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Human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International regularly express concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in East Turkistan. However, due to the Chinese authorities' tight controls on information, accurate and timely analysis of developments in East Turkistan is extremely difficult.

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Uyghur Language Under Attack: The Myth of “Bilingual” Education in the People’s
Published  07/24/2007 | UHRP and UAA Reports

July 24, 2007

Uyghur language is under attack in East Turkistan1 (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR). In the past decade, and with increasing intensity since 2002, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has pursued assimilationist policies aimed at removing Uyghur as a language of instruction in East Turkistan.

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