Aziz Isa Elkun lifting up one of the Uyghur poetry books banned by the Chinese state in his homeland. As human rights atrocities envelop the globe, pleas not to forget the Uyghurs rang out from exiled poet Aziz Isa Elkun on UNESCO’s...
For Uyghurs in exile, the suffering of loved ones is a source of never-ending anguish – especially when their fates remain unknown. By Ruth Ingram March 19, 2024, The Diplomat   Every exiled Uyghur carries a load: the...
Far From Xinjiang, Uyghurs Keep Their Culture Alive Photo: VOA March 15, 2024 VOA News By Liam Scott MUNICH —  In a nondescript building in southwestern Munich, Uyghur children gather every Saturday to do something that is...
Abidin Damollam. Social media. The imprisonment, death, and denial of a proper funeral to the respected leader confirm how life is like in an “occupied” region. by Kok Bayraq Bitter Winter, 03/15/2024 Last month, 96-year-old...
Detainees behind cell bars at the police Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit Published in:Bangkok Post Elaine Pearson Asia Director HRW, March 8,...
Illustration by Lily Ogburn. AIDAN JOHNSTONE, LILY OGBURN / MAR 13, 2024 Tech Policy Press WASHINGTON – For years, US venture capital firms have invested in Chinese technology companies linked to China’s military and persecution...
Scholar Darren Byler (from X) and an image of Jimunai County People’s Court (from Weibo). Research by anthropologist Darren Byler uncovers gross violations of China’s own laws to punish Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who pray and...
Minotiry Rights Group Profile The Uyghurs are predominately Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslims, who, according to China’s 2020 census, number roughly 11.5 million in China. Their homeland is what is now the northwestern corner of China,...
Nader Hashemi and James A. Millward DAWN February 23, 2024 Days before the International Court of Justice's initial ruling late last month that found there was a plausible risk of genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza, the...
MÜRSEL GÜNDOĞDUHaber7.com Writer Published15.02.2024 UPDATE17.02.2024 The Chinese Consul General in Istanbul, Cui Wei, defended the establishment of genocide concentration camps in East Turkistan, calling them humanitarian efforts and...
Ethnic Uyghur girls wear traditional clothing as they stand outside a butcher shop on June 29, 2017 in the old town of Kashgar, in the far western Xinjiang province, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) “Never Again” Means...
By Jonathan Hiskes January 21, 2024 Reformed Journal For these Sunday posts in January, I want to listen to how people with immigration or refugee experiences find sustenance and purpose in difficult times. A few years ago, I wrote a...
A Publication in Foley’s International Trade, Enforcement & Compliance series. Foley, 17 January 2024 We have received multiple requests to provide guidance regarding the critically important area of...
BY SHAY KHATIRI AND MICHAEL MAZZA, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS  The Hill - 01/19/24 China’s ambitions in the Middle East are not a secret. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, China has been taking advantage of the U.S. support for Israel to...
By Patrik Meyer The News Lens, 2024/01/11 What you need to know China has been accused of interning millions of innocent ethnic minorities in mass detention camps, pursuing ethnic policies aimed at erasing Uyghur identity and...
Zhang Zhijun, president of the Taiwan Cross-Straits Relations Association. Credits.  A black joke: Beijing tells citizens of Taiwan how to make “the right choice” in the elections. Bitter Winter, 01/11/2024 by Kok Bayraq Earlier...
By Elizabeth Palmer January 7, 2024 CBS News Xinjiang Province, on China's Western frontier – origin of the Silk Road, the ancient gateway for trade to the Middle East – was off-limits during the pandemic. But it is open again, and...
A Chinese police officer standing guard near a vocational training centre when the camps first came to global attention [Thomas Peter/Reuters] Beijing organises visits to far western region where it is accused of potential crimes...
Detainees listening to speeches in a camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017 by Dilshat Sultan Jan. 1 2024 As the world rings in the New Year in places like New York, Shanghai, Sydney, and London, it's important to remember that not...
Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group who are mainly found in Xinjiang. Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang...