Alternate Title
Category
Political Documents (Contemporary)
Institution
University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University
Access
open access
URL
https://xinjiang.sppga.ubc.ca
Description
The Xinjiang Documentation Project is a multi-disciplinary research initiative based at the Institute for Asian Research in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department at Simon Fraser University. The project collects, preserves, assesses, and makes available documentary information on the extrajudicial detention of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern China. Its scope includes making key primary documents available, assessing their reliability, presenting material for general audiences, amplifying the lived experiences of detained individuals, providing regular updates on the ongoing situation in the region, and organizing periodic speaker series.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Xinjiang Contemporary (post-1978) Gender Oral history Law and Government Ethnic minorities
Last Modified
5/17/2026 12:20am