The Atajurt volunteers on trial committed no crime. Theirs was a legitimate political protest.
Re-Education Camps
A Uyghur Father Persecuted to Death: His Son Remembers Him
“Bitter Winter” readers know the “lonely Uyghur” protests in Amsterdam. He did not manage to save his father and is now mourning him.
A Chinese Christian Tortured in Jail Tells His Story
Zhu Chunlin’s testimony explains what “strict control and punishment” and “strengthened learning” mean in Chinese prisons: torture.
Crimes Sending You to Jail in Xinjiang: “We Don’t Trust You,” “You Didn’t Play Piano at Your Wedding”
Our study of the Xinjiang Police Files reveals one of the strangest collections ever of crimes for which Uyghurs are detained.
Zhanargul Zhumatai: A Dramatic Interview with an Ethnic Kazakh Camp Survivor Who May Soon “Disappear”
Bitter Winter interviewed the 43-year-old artist in Urumqi, where the police is threatening to take her to a psychiatric hospital.
A Uyghur Prisoner’s Escape: Changing the Course of Death
China claims Mahmut Moydun managed to escape from a dreaded jail in Korla. How was it possible?
China Tries to Hide Detention of Ethnic Kyrgyz in Xinjiang Camps
The Chinese Embassy in Bishkek wants to stop independent reporting about the horrific experiences in the camps and the kidnapping of students in Kyrgyzstan.
The UN Xinjiang Report, One Month Later: Where Do We Go from There?
What will the world do now, in the face of irrefutable evidence of human rights atrocities in Xinjiang?
Medine Nazimi: From Housewife to Reluctant Uyghur Activist
An interview with the quiet mother of three who created a grassroots movement to challenge the might of Beijing.
A Call for Sanctions to Stop Anti-Uyghur Brutality in Xinjiang
Campaign for Uyghurs, the Uyghur Human Rights Project, the World Uyghur Congress, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation call for the use of the Global Magnitsky Act.