Twitter blocked in Xinjiang
Twitter and YouTube are among several sites that have been blocked in China’s Xinjiang province, as the authorities attempt to control rioting in the area. Read more hereThe post Twitter blocked in...
View ArticleChina: Blanket media ban on Xinjiang bomb
China’s Central Propaganda Department has placed a blanket ban on covering the explosion at Xinjiang, Western China, including the state-owned Xinhua News Agency who had allegedly already reported...
View ArticleChina: Uighur website editor given seven-year prison sentence
Tursunjan Hezim, Uighur editor of well known website Bilik, has reportedly been given a seven-year prison sentence. The sentence was handed down for unknown charges at a secret trial in July 2010, but...
View ArticleChina: Suppression of religious freedoms in Xinjiang continues
(Photo illustration: Shutterstock) During China’s Cultural Revolution the Uyghur linguist Ibrahim Mutte’i, who helped compile a comprehensive multilingual dictionary, was tortured in the pursuit of...
View ArticleChinese dissident lawyer held in Xinjiang, brother says
The brother of Chinese dissident human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has told two news agencies that his brother is now in a Xinjiang prison, being the first confirmation of his whereabouts in 20 months....
View ArticleWe should all know the name Merdan Ghappar
A screenshot of Merdan Ghappar from the video he filmed on his phone from a Chinese prison In a video clip that went viral yesterday, Uighur model Merdan Ghappar doesn’t speak. But he doesn’t need to...
View ArticlePodcast: The Disappeared: How people, books and ideas are taken away, with...
Index on Censorship · The Disappeared: How people, books and ideas are taken away In our autumn 2020 podcast we speak with Hong Kong-based journalist Oliver Farry, who discusses the crackdown on...
View ArticleBritish MP: “We should forge a path for Uighur freedom”– here’s how
Rushan Abbas (centre) and others at a protest in the USA to raise awareness about the treatment of Uighurs. Abbas is the founder and executive director of the non-profit Campaign for Uyghurs “Someone...
View ArticleWhy what is happening in Hong Kong and Xinjiang is not an internal affair
Yang Xiaoguang It will not surprise you to know that I think words are important. Both in terms of what they tell you and what they don’t. When words come from a diplomat, a person who is trained to...
View ArticleIt’s unequivocal – the Chinese government is committing genocide. We must all...
Uyghurs during a demonstration in Parliament Square, London. Yui Mok/PA Archive/PA Images As Human Rights Day is marked around the world, the Uyghur Tribunal in London has just announced that “beyond...
View ArticleBanned by Beijing: How can Europe stand up for Uyghurs?
“Not speaking out causes guilt; but speaking out causes fear.” – anonymous Uyghur woman Despite being far outside China’s borders, in a region synonymous with human rights, rule of law, and democracy,...
View ArticleWill athletes risk the wrath of Beijing to stand up for human rights?
Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/PA Images Athlete protest has been almost as common a feature of the Olympic Games as elite sporting achievement since its modern inception at the turn of the 20th...
View ArticleLandmark report shines light on Chinese “long arm” repression of ex-pat Uyghurs
A landmark report published by Index on Censorship today (Thursday, 10 February) highlights the shocking extent of Chinese attempts to repress Uyghur ex-pats living in countries across Europe –...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Film Festival
Index is once again partnering with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. It takes place from 17-25 March and screenings will be both digital and in-person – at the Barbican in London. In partnership...
View ArticleUN report cites serious human rights violations in Xinjiang but ultimately...
Detainees at a re-education camp in Xinjiang. Photo WeChat/Xinjiang Juridical Administration “Serious human rights violations” have been committed in Xinjiang and the arbitrary and discriminatory...
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