A heartbroken #Uyghur mother shares how her children, aged 10, 12, and 14, were forcibly taken by Chinese ?? authorities, likely sent to indoctrination camps disguised as “orphanages” in occupied East #Turkistan, while she was tending to her critically ill husband in the hospital.

For years, millions of Uyghur and other Turkic children have been separated from their families and placed in #China’s state-run camps, stripped of their identity and heritage.

The world must not ignore this systematic cruelty. Remaining silent is being complicit.

#UyghurGenocide

? Abdugheni Sabit (@AbdugheniSabit)

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Pakistan so called Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) supports Chinese propaganda and trying to whitewash Chinese crimes against #UyghurMuslims

https://issi.org.pk/press-release-issi-hosts-launch-of-ms-naz-parveens-book-xinjiang-ke-khushal-uyghur/

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an ongoing attempt by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang to “erase” Uyghur culture by systematically changing hundreds of Uyghur village names to ones reflecting Chinese Communist Party ideology.

In a new study, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Norway-based Uyghur Hjelp (“Uyghur help”) identified some 630 villages where the names have been changed from names reflecting Uyghur history and culture to names such as “Happiness,” “Unity,” and “Harmony.”

“The Chinese authorities have been changing hundreds of village names in Xinjiang from those rich in meaning for Uyghurs to those that reflect government propaganda,” said Maya Wang, acting China director at Human Rights Watch. “These name changes appear part of Chinese government efforts to erase the cultural and religious expressions of Uyghurs.”
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-condemns-chinese-governments-attempt-to-erase-uyghur-culture-by-changing-village-names/

UN officials on Friday denied they had done too little to address reports of serious rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, a day after leading campaigners called for greater action.

On Thursday, rights groups urged UN rights chief Volker Turk to follow up on an explosive 2022 report detailing violations against Muslim minorities there, including against the Uyghurs.

The report by Michelle Bachelet, Turk's predecessor as High Commissioner for Human Rights, cited possible "crimes against humanity" in the region.

The report highlighted "credible" allegations of widespread torture, arbitrary detention and violations of the religious and reproductive rights of Uyghurs and other Muslim groups.

China had dismissed its contents.

On Friday, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Service for Human Rights and the World Uyghur Congress issued a joint call to action.

"The ongoing absence of public reporting by the high commissioner to follow-up the atrocity crimes documented by his own office, risks undermining the trust placed in his office by victims and survivors," they warned.

Responding to the claims, a spokesperson for the UN's rights office acknowledged that the situation in Xinjiang was "of concern".

Among the issues at stake were "reports of arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and discrimination on the basis of religion and ethnicity" faced by the Uyghurs.

https://www.barrons.com/news/un-rights-chief-denies-inaction-on-china-report-4f98ab94

https://www.elpasoinc.com/religious-and-cultural-mentions-removed-from-names-of-chinas-xinjiang-villages-rights-groups-say/article_41d3ce3f-5ae2-5e74-a735-f7816e0fed13.html