New York, April 15 -- The Uyghur region in northwest China remains under strict oversight by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), even though it is labeled as "autonomous."

Abundant in resources such as oil, gas, and cotton, it produces around 20% of the world's cotton and acts as China's link to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. This area is also inhabited by approximately 12 million Uyghurs, who have a language and culture that is more closely related to Central Asian nations, as stated in a report by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).

For many years, the CCP has endeavored to forcibly incorporate Uyghurs into Han Chinese culture through extensive surveillance, forced labor, torture, and detention camps, which the government re...