UN rights chief’s office announces dates of China visit, including Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia

Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, gives a press conference in Iran's capital Tehran, May 18, 2022. Credit: AFP

The U.N.’s human rights chief on Monday will begin a six-day official visit to China, including to the far-western Xinjiang region where widespread abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities at the hands of Chinese authorities are said to have occurred. The trip is the culmination of years of effort by exiled Uyghurs to draw

Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre — Radio Free Asia

Chinese security forces prepare to face off with Uyghur protesters in Ghulja in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, February 1997, in a screenshot from a video of a Chinese television report smuggled out of China. Credit: UK's Channel 4 News report/YouTube

Massive clean-up operation. In the consequences of the crackdown, a short article titled “Lets discover the terrorist mask of East Turkistan terrorists” released by Chinas main Xinhua news firm called the demonstrators, “insurgents.”. Following the event, the Chinese government used the demonstration as a pretext to perform a year-long massive “clean-up operation” throughout Xinjiang under

US lawmakers nominate Uyghur rights groups for Nobel Peace Prize — Radio Free Asia

US lawmakers nominate Uyghur rights groups for Nobel Peace Prize — Radio Free Asia
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