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Experts raise alarm as China expected to triple illegal organ harvesting of detained Uyghurs

Uyghur organizations have continued to campaign for answers on where missing community leaders are.

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Turkish capital, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 26, 2023.
 Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army, including Uyghurs from China

 Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

 A man from China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group. A recent interfaith panel took place in New York looking at the human rights violations against the Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

New York conference discusses crimes against Uyghur Muslims


China urges UN states not to attend Xinjiang event next week

"It is a politically-motivated event," China's UN mission wrote in the note, dated Thursday. "We request your mission NOT to participate in this anti-China event."

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US legislation seeks to provide 'Priority 2' refugee status for Uyghurs

“As Jews and as Americans, we have a moral responsibility to act,” Rep. Deutch told the Jerusalem Post in a statement

Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey October 1, 2020.

Rabbis across denominational spectrum urge congressional action on Uighurs

“Your support for this legislation is absolutely crucial to ensure that our fight to prevent further atrocities against this long-persecuted group will be successful.”

A woman wearing a mask with a Uyghur flag takes part in a rally during China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit in Berlin, Germany September 1, 2020.

Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

China in response denies any human rights abuses in Xinjiang and says its camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism.

A Jewish man who identified himself as Andrew protests the oppression of China's Uighurs outside the Chinese Embassy in London, Jan. 5, 2020.

What challenges does the Uighur ethnic movement face?

China has a long history of discrimination but the world also has a role to play.

An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul

US slams election of abhorrent abusers to UNHRC after China gets seat

UN Watch director: Membership should be based on a nation’s human rights records, but rarely is

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

Pompeo: The Chinese Communist Party is re-writing the Bible

Speaking at a recent summit, State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that America was standing up for religious freedom worldwide, as where it fails, totalitarism soon follows.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 15, 2020

The Uyghurs' plight is a humanitarian crisis. More must be done to help

“If the international community stays quiet, the Chinese government will succeed in destroying this proud people.”

A Chinese Uyghur Muslim participates in an anti-China protest during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019

China: France being misled by Western 'slander' over Uighur Muslims

"Driven by political ends, they fabricated a whole series of sensational lies which touched public opinion and even misled certain politicians in France."

A Chinese Uyghur Muslim participates in an anti-China protest during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019

Rabbi Sacks: China's persecution of Uighurs a 'desecration of faith'

As a Jew, the sight of people being shaven headed, lined up, boarded onto trains, and sent to concentration camps is particularly harrowing.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks