World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa, left, with Dean Baxendale of Optimum Publishing International, at a March 14, 2024, event marking the publication of his book, The China Freedom Trap. (Photo courtesy Optimum Publishing...
2024-03-22
In a poignant ceremony held on December 14 at the University Libre de Bruxelles, the prestigious institution bestowed an honorary doctorate upon Rahile Dawut, a distinguished Uyghur folklore researcher and professor. This recognition of...
2023-12-18
Rahile Dawut. Photograph: Lisa Ross
Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut was reportedly sentenced to life in prison after going missing six years ago
Lucy Knight
The Guardian, 11 Oct 2023
Leading Uyghur...
2023-10-11
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Reuters
September 29,...
2023-09-30
About six years after acclaimed Uyghur folklorist Rahile Dawut first disappeared, it has been confirmed that a Chinese court sentenced her to life in prison, a human rights group announced Thursday, marking yet another Uyghur academic...
2023-09-21
Abdulhabir Muhammad, a young Uyghur entrepreneur who reportedly received a 15-year prison sentence in 2022, in an undated photo. Memet Imin/Facebook
Reasons for conviction are unclear. Was it for comments about halal food? Or for...
2023-09-20
Arfiya Eri of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on June 15, 2022.
Philip Fong—AFP/Getty Images
BY CHAD DE GUZMAN
MAY 18, 2023 Time
Arfiya Eri knows she stands out in Japan’s government...
2023-05-22
Arfiya Eri of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party was elected to the Japanese Parliament on April 23, 2023. AFP file photo
Arfiya Eri’s election gives hope to second-generation Uyghurs living in exile, advocates say
By Gulchehra Hoja...
2023-04-30
Gulchehra Hoja speaks at the 2022 Courage In Journalism Awards, New York at November 01, 2022, in New York City. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for International Women's Media Foundation)
Uyghur journalist chronicles her journey in...
2023-03-20
Courageous insights … Gulchehra Hoja. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Rachel Aspden
Wed 8 Feb 2023, The Guardian
Once the glamorous face of her people on Chinese state TV, the...
2023-02-08
Abliz Abdulhek (1950–2023). From Twitter.
Regarded as a hard-line independence activist, he was respected by many as a strong voice against oppression and genocide.
by Kok Bayraq
Bitter Winter, 02/06/2023
One day, a wife of a...
2023-02-08
Uyghur Behtiyar Sadir is a national-level health coach and member of Xinjiang’s Association of Health and Nutrition.
Authorities arrested Behtiyar Sadir in mid-October for posting photos on WeChat.
By Shohret Hoshur for...
2022-12-22
Uyghur artist Marwayit Hapiz at work in her studio in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Marwayit Hapiz
Uyghur painter Marwayit Hapiz discusses her art depicting Uyghur life and customs.
By Mihray Abdilim for RFA...
2022-12-20
Perhat Tursun, a leading Uyghur intellectual, completed The Backstreets in 2015. Three years later, he was reportedly detained by Chinese authorities and sentenced to 16 years imprisonment. PHOTO BY BETHANY...
2022-11-04
Medine Nazimi, president of the Chinese Concentration Camp Victims Group based in Istanbul. Photo by Ruth Ingram.
An interview with the quiet mother of three who created a grassroots movement to challenge the might of Beijing.
by...
2022-09-11
Uyghur poet and educator Ablet Abdureshid Berqi in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Ablet Abdureshid Berqi was jailed on a ‘separatism’ charge.
2022.08.02, RFA
A prominent Uyghur poet and associate...
2022-08-04
A Uyghur activist remembers how much the assassinated Japanese ex-Prime Minister did for the case of the oppressed and persecuted minority.
by Kok Bayraq
Bitter Winter, 07/21/2022
Istanbul and Washington are seen as the centers of...
2022-07-21
USCIRF Vice Chairman Nury Turkel (Second from right) discussing China use of artificial intelligence and other high technology to commit abuses against Uyghurs at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, July 14,...
2022-06-23
Mesut Özil during the Europa League group D soccer match between Fenerbahce and Antwerp at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo)
by CJ Werleman | May 15, 2022
Inside Arabia
International...
2022-05-18
Uyghur journalist Qurban Mamut (L) and his son Bahram Sintash (R) in Washington, February 2017.
Qurban Mamut was arrested in 2017 after returning from a visit to the United States.
By Shohret Hoshur2022.04.06, RFA
A prominent...
2022-04-07
