(New York) – Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have been systematically changing hundreds of village names with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uyghurs into names reflecting recent ...

An official with Human Rights Watch in China alleges the Chinese government has been changing the name of hundreds of Xinjiang Province villages “from those rich in meaning for Uyghurs to those that ...

China claims that stability and modernization in Xinjiang have led to prosperity, but the truth reveals a systematic erosion of Uyghur cultural identity. Cities have been redesigned, traditional ...

In the old quarters of Kashgar, narrow lanes once carried the sound of traders calling across markets, families gathering in ...

Kalbinur Gheni hasn’t seen her sister in person for more than six years. Her sister Renagul disappeared into the Chinese Communist Party’s vast political reeducation camps, which imprison an estimated ...

In 2021, the United States and other countries have declared that China is committing genocide against ethnic Uyghurs -- yet nothing much changes. That passivity discounts the horror of genocide, the ...

The U.S. State Department is reeling. Morale is low, leadership turnover is high and internal dysfunction has left many career diplomats and foreign service officers disillusioned and disengaged. Some ...

Writing and translating “The Backstreets,” a book about the oppressive environment faced by Uyghurs in China, was a danger to those involved. By Tiffany May Perhat Tursun was eager for his novel, “The ...

In 2021 the United States and other countries have declared that China is committing genocide against ethnic Uyghurs — yet nothing much changes. That passivity discounts the horror of genocide, the ...

June 19 (UPI) --The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday condemned what it says is China's ongoing attempt to "erase" its Muslim Uyghur culture after a Human Rights Watch report alleged ...