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Uyghur Investigations
Investigations, primary source documents and testimony records on the human rights situation facing Uyghurs in Xinjiang, newest first, all published in both English and Chinese.
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Case details and biography of Zhanatbek Beksultan, a Kazakh citizen from Xinjiang Xinjiang’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture sentenced to 15 years
Aug 10, 2026
Xinjiang Uyghur singer and White Paper Movement participant Yashar Shohret, sentenced to three years, has completed his sentence
Aug 9, 2026
White Paper Movement documentary filmmaker Chen Pinlin, sentenced to 3 years and 6 months for “Urumqi Middle Road,” spends his 35th birthday in prison
Aug 5, 2026
Wuhan citizen Zhang Yi arrested on July 28, 2026, on suspicion of “inciting secession” and currently detained at the Lhasa City Detention Center
Aug 2, 2026
Ms. Luo Chuanmei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Urumqi, Xinjiang, was persecuted to death at Xinjiang No. 2 Prison
Jul 30, 2026
Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China (July 31, 2026), Issue No. 130 (1,642 people in total)
Jul 21, 2026
Wuhan citizen Zhang Yi criminally detained by the Lhasa Municipal Public Security Bureau on July 18, 2026, on suspicion of “inciting secession” and held at the Lhasa City Detention Center
Jul 21, 2026
Details of the Case and Biography of Wuhan Citizen Zhang Yi, Arrested in Tibet
Jul 18, 2026
Case and biography of Zharqynbek Qasymbai, a Kazakh retired government official from Bole City, Xinjiang, sentenced to 10 years
Jul 9, 2026
Case Details and Profile of Wu Shidong, Key Member of the Arrested “Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union”
Jul 6, 2026
Case Details and Biography of Tuniyaz Osman, Former Deputy President of the Xinjiang Aksu Prefecture Intermediate People's Court and Writer, Sentenced to 15 Years
Jul 6, 2026
Case and résumé of Xinjiang Kashgar merchant Abdureshit Tohti, sentenced to 16 years and 11 months
Jun 30, 2026
Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China (June 30, 2026), Issue 129 (1,656 people in total)
Jun 24, 2026
The sentence of prominent Uyghur dissident Yushanjiang • Jilili, originally sentenced to life imprisonment, reduced to 2031
Jun 19, 2026
The Case and Biography of Memet Yaqup, the Uyghur Fruit Exporter from Hami, Xinjiang, Sentenced to 16 Years
Jun 13, 2026
Uyghur retired doctor Ms. Gulshan Abbas, sentenced to 20 years, spends her 64th birthday in prison
Jun 8, 2026
Taiwan’s Baqi Culture Publishing House editor-in-chief Fucha (real name: Li Yanhe), sentenced to 3 years, was released from prison in May 2026
May 30, 2026
Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China (May 31, 2026), Issue 128 (1,661 People in Total)
May 25, 2026
Former Xinjiang Institute of Technology lecturer Ms. Li Xianghong sentenced twice to a total of 14 years for practising Falun Gong, dismissed from public employment and deprived of her pension, living a difficult life
May 24, 2026
China’s renowned investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong secretly abducted in Thailand by the Chinese Communist regime in collusion with Thai authorities; missing for six months
May 23, 2026
Xinjiang Democracy and Rights-Defending Citizen Zhao Haitong, Sentenced to 14 Years, Spends His 64th Birthday in Prison
May 20, 2026
Ms. Rahile Dawut, a professor in the Chinese Department of Xinjiang University, Uyghur folklore and ethnography expert, and anthropologist sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese Communist authorities, spends her 60th birthday in prison
Apr 29, 2026
Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China (April 30, 2026), Issue 127 (1,682 People in Total)
Apr 29, 2026
Case and Profile of Xinjiang Uyghur Poet and Literature Teacher Qasim Sidiq, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Apr 25, 2026
Timeline of the Most Recent Amendments to the Current Election Law and Provincial-Level Election Regulations
Apr 22, 2026
Case details and biography of Arslan Abdulla, the former dean of the School of Humanities at Xinjiang University sentenced to 18 years
Mar 31, 2026
Weiquanwang: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China (March 31, 2026), Issue 126 (1,698 People in Total)
Mar 30, 2026