What happened to the Uighurs in Xinjiang?

Attacks and more crackdowns occurred across Uighur towns in the years afterward, as well as in some cities outside Xinjiang. Since 2017, Xinjiang leaders pressed by Mr. Xi have begun or stepped up policies intended to transform the Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities into loyal, largely secular supporters of the Communist Party.

How to prove a crime against humanity?

For a crime against humanity to be committed, a civilian population must be the object of a “widespread or systematic attack.” The words are disjunctive rather than conjunctive. Thus, to prove a crime against humanity, it is sufficient to prove the exis­ tence of either a “widespread” or a “systematic” attack.

Is China protecting Uyghurs’ religious beliefs?

Even as China detains Uyghur religious leaders, forces Uyghurs to violate Islamic social mores, and destroys their holy sites, Beijing claims to be protecting Muslims’ right to their beliefs. All of this has been done in the name of joining the Uyghurs to the party’s version of Chinese modernity.

Does China’s new crackdown in Xinjiang alleviate poverty?

Although specific evidence about the elderly is lacking, China has expanded the network of elderly care facilities in Xinjiang throughout this latest crackdown in the name of poverty alleviation—a justification used for the forced labor programs.

“What has and is happening to the Uighurs in Xinjiang is a human tragedy,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Asia, told me on Monday. “We cannot stand for it.”

How can the US deal with China over the Uighur issue?

One solution, then, is for the US to form a coalition of like-minded countries to put diplomatic and economic pressure on China over the Uighur issue.

What is the Uighur case and why is it important?

The determination is an essential step towards ensuring justice for the more than one million Uighurs currently held in political reeducation facilities in China, for the Uighur women being forcibly sterilized at the hands of their own government, and for Uighur-Americans with loved ones in China they haven’t heard from in years.

Can We stand for Uighur human rights violation?

“We cannot stand for it.” “The Chinese Communist Party’s campaign to systematically violate the fundamental human rights of the Uighur Muslim minority is unconscionable,” Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), the vice ranking member of that subcommittee, also told me.