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Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom
China Restricts On-Line Conferences Hosted By Sponsors Out of the Country
China cracks down on foreign-hosted online conferences by Eugene Chudnovsky | September 01, 2020 06:00 AM
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Geng Xiaonan, Book Publisher and Former Professor Detained in China For Supporting Scholars Calling for Intellectual Reforms
China Arresting Many Professional Uyghurs In Attempt to Eradicate Their Culture
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President of Xinxiang University Arrested Four Years Ago. Whereabouts Unknown to This Day
Rahile Dawut
In September 2018, CCS reported on the case of a missing Uyghur Professor of Anthropology Rahile Dawut who had created and directed the Xinjiang University’s Minorities Folklore Research Center. She was one of the first prominent Uyghurs who disappeared on her way to a conference in Beijing in 2017. Akida Polat, Rahile’s daughter, never saw or spoke to her […]
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Leaked data shows the scale and horror of internment of Uyghur minority in China
A data leak has revealed that 1.5 million of the Uyghur population of Chinese people have been forced into internment camps by the Chinese government. The government’s efforts to silence their families and other ethnic minorities in the region has led to the breakup of families and genocide. The former President of Xinjiang University, Dr. […]
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Human Rights Lawyer Detained in China After Deportation from Laos
Human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, most well-known for recently defending activists in Hong Kong, was barred from leaving China after receiving a fellowship in the United States. He fled into Laos through Vietnam in July but was detained by Laos for an allegedly fraudulent visa and recently deported to China. He remains separated from his […]
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China Gives Australian-Chinese Writer a Suspended Death Sentence
The novelist and academic, Yang Hengjun, was arrested in China in 2019 and charged with espionage. He has very recently been given a suspended death sentence. His health is failing. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Yang-Hengjun-s-death-sentence-shows-power-of-China-s-secret-service https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/world/asia/australian-writer-yang-china-death-sentence.html https://apnews.com/article/china-australia-yang-hengjun-sentence-b20bd2b0a5704b10fcff16cdfdd699ed https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-australia-trial/2021/05/27/77bc50d6-bc50-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html
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Anthropology Professor and renowned scholar of Uyghur studies arrested and sentenced to prison
Rahile Dawut disappeared in 2017, and after years of no answers, it has now been confirmed that she is serving a life sentence in prison following a secret trial on charges of a crime of endangering state security. In September 2023, the charge was confirmed on appeal. The charge appears to be based on her […]
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