HRW has also documented bans on traditional Muslim baby names. These forms of Uyghur dispossession represent a dangerous loss of agency, religion, history, and collective memory. The Uyghur ...

"This name change campaign is clearly part of the Chinese government's ongoing attempt to erase Uyghur culture and its Islamic heritage," Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Washington ...

The authorities also removed terms in village names that denote Uyghur cultural practices, such as mazar, shrine, and dutar, a two-stringed lute at the heart of Uyghur musical culture. While the ...