Persecution of Uyghurs in China

Persecution of Uyghurs in China

Summary

Since 2014, the government of the People's Republic of China has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang which has often been characterized as persecution or as genocide. There have been reports of mass arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, family separation, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights.

Originally created by Red-tailed hawk

11/20/2019, 10:21:23 PM

Modified

5/17/2026, 5:21:27 PM

Recent revisions

MadNomadist5/17/2026, 5:21:27 PM

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GreenC bot5/13/2026, 7:21:13 AM

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JArthur19845/8/2026, 12:58:18 PM

/* Deaths */ Simplify

The Account 25/8/2026, 11:17:01 AM

/* Initial "Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism" */ fix chronological order

The Account 25/8/2026, 11:15:20 AM

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Amigao4/25/2026, 11:19:28 PM

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GreenC bot4/20/2026, 2:34:44 AM

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Pincrete4/19/2026, 5:20:30 PM

/* top */ Amnesty isn't mentioned in either source + how many is 'significant'?

The Account 24/19/2026, 11:27:52 AM

more accurate

The Account 24/19/2026, 11:25:52 AM

US government isn't really the best source for this

The Account 24/19/2026, 11:25:18 AM

the shift has mostly occured

KConWiki4/16/2026, 2:18:33 AM
三葉草4/15/2026, 2:27:06 AM

/* Education */ National language instead of Guoyu.

三葉草4/15/2026, 2:23:11 AM

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Cdjp13/23/2026, 10:22:38 AM

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JasonMacker3/22/2026, 5:49:25 PM

/* Counter-terrorism justification */ add reference where the cited person explicitly uses the word "colonialism," as it was not used in the book review source

Invokingvajras3/1/2026, 12:42:24 PM

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Simonm2232/25/2026, 2:54:03 PM

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1340406458|1340406458]] by [[Special:Contributions/MadNomadist|MadNomadist]] ([[User talk:MadNomadist|talk]])anti-national sentiment and racism are both somewhat iffy in this context.

MadNomadist2/25/2026, 2:38:18 PM

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Amigao2/21/2026, 12:50:10 AM

/* Propaganda campaign */ more precise link

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