16 along with a PDF containing case records of 1,279 political prisoners currently detained or imprisoned in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3665/1/Statement-of-Ms-Navanethem-Pillay-United-Nations-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-at-the-12th-session-of-the-Human-Rights-Council/index.html On the occasion of my first anniversary in office, allow me to discuss the salient human rights issues that have shaped the past eventful twelve months and that are likely to remain of the utmost concern for the human rights community in the foreseeable future. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3367/1/Draft-Regulation-in-Xinjiang-Could-Strengthen-Legal-Prohibitions-Over-Childrens-Freedom-of-Religion/index.html Controls over religious practice in the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang--home to the Uyghurs and other ethnic groups--are often harsher than those found elsewhere in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3366/1/Xinjiang-Authorities-Train-Seek-to-Regulate-Muslim-Women-Religious-Figures-/index.html The Chinese government strictly regulates religious practice in China, and controls over religion in the Muslim-majority western region of Xinjiang, where Uyghurs and other ethnic groups live, are especially tight. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3360/1/Briefing-for-the-UN-Committee-on-the-Elimination-of-Racial-Discrimination-75th-Session-August-2009/index.html Briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial discrimination in advance of its consideration of china's 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th periodic reports during the 75th session on 3-28 August 2009 zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3169/1/China-Security-Build-Up-Foreshadows-Large-Scale-Crackdown/index.html Government Should Carry out an Impartial Investigation, Not a Witch Hunt zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3051/1/Observatory-for-the-protection-of-human-rights-defenders/index.html On August 4, 2008, two accredited Japanese journalists, Messrs. Masami Kawakita, a photographer with the daily Chunichi Shimbun, and Shinji Katsuta, a reporter with Nippon Television Network, were violently removed from the street by Chinese paramilitary forces in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, as they were covering attacks on sixteen policemen a few days ahead of the Olympics in Kashgar. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3041/1/Recruitment-for-State-Jobs-in-Xinjiang-Discriminates-Against-Ethnic-Minorities-/index.html Ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) continue to face widespread discrimination in recruitment for state jobs, according to Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) analysis of recent recruiting efforts for jobs in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and XUAR schools. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3024/1/IUHRDF-welcomes-transfer-of-Uyghur-men-from-Guantanamo-to-Bermuda/index.html The International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation (IUHRDF) welcomes the transfer of four former Uyghur detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Bermuda. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2989/1/China-Defence-and-Security-Report-Q2-2009/index.html As anticipated, Q408 GDP data confirmed that China is far from immune to the unfolding global recession, with real growth dropping to 6.8% y-o-y. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2813/1/Simple-Guide-to-Treaty-Bodies-/index.html ISHR first published the Simple Guide to the Treaty Bodies in November 2007, with a further updated edition in April 2009. The Simple Guide aims to provide human rights defenders and their organisations with a broad overview of the UN human rights treaty body system and its functions in order to support their effective engagement with the treaty bodies in their own work. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2812/1/Common-methods-of-torture-and-abuse-in-the-Peoples-Republic-of-China/index.html Almost every detainee in China has to, or has had to, suffer abuse or torture. Beatings and kicks, electric shocks, contortion and excessive twisting of limbs, hunger, thirst and sleep deprivation, sexual violence or other cruelties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2547/1/Written-testimony-of-Amy-Reger-researcher-at-the-UAAUHRP-at-the-CECC-panel-entitled-quotHuman-Rights-in-Xinjiang-Recent-Developments/index.html At a February 13 roundtable organized by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, panelists gave an overview of recent human rights developments in East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). The written testimony of Uyghur Human Rights Project researcher Amy Reger focused on the intensified security clampdowns and ideological campaigns that occurred in the past year in East Turkestan, as well as the "bilingual education" policy that is aimed at eliminating the Uyghur language from all levels of education throughout East Turkestan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2529/1/Chinas-UN-Human-Rights-Review-New-Process-Old-Politics-Weak-Implementation-Prospects/index.html The examination of China's first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report by the UN Human Rights Council concluded this morning. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2433/1/Freedom-House-Report-Shows-Setbacks-in-Global-Freedom-/index.html The annual report written by Freedom House that details the level of political and civil liberty enjoyed by people across the world has noted a decline in human rights for the third consecutive year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2272/1/Authorities-Increase-Repression-in-Xinjiang-in-Lead-up-to-and-During-Olympics/index.html Officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) called again in August for the use of harsh security measures to crack down against the government-designated "three forces" of terrorism, separatism, and extremism, according to reports from Chinese media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2264/1/UN-Experts-quotSerious-Information-Gapquot-on-Chinas-Efforts-to-End-Torture/index.html A United Nations (UN) body of independent experts voiced concern today that China has not presented sufficient information to show its compliance with its international obligation to end torture. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2248/1/US---China-Counterterrorism-Cooperation-Issues-for-US-Policy/index.html After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States faced a challenge in enlisting the full support of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the counterterrorism fight against Al Qaeda. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2101/1/US-China-Counterterrorism-Cooperation-/index.html Congressional Research Service Reports on Terrorism zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2043/1/China-Olympic-Sponsors-Ignore-Human-Rights-Abuses/index.html The major corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have failed to uphold their own principles of corporate social responsibility, zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2044/1/China-End-Abuses-of-Media-Freedom-/index.html IOC Should Investigate and Publicize Abuses zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1767/1/Briefing-on-the-Release-of-the-Eighth-Annual-Trafficking-in-Persons-Report/index.html Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1743/1/Amnesty-International-Report-2008/index.html Growing numbers of human rights activists were imprisoned, put under house arrest or surveillance, or harassed. Repression of minority groups, including Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians, continued. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1457/1/The-Real-China-and-the-Olympics/index.html The following is a translation released today by Human Rights Watch of the full text of Chinese dissident Hu Jia's letter, written on September 10 2007 while Jia was under house arrest with civil rights lawyer Teng Biao zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1413/1/China-Crackdown-Violates-Olympic-Promises/index.html With just six months to go before the Olympics open in Beijing on August 8, a systematic crackdown on dissent has significantly worsened respect for fundamental rights in China, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1405/1/Human-Rights-Watch-Highlights-Abuses-in-Pakistan-Kenya-China-Somalia/index.html The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2008. By allowing autocrats to pose as democrats, without demanding they uphold the civil and political rights that make democracy meaningful, the United States, the European Union and other influential democracies risk undermining human rights worldwide. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1377/1/Freedom-in-the-World-2008-Global-Freedom-in-Retreat/index.html On January 16, Freedom House released the findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, the year 2007 was marked by a notable setback for global freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1228/1/Majority-of-Chinas-Muslims-Still-Cannot-Make-it-to-Mecca/index.html China turns a deaf ear to an appeal sent by human rights organizations and members of the European Parliament on the right of Muslims to conduct the pilgrimage to Mecca. Each of China's Muslims can go to Mecca - as long as s/he remains true to Communism and pays a hefty deposit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1169/1/Jamestown-Releases-a-New-Occasional-Paper-Titled-quotThe-Rising-Dragon-SCO-Peace-Mission-2007quot-/index.html The Jamestown Foundation has released a new Occasional Paper entitled "The Rising Dragon: SCO Peace Mission 2007." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1152/1/US-commission-cites-ongoing-rights-abuses-in-latest-China-report-/index.html The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China has flagged ongoing human rights abuses and the stalled development of the rule of law in China in its latest Annual Report. The Commission, consisting of nine US senators, nine House members and five executive appointees, highlighted two general concerns in its 2007 review submitted Wednesday zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1109/1/International-Religious-Freedom-Report-2007/index.html The Constitution states that citizens enjoy freedom of religious belief and the freedom not to believe in any religion. The Constitution limits protection of the exercise of religious belief to activities which it defines as "normal." The Constitution states that religious bodies and affairs are not to be "subject to any foreign domination." The law also prohibits proselytism. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1004/1/Amnesty-International-Charges-Chinas-Human-Rights-Abuses-Risk-Blighting-Olympics-Legacy-/index.html As the one year countdown begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfill its promise of promoting human rights as part of the Olympics legacy, Amnesty International charges in its recent briefing on China's human rights progress. The new report, "China: The Olympics Countdown - One Year Left to Fulfill Human Rights Promises," focuses on four key areas of human rights relating to the Olympics: death penalty, detention without trial, human rights activists and media freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/996/1/China-Attacks-on-Media-Violate-Olympic-Commitments/index.html One year before the 2008 Olympics open in Beijing, the Chinese government is violating commitments on media freedom it made to the International Olympics Committee by continuing to harass, intimidate and detain foreign journalists and their local colleagues, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/993/1/China-No-Progress-on-Rights-One-Year-Before-Olympics/index.html China’s dire human rights record and a renewed crackdown on media freedom may spoil the government’s hopes of a successful “coming out party” at the Beijing Olympics, which begin in a year, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/992/1/Demography-of-HIVAIDS-in-China/index.html The challenge to determining the true impact of HIV within the general population in China has been the lack of a reliable, comprehensive surveillance and reporting system, coupled with the lack of an effective referral chain within the Chinese healthcare system. However, over the past few years, more information has become available about specific, at-risk populations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/939/1/Amnesty-International-Report-2007/index.html An increased number of lawyers and journalists were harassed, detained, and jailed. Thousands of people who pursued their faith outside officially sanctioned churches were subjected to harassment and many to detention and imprisonment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/898/1/USCIRF-Names-11-Countries-of-Particular-Concern-Puts-Iraq-on-Watch-List/index.html The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today announced its 2007 recommendations to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on "countries of particular concern," or CPCs. The 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) requires that the United States designate as CPCs those countries whose governments have engaged in or tolerated systematic and egregious violations of the universal right to freedom of religion or belief. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/862/1/Central-Asia---Summary-of-Human-Rights-Concerns/index.html Amnesty International is concerned that despite professed efforts by the governments in Central Asia to fulfil their human rights obligations and actual efforts by some states to remedy the worst abuses, grave human rights violations routinely continue to be committed with virtual impunity. This summary highlights some of the organization's most pressing human rights concerns in the various republics in Central Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700