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The overwhelming majority of the global Uyghur population lives in China, but there is also a significant diaspora spread across Central Asia, the Middle East, and Western nations. The vast majority live in their native homeland, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China The Uyghurs are an ethnic minority group of roughly 11 to 12 million of mostly Muslim people who live mainly in the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, and they have faced severe state-led persecution, mass detention, and human rights abuses by the Chinese government since 2014.
Xinjiang has historically been ethnically and politically complex, with periods of Chinese control as well as resistance and short-lived independent governments.
Uyghurs are a population of around 11 million to 12 million living mainly in Xinjiang, which makes up 40% of the region's population. They are actively being repressed by the Chinese government. This officially started in 2014 and expanded vastly in 2017 with a harsh security campaign that was launched by the Chinese government.
At the moment, China faces genocidal and human rights accusations most prominently by the United States. A UN report has stated that abuses in Xinjiang may amount to crimes against humanity. However, the Chinese government strongly denies all accusations of abuse, claiming the policies promote economic growth and social stability in the region.
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