A young woman shares her family’s tragedy: her parents were sent to internment camps in Xinjiang, and three siblings are left to fend for themselves.
Muslim Uyghurs
In Xinjiang, Even Buying Sugar Can Send You to an Internment Camp
For ordinary people, surveilled daily – even to enter one’s home – and treated as terrorists, life in the region turned into a depressing, prison-like existence.
Targeted Sanctions on Xinjiang Government, Seven Senators Urge Trump to Act Now
It seems that the Department of the Treasury is stopping the direct way to hold tyrants accountable for their crimes in the Muslim region, and Democrats react.
Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum, Declaration on the Persecution of the Uyghurs
We publish the declaration adopted by the participants to the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum, including Bitter Winter, on May 31, 2019.
A Sad World Refugee Day for Uyghurs in Thailand
Despite international protests, Thailand keeps Uyghur refugees in overcrowded detention camps and threatens to send them back to China.
The Story of the Lonely Jew: Standing Up for the Uyghurs in London
Citizens of the upper-class suburb of Hampstead have become accustomed to Andrew. Come rain or shine, this Orthodox Jew protests every week against CCP atrocities.
Bringing the “Uyghur Crisis” to the Heart of the United States
Unity, cooperation, and network were the three keywords of an extraordinary event held in Washington, D.C., by the élite of the persecuted Xinjiang diaspora.
Xinjiang Police App Used for Illegal Surveillance
All-encompassing data on Muslim residents is collected and used against them to justify mass detentions in the name of counter-terrorism.
Journalism in Face of the “Uyghur Crisis”
The daily experience of Bitter Winter in covering the topic and how best civil society can leverage this critical coverage. Or, one by one, we make a difference.
Time Is No Healer for Uyghur “Widows” and “Orphans” in Turkey
After her husband was taken by the CCP police and “disappeared,” Nafisa became a de facto widow and fled to Turkey. Life is not easy for Uyghur refugees there.