The Trump Administration says the Chinese Communist Party has committed genocide against its Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. The U.S. government gives China tens of millions of dollars every year.

The Uyghur Humans Rights Protection Act would make it easier for Uyghurs and members of other Turkic or Muslim minority groups to apply for resettlement. The measure also urges U.S. allies to adopt similar measures.

“Could you imagine if President Trump said publicly that the Uyghur genocide in China, which everyone acknowledges, is a cultural norm? It would have been a global calamity,” Patel said.

Between 2015 and 2018, for example, population growth in Uyghur areas fell by 84 percent.”

Birth rates for Uyghurs have dropped by 60 percent in the three-year period beginning in 2015,” Chong said.

that the Chinese regime is proactively trying to reduce the Uyghur population.

Uyghur Surveillance Lawmakers and human rights groups have voiced concerns over British links with Hikvision and Chinese tech firms they say have designed Uyghur detection systems, with facial recognition tools that can alert authorities to peoples'

Children play on a playground near security cameras at a public square in Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, on April 20, 2021.

Kayum Masimov, manager of Uyghur Canadian Society, said the Olympics is supposed to be a game about cooperation, friendship, and peace. “Unfortunately, the Games in Beijing is not about the peace.

Canada has announced sanctions against four officials and one entity in China "based on their participation in gross and systematic human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

A coalition of human rights groups urged Anand earlier this week to raise multiple issues in China with Wang, including the persecution of Falun Gong and Uyghurs, and concerns about ongoing transnational repression on Canadian soil.

The CCP’s mass sterilization program for Uyghur women, as well as other rights abuses against the Uyghur population, have been well-documented. Former U.S.

Commentary The suppression of Muslim Uyghurs in China’s farwestern region of Xinjiang by the Chinese regime has once again become the focus at the United Nations. French President Macron also called for an official investigation at the U.N.

What follows is forced labour, forced abortions, mass sterilization of Uyghur women, widespread rape, sexual abuse, and forced separation of the Uyghur children from their parents, the report wrote.

Kalbinur Sidik, who worked as a Chinese-language teacher in Uyghur detention camps in Xinjiang, testified that she saw blood drawn from detainees every week.

But we did show with the evidence that we were allowed to publish at the time that China was actually putting Uyghurs in certain encampments, enclosures, and fenced-in tent cities, subjecting them to re-education campaigns and basically performing acts

When asked about the Uyghurs, Biden said, "We must speak up for human rights. It’s who we are."

Last year, the EU awarded its top human rights prize, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, who had been jailed by the Chinese regime for criticizing state policies toward Xinjiang and the Uyghurs.

Wherever Uyghurs traveled, they will be quickly located by the police, and then detained or deported back to Xinjiang, according to IPVM's research.

'End Uyghur Dominance' The move to prevent births among Uyghur and other minorities is in sharp contrast with China’s wider birth policies.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the largest overseas Uyghur organization, has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider its decision to hold the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing in light of the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang

House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act 2019 in December.

The motion did not include the recognition of Beijing's abuse of Uyghurs as "genocide."

He helped push measures on forced labor involving Uyghur Muslims. The Rubio case is the latest example of diplomatic adjustments as the United States and China seek to manage tensions through high-level talks.

eliminate the Uyghurs, which is what's taking place right now.

They are forbidden from speaking the Uyghur language or practising their religion,” the release said.

Which Brings Us to the Uyghurs The Uyghurs are a Turkic minority ethnic group, the largest group in China’s westernmost province of Xinjiang.

The lawmakers named four individuals who are currently detained: Chinese pastor Jin Mingri, Uyghurs Dr. Gulshan Abbas and Ekpar Asat, and U.S. permanent resident Gao Zhen.

Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), is urging to the Ambassador of China to the United States Cui Tiankai, to allow the United Nations to investigate the treatment of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghurs Autonomous Region.

In 2021, the United States enacted the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which restricts imports linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, including cotton products.