Xinjiang
Urging China’s President Xi To Stop State-Sponsored Human Rights Abuses
September 18, 2015
| Hearing
Lawyers Cite Procedural Violations, Await Decision on Appeal in Ilham Tohti Case
November 17, 2014
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairs Issue Statements on Ilham Tohti’s Sentencing, Concerned about Fate of Students Detained With Him
October 1, 2014
| Press Release
Understanding China’s Crackdown on Rights Advocates: Personal Accounts and Perspectives
April 8, 2014
| Hearing
Chinese Authorities Arrest Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti and Students
March 4, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Officials Tightly Control the Narrative Surrounding Tiananmen Square Vehicle Crash
November 15, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Block Uyghur Scholar From Leaving China, Refuse To Grant Passport to Uyghur Student
March 7, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Status of Uyghur Children in Detention Unknown Following Border Clash
February 1, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Local Officials in Xinjiang Continue Curbs Over Religious Practice
December 16, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Draft Legal Measures Promote Hiring Ethnic Minorities, Against Track Record of Employment Discrimination
November 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Students Continue to Harvest Cotton, Directive Allows Child Labor
November 14, 2011
| Commission Analysis
State Council Opinion Bolsters Grazing Ban, Herder Resettlement
October 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Political Prisoners Mehbube Ablesh's and Abdulghani Memetemin's Prison Sentences Expire
October 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Implement Ramadan Curbs Amid Renewed Pledges for Tight Controls Over Religion
October 11, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on Uyghurs Forcibly Returned to China
August 30, 2011
| Press Release
Official Repression of Religion Continues in Xinjiang
July 12, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Ethnic Minority Population Planning Program Expands to More Areas in Xinjiang
June 3, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Accelerate Promotion of Mandarin-Focused Bilingual Education
May 10, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Target Religious and Political Publications in Censorship Campaigns
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Webmaster Receives Seven-Year Sentence
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Job Discrimination Against Ethnic Minorities Continues in Xinjiang
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Bolsters Grazing Ban; Xinjiang Government Promotes Herder Resettlement
March 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Draft of Intangible Cultural Heritage Law Limits Research Activities; Xinjiang Case Study Shows Politicization of Heritage (Updated)
February 16, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Number of State Security Cases Tried in Xinjiang Decreases in 2010; Number of Longer Prison Sentences Increases
February 3, 2011
| Commission Analysis
New Information on Sentences Emerges as Official Information on Xinjiang Trials Remains Limited
January 20, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang's First Large-Scale Training Class for Ethnic Minority Lawyers Stresses Meeting Political Goals
January 19, 2011
| Commission Analysis
New Information Available on Uyghur Asylum Seeker, Status of Others Remains Unknown
January 7, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities in Xinjiang Use Pledge System To Exert Control Over Village Life
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Underage Students Continue To Pick Cotton in Xinjiang Work-Study Program
December 8, 2010
| Commission Analysis
2010 Annual Report: New Developments in Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 20, 2010
| Roundtable
Discriminatory Job Hiring Practices Continue in Xinjiang
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Continue to Restrict Ramadan Observance in Xinjiang
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
New Information Released on Uyghur Political Prisoners Mehbube Ablesh and Omer Akchi
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Target Beards, Veils in Campaigns To Tighten Control Over Religion
October 18, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Bolster Ethnic Unity Campaigns, Promote Spreading Party Policy During Ethnic Minority Holidays
August 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Court Imposes Prison Sentences on Uyghur Journalist and Webmasters
August 7, 2010
| Commission Analysis
China's Far West: Conditions in Xinjiang One Year After Demonstrations and Riots
July 19, 2010
| Roundtable
Central Leaders Hold Forum on Xinjiang, Stress Development and Stability as Dual Goals
July 8, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Restrictions on Religion Continue in Xinjiang
June 25, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Urumqi and Xinjiang Authorities Increase Oversight of Migrants, Rental Housing
May 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Tighten Controls Over Muslim Women
April 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Government Authorities Announce Upcoming Development Plan for Xinjiang
April 7, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Number of Students Receiving Mandarin-Focused "Bilingual" Education in Xinjiang Continues To Rise
April 6, 2010
| Commission Analysis
198 People in Xinjiang Reportedly Sentenced in Trials Marked By Lack of Transparency
March 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Kashgar Authorities Announce "Zero Tolerance" for Petitioning Higher Level Authorities About Old City Demolition
March 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang "Ethnic Unity" Regulation Imposes Party Policy, Restricts Free Expression
February 24, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Revised Social Order Regulation in Xinjiang Places New Emphasis on State Security
February 24, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Number of Trials for State Security Crimes in Xinjiang Increases in 2009
February 3, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media Reports on Continued Demolition in Kashgar, Resettlement Numbers Vary
February 2, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Trials Continue in Xinjiang, Press Reportedly Warned Against Independent Reporting
January 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Regulation on Ethnic Unity Education (Chinese Text)
December 29, 2009
| PRC Legal Provision
New Regulation in Xinjiang Appears To Expand Controls Over Children's Religious Freedom (Includes Update)
December 11, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Begin New Incentive Initiative To Continue Population Control in Xinjiang
December 11, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Issues Internet Regulation, Keeps Strict Controls on Information
December 8, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Execute 9 After Trials in Xinjiang Marked by Due Process Violations
November 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Impose Restrictions on Lawyers Defending Xinjiang Suspects Amid Official Announcements on Arranging Legal Defense
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Demonstrations Take Place Again in Xinjiang Following Reported Syringe Attacks
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Continue Detentions, Announce Arrests Connected to July 5 Incident
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 7, 2009
| Hearing
Xinjiang Authorities Train, Seek to Regulate Muslim Women Religious Figures
August 20, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Forcefully Suppress Demonstration, Restrict Free Flow of Information
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Pledge Crackdown Following Xinjiang Demonstration and Clashes
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Analysis: Xinjiang
July 8, 2009
| Site Page
Recruitment for State Jobs in Xinjiang Discriminates Against Ethnic Minorities
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Block, Punish Free Expression
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Draft Regulation in Xinjiang Could Strengthen Legal Prohibitions Over Children's Freedom of Religion
June 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Announce Heightened Security Threat, Strengthen Security Capacity, and Continue Propaganda Campaigns
June 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Strengthen Controls Over Religion
June 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
The Rising Stakes of Refugee Issues in China
May 1, 2009
| Roundtable
State Security Cases From Xinjiang Appear to Surge in 2008
April 16, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Demolition of Kashgar's Old City Draws Concerns Over Cultural Heritage Protection, Population Resettlement
April 7, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Historian Released From Prison
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Number of Xinjiang Students Receiving Mandarin-Focused "Bilingual" Education Increases
February 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights in Xinjiang: Recent Developments
February 13, 2009
| Roundtable
Governments in Xinjiang Continue to Sponsor, Sanction Job Recruitment That Discriminates Against Ethnic Minorities
February 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Mandates "Ethnic Unity Education" to Promote Party Policy on Ethnic Groups
February 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Two Young Uyghurs Detained for Distributing Leaflets Calling for Student Demonstration
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Issue Plan Combining Rural Reform With Continued Political Controls
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Work-Study Programs Continue; Cotton-Picking Activities Limited
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Recruit More Teachers for Mandarin-focused "Bilingual" Education
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Continue Security Measures, Propaganda Campaigns
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Increase Repression in Xinjiang in Lead-up to and During Olympics
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Target Religious Leaders During, After Olympic Games
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Cancel Plans to Subject Uyghur Woman to Forced Abortion (Updated)
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Block Uighur Protest in Xinjiang, Detain Protesters
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
House Church Leader Zhou Heng Released From Detention
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Pledge Crackdown Against "Three Forces"
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
"Bilingual" Policy Reduces Use of Ethnic Minority Languages in Xinjiang Preschools
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Strengthens Campaign Against Political and Religious Publications
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Editor Korash Huseyin's Prison Sentence Expires
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Mixed Progress for Olympic Foreign Reporting Regulations One Year Later
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Religious Repression in Xinjiang Continues During Ramadan
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Target Christian-Owned Businesses for Closure
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Official Describes Plan to Expand Use of Mandarin in Minority Schools
March 4, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Work-Study Programs Using Child Labor Continue in Xinjiang
January 11, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Local Governments in Xinjiang Continue Religious Repression During Ramadan
December 12, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Rebiya Kadeer's Sons Receive Prison Sentence, Fines, for Alleged Economic Crimes
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Increases Controls Over Muslim Pilgrimages
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Official Repression of House Church Members Continues in Xinjiang
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Continues Controversial "Work-Study" Program
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
City in Xinjiang Mandates Exclusive Use of Mandarin Chinese in Schools
August 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Civil Servant Recruitment in Xinjiang Favors Han Chinese
July 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Rebiya Kadeer's Sons Charged With State Security and Economic Crimes
July 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Seizes, Confiscates Political and Religious Publications
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Rebiya Kadeer's Children Held in Custody, Beaten
June 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Rebiya Kadeer's Employees Released After Seven-Month Detention
June 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Question Rebiya Kadeer's Son, Name Him a Criminal Suspect
May 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Uighurs Face Extreme Security Measures; Official Statements on Terrorism Conflict
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Focuses on Reducing Births in Minority Areas to Curb Population Growth
March 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Cracks Down on "Illegal" Religious Publications
March 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Continues Restrictions on Mosque Attendance
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Continues Crackdown on Separatism, Terrorism, and Religious Extremism
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Arrests in Xinjiang Top 18,000 for Crimes Including State Security Offenses
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Reports High Rate of Population Increase
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Break Up Protestant Christmas Services in Xinjiang; Detain 12 House Church Leaders
February 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Tech School Sends Largest Group of Minority Graduates Ever to Jobs in Shenzhen
January 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Detain More Than 40 for Possessing "Illegal Religious Materials"
January 18, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Releases Uighur Businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer
January 10, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Police Form Special Unit To Investigate Exiled Activist Rebiya Kadeer
January 9, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Police Attempt to Take into Custody Son of Uighur Activist Rebiya Kadeer
January 9, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Communist Party Official Promoted to Acting Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region
January 5, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Promotes Mandarin Chinese Use Through Bilingual Education
January 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Uighur Editor to Three Years Imprisonment for "Splittist" Story
December 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China's Changing Strategic Concerns: The Impact on Human Rights in Xinjiang
November 16, 2005
| Roundtable
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Regulation on Minority Language Work
November 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Officials Beat Protestant Businessman in Xinjiang
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Seven Legal Aid Centers to Open In Urumqi
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Discipline and Inspection Committee Attacks "False Reports"
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Leadership Congratulates Workers as Track Work Completed on Qinghai-Tibet Railway
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Education Department Requires Xinjiang Students to Pick Cotton and Hops
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Police Reportedly Bar Uighur Haj Pilgrimage By Confiscating Passports
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Notes Rise in Popular Awareness of Legal Rights
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Officials Apparently Ignore State Council Directive to Divest Interests in Coal Industry
October 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Han Chinese Continue to Dominate Top Leadership Positions in Xinjiang
October 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Intensifies Campaign Against the "Three Forces"
October 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government Assigns Largest Group of Ethnic Han Officials to Date to Posts in Uighur Areas
September 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Conduct Survey on Efforts To Increase Popular Understanding of the Law
September 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Begins Construction of Counterterrorism School in Xinjiang
September 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
ETIC Reports Xinjiang Authorities Have Increased Harrassment of Uighurs
September 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Separatists Arrested in Xinjiang's Hetian Prefecture
September 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Detain, Search BBC TV Crew Attempting to Report on Village Protests
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Prefecture Bans Sala Branch of Islam and Reportedly Arrests 179
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Urumqi Court Sentences Six Guanyin Famen "Cult" Members
August 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Author Sentenced to Prison for "Inciting Splittism"
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
40 Percent of New Civil Service Positions "In Theory" Reserved for Ethnic Minorities in One Xinjiang Prefecture
August 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Han University Volunteers Who Speak Minority Languages Exempted From Civil Service Exam
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang's New Vocational Degree Programs To Be Taught Exclusively in Mandarin Chinese
July 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
US Journalist Describes Chinese Government Attempts to Silence Reporting from Xinjiang
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Propaganda About the Unity of Nationalities Intensifies During June
June 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Workers Daily States New Incentives Needed To Retain Local Workers in Xinjiang
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang County Government Promotes Chinese Language Training Projects for Uighur Students
May 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Tour Guides Form Autonomous Protection Alliance
April 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Announces 2005 Admission Standards for Middle and High Schools
April 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Joint U.S. NGO Report Documents Increase in Religious Repression in Xinjiang
April 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Says Ethnic Han Chinese Will Get 500 of 700 New Civil Service Appointments
April 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Security Reduced at Government Compound in Xinjiang's Capital
April 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
PRC Government "Closely Following Developments" Along Xinjiang-Kyrgyzstan Border
March 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NGO: Minors Forbidden to Attend Church Services in Xinjiang
March 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ties Increase Between Xinjiang and China's Central Asian Neighbors
March 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Upgrade in Police Armament in Urumqi Signals Continued Tensions in Xinjiang
March 12, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Applies for 700 Million Yuan to Protect Wetlands
March 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Announces 2004 Reduction in Provincial Economic Disparities
February 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Announces New Leadership Training Program
February 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Chinese Official Confirms Existence of Forced Labor in Xinjiang
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Forum 18 Reports Chinese Restrictions on Muslim Religious Practice in Xinjiang
September 28, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang High Court Recommends Reform of Written Legal Judgments (in Chinese)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
September 8, 2003
| Roundtable
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
March 10, 2003
| Roundtable
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Regulation on Minority Language Work (Chinese Text)
September 20, 2002
| PRC Legal Provision
Open Forum on Human Rights Issues
August 5, 2002
| Roundtable
Ethnic Minorities in China: Tibetans and Uighurs
June 10, 2002
| Roundtable
Issues
- Access to Justice
- Civil Society
- Commercial Rule of Law
- Criminal Justice
- Developments in Hong Kong & Macau
- The Environment
- Ethnic Minority Rights
- Freedom of Expression
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Residence & Movement
- Human Trafficking
- Institutions of Democratic Governance
- North Korean Refugees in China
- Population Planning
- Public Health
- Status of Women
- Tibet
- Worker Rights
- Xinjiang