Asim Kashgarian

Human rights activists say the Uzbek authorities have a history of using extremism charges to pursue political opponents

Nearly two dozen rights watchdogs and 16 experts sign an open letter, saying 'crimes against humanity and genocide' are targeting Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China

Uighur activists in Washington and New York City urge the US, UN and countries around the world to recognize China’s treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang as genocide

A recent video advertisement in China to promote marriage between Uighur women and Chinese men is seen by observers as an assimilationist policy aimed at Sinicizing the Turkic-speaking indigenous people of Xinjiang

A think tank and a scholar behind revelations of human rights violations in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang were highlighted in China’s Global Times

A blogger’s incarceration in Uzbekistan for allegedly spreading extremist content has angered rights activists, with some accusing the government of using counterextremism laws to quell political dissent 

Uyghur Hjelp told VOA that Chinese authorities since 2016 have detained at least 518 key Uighur religious figures and imams

Videos spread via social media show Uighurs in Xinjiang allegedly denouncing their detention as propaganda

China has been accused of arbitrarily detaining more than 1 million Uighurs at incarceration camps; Chinese officials deny the accusations

Several international companies say they are taking measures to ensure their goods from the Xinjiang region are not produced by coercive employment of Uighurs