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About Henryk Szadziewski

Henryk Szadziewski is the manager of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. He lived in the People's Republic of China for five years, including a three-year period in Uyghur-populated regions. Henryk Szadziewski studied modern Chinese and Mongolian at the University of Leeds, and completed a master's degree at the University of Wales, where he specialised in Uyghur economic, social and cultural rights

Articles by Henryk Szadziewski

Tuesday 26th July

The Uyghurs, China and central Asia

Henryk Szadziewski, 26 July 2011

The growing bonds between central Asian states and China have a human-rights cost for Uyghurs across the region, says Henryk Szadziewski.

Monday 5th July

The Uyghur voice: 2009-10, and beyond

Henryk Szadziewski, 5 July 2010

The violent protests of July 2009 in Urumchi revealed deep-rooted problems in Beijing’s policy towards the Uyghur people of Xinjiang region in China’s far west. The path to resolution can only be unblocked by acknowledging the Uyghurs’ right to speak, says Henryk Szadziewski.

Wednesday 24th March

Kashgar’s old city: landscape of loss

Henryk Szadziewski, 24 March 2010

The Chinese authorities’ continuing demolition of the urban heartland of Uyghur society is also the outward face of a deeper dispossession, says Henryk Szadziewski.

Friday 10th July