http://uyghuramerican.org en-us http://uyghuramerican.org N/A zarapshan@gmail.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:45:48 -0700 20 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1767/1/Briefing-on-the-Release-of-the-Eighth-Annual-Trafficking-in-Persons-Report/index.html Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1743/1/Amnesty-International-Report-2008/index.html Growing numbers of human rights activists were imprisoned, put under house arrest or surveillance, or harassed. Repression of minority groups, including Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians, continued. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1457/1/The-Real-China-and-the-Olympics/index.html The following is a translation released today by Human Rights Watch of the full text of Chinese dissident Hu Jia's letter, written on September 10 2007 while Jia was under house arrest with civil rights lawyer Teng Biao zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1413/1/China-Crackdown-Violates-Olympic-Promises/index.html With just six months to go before the Olympics open in Beijing on August 8, a systematic crackdown on dissent has significantly worsened respect for fundamental rights in China, Human Rights Watch said today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1405/1/Human-Rights-Watch-Highlights-Abuses-in-Pakistan-Kenya-China-Somalia/index.html The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2008. By allowing autocrats to pose as democrats, without demanding they uphold the civil and political rights that make democracy meaningful, the United States, the European Union and other influential democracies risk undermining human rights worldwide. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1377/1/Freedom-in-the-World-2008-Global-Freedom-in-Retreat/index.html On January 16, Freedom House released the findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, the year 2007 was marked by a notable setback for global freedom. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1228/1/Majority-of-Chinas-Muslims-Still-Cannot-Make-it-to-Mecca/index.html China turns a deaf ear to an appeal sent by human rights organizations and members of the European Parliament on the right of Muslims to conduct the pilgrimage to Mecca. Each of China's Muslims can go to Mecca - as long as s/he remains true to Communism and pays a hefty deposit. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1169/1/Jamestown-Releases-a-New-Occasional-Paper-Titled-quotThe-Rising-Dragon-SCO-Peace-Mission-2007quot-/index.html The Jamestown Foundation has released a new Occasional Paper entitled "The Rising Dragon: SCO Peace Mission 2007." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1152/1/US-commission-cites-ongoing-rights-abuses-in-latest-China-report-/index.html The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China has flagged ongoing human rights abuses and the stalled development of the rule of law in China in its latest Annual Report. The Commission, consisting of nine US senators, nine House members and five executive appointees, highlighted two general concerns in its 2007 review submitted Wednesday zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1109/1/International-Religious-Freedom-Report-2007/index.html The Constitution states that citizens enjoy freedom of religious belief and the freedom not to believe in any religion. The Constitution limits protection of the exercise of religious belief to activities which it defines as "normal." The Constitution states that religious bodies and affairs are not to be "subject to any foreign domination." The law also prohibits proselytism. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1004/1/Amnesty-International-Charges-Chinas-Human-Rights-Abuses-Risk-Blighting-Olympics-Legacy-/index.html As the one year countdown begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfill its promise of promoting human rights as part of the Olympics legacy, Amnesty International charges in its recent briefing on China's human rights progress. The new report, "China: The Olympics Countdown - One Year Left to Fulfill Human Rights Promises," focuses on four key areas of human rights relating to the Olympics: death penalty, detention without trial, human rights activists and media freedom. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/996/1/China-Attacks-on-Media-Violate-Olympic-Commitments/index.html One year before the 2008 Olympics open in Beijing, the Chinese government is violating commitments on media freedom it made to the International Olympics Committee by continuing to harass, intimidate and detain foreign journalists and their local colleagues, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/993/1/China-No-Progress-on-Rights-One-Year-Before-Olympics/index.html China’s dire human rights record and a renewed crackdown on media freedom may spoil the government’s hopes of a successful “coming out party” at the Beijing Olympics, which begin in a year, Human Rights Watch said today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/992/1/Demography-of-HIVAIDS-in-China/index.html The challenge to determining the true impact of HIV within the general population in China has been the lack of a reliable, comprehensive surveillance and reporting system, coupled with the lack of an effective referral chain within the Chinese healthcare system. However, over the past few years, more information has become available about specific, at-risk populations. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/939/1/Amnesty-International-Report-2007/index.html An increased number of lawyers and journalists were harassed, detained, and jailed. Thousands of people who pursued their faith outside officially sanctioned churches were subjected to harassment and many to detention and imprisonment. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/898/1/USCIRF-Names-11-Countries-of-Particular-Concern-Puts-Iraq-on-Watch-List/index.html The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today announced its 2007 recommendations to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on "countries of particular concern," or CPCs. The 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) requires that the United States designate as CPCs those countries whose governments have engaged in or tolerated systematic and egregious violations of the universal right to freedom of religion or belief. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/862/1/Central-Asia---Summary-of-Human-Rights-Concerns/index.html Amnesty International is concerned that despite professed efforts by the governments in Central Asia to fulfil their human rights obligations and actual efforts by some states to remedy the worst abuses, grave human rights violations routinely continue to be committed with virtual impunity. This summary highlights some of the organization's most pressing human rights concerns in the various republics in Central Asia. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700