This week marks 10 years since Ilham Tohti, a 54-year-old Uyghur economist and human rights advocate ... he was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament.

Resolution arouses widespread concern from international community, highlights international community's continued concern ...

Chinese support for Russia in its war against Ukraine could hurt Beijing's ties with Europe, British Foreign Minister David ...

Rozi had vanished from his home in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in October 2016. When he reappeared in January 2018, ...

WUC's Interim President Erkin Ekrem underscored that October 1 symbolises the loss of freedom for ... Reports of human rights violations in Xinjiang, home to the Uyghur population and other ...

Human rights groups believe China has ... a great loss for the Uyghur people, and for all who treasure academic freedom," said John Kamm, executive director of the Dui Hua Foundation.

Since President Xi Jinping came to power in March 2013, authorities have insisted on adhering to Communist Party values like ...

The pandemic has highlighted inequalities in countries around the world, from the protests against systemic racism and police brutality that swept through the United States last summer to the ...

NR 25 min From Fear to Freedom: A Uyghur’s Journey is a documentary about Uyghur exile Kasim Kashgar, who describes the creeping surveillance and persecution of his people in the city of Urumqi ...

Human Rights Watch research has ... The U.N. further alleged that Uyghur people have been victims of torture and arbitrary ...

Tohti was arrested and jailed following the riots in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ... the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award 2014, the Martin Ennals Award 2016, the ...