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Uyghur People articles on Democracy Chronicles

The Uyghur people are a largely Muslim ethnic group that is native to Central Asia. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's west is under tight control of the central government. Also see our articles on China and Tibetan People.

In China, Big Brother Moves Into Uighur Homes

December 3, 2018 by DC Editors 1 Comment

In China, Big Brother Moves Into Uighur Homes

Local government workers in China have been deployed to ethnic minorities’ homes and other occasions once considered intimate and private.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, George Orwell, Spying and Privacy, Uyghur People

Twitter Account Shares Info About Photographer Missing In China

November 29, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Photographer Missing In China

Twitter account shares Info about Photographer missing in China .A photographer Lu Guang has gone missing during a visit to China’s Xinjiang province.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Social Media and Democracy, Spying and Privacy, Uyghur People

Famous Chinese Photographer Detained In Xinjiang, Wife Says

November 28, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Chinese Photographer Detained in Xinjiang, Wife Says

Authorities in northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang have detained an award-winning documentary photographer who was on a trip there, his wife has said.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Journalism and Free Speech, Political Dissidents, Uyghur People

Hundreds Of Scholars Condemn China For Xinjiang Camps

November 28, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Hundreds Of Scholars Condemn China For Xinjiang Camps

Countries must hit China with sanctions warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of psychological torture of innocent civilians.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Uyghur People

Chinese Government Using Tech to ID Dissidents by How They Walk

November 8, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Chinese Government Using Tech to ID Dissidents

Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” software that uses people’s body shapes identify them.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Spying and Privacy, Uyghur People

China Dismisses Criticism About Mass Detentions At UN

November 8, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

China Dismisses Criticism About Mass Detentions At UN

China on Tuesday rejected criticism of its treatment of ethnic Muslims, telling the U.N. that accusations of rights abuses were “politically driven.”

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, United Nations, Uyghur People

Serious Scrutiny Of China Abuses Needed At UN Rights Gathering

November 5, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Scrutiny Of China Abuses Needed

Activists called on U.N. to pressure China this week to account for alleged human rights violations including suspected mass detention of 1M Muslim Uighurs.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Tibetan People, United Nations, Uyghur People

China to Continue Mass Internment Of Muslim Ethnic Minorities

October 17, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Muslim Ethnic Minorities

Former detainees have described the facilities as political indoctrination camps where they were forced to condemn Islam and declare loyalty to the Communist Party.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Uyghur People

Exiled Uighurs Express Fear for Loved Ones Amid China Crackdown

October 2, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Exiled Uighurs Express Fear for Loved Ones

The Uighur diaspora are lobbying governments around the world to pressurize China to release information about the fate of their missing family members.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Political Exiles, Uyghur People

VIDEO: Uyghurs Detail Experiences In Chinese Re-Education Camps

October 1, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Chinese Re-Education Camps

While China continues to deny the existence of reeducation camps, three testimonies make clear their existence and the way they are operated.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Uyghur People

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