http://www.uyghuramerican.org en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org N/A zerepshan@gmail.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:32 -0800 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6666/1/WUC-Booklet-on-Violation-of-Freedom-of-Expression-in-East-Turkestan/index.html The booklet Violation of Freedom of Expression in East Turkestan published by the WUC in November 2011 provides an overview on the current status of freedom of expression for the Uyghur people. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6405/1/They-Cant-Send-Me-Back-Uyghur-Asylum-Seekers-in-Europe/index.html A new report by the UHRP documents the challenges faced by Uyghur asylum seekers in Europe, and examines the reasons why they fled East Turkestan or Central Asia.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6381/1/Offers-They-Cant-Refuse-Chinas-Relations-with-the-Muslim-World/index.html A new report, “Offers They Can’t Refuse: China’s Relations with the Muslim World”, examines the Chinese government’s relationships with the governments of predominantly Muslim countries, and how these relationships have muted the Muslim world’s response to China’s repression of the Uyghur people. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6080/1/New-UHRP-report-A-city-ruled-by-fear-and-silence-Urumchi-two-years-on-/index.html A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the nature of post-July 5, 2009 detentions and criminal procedures in East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR, in the People’s Republic of China). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4747/1/Can-Anyone-Hear-Us-Voices-From-The-2009-Unrest-In-Urumchi-/index.html A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the unrest that took place in July and September 2009 in Urumchi, the regional capital of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) through the accounts of Uyghur eyewitnesses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3801/1/Uyghurs-as-indigenous-people-a-new-UHRP-report-highlights-Chinese-government-violations-of-Uyghurs-indigenous-rights/index.html Sixty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), more than six decades have passed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3764/1/Separate-and-Unequal-The-Status-of-Development-in-East-Turkestan/index.html October 1, 2009 will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and officials from Beijing to East Turkestan are pulling out all the stops to ensure that no discord mars the scripted celebrations that will take place. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2341/1/Uyghurs-as-indigenous-people-a-new-UHRP-report-highlights-Chinese-government-violations-of-Uyghurs-indigenous-rights/index.html As the world marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Uyghurs in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China) continue to experience human rights abuses in nearly every aspect of their lives. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2114/1/Uyghur-American-Association-issues-information-on-alleged-Uyghur-terrorism-for-the-press/index.html In the past five weeks the media has reported at great length on a series of attacks in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Details on the attacks have been strictly controlled by Chinese authorities and often the only source for information is Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese government’s official news outlet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2100/1/A-Life-or-Death-Struggle-in-East-Turkestan-Uyghurs-face-unprecedented-persecution-in-post-Olympic-period-/index.html A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines sweeping security measures being targeted at Uyghurs in East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or XUAR) following a series of violent attacks that took place prior to and during the Beijing Olympics." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1419/1/Deception-Pressure-and-Threats-The-Transfer-of-Young-Uyghur-Women-to-Eastern-China/index.html A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project examines a recently implemented People’s Republic of China (PRC) policy that recruits young Uyghur women from majority Uyghur areas of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) and transfers them to work in factories in urban areas of eastern China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1226/1/Political-Persecution-of-Uyghurs-in-the-Era-of-the-War-on-Terror-/index.html Over the past six years, PRC officials have maneuvered to use the concept of “terrorism” as a justification for their repressive treatment of Uyghurs in East Turkestan1 (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) and to intimidate Uyghurs who have fled China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1227/1/Uyghur-Language-Under-Attack-The-Myth-of-Bilingual-Education-in-the-Peoples/index.html Uyghur language is under attack in East Turkistan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR). In the past decade, and with increasing intensity since 2002, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has pursued assimilationist policies aimed at removing Uyghur as a language of instruction in East Turkistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700