Turkistan Times | August 29, 2026
BUENOS AIRES — Imprisoned Uyghur scholar, writer, and former editor at the state-run Xinjiang Education Press, Yalqun Rozi, has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Graciela Fernández Meijide Award for the Defense of Human Rights. The award ceremony was hosted by the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) on August 23, 2026, in...
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2026-08-29 :Date
By Alex Bagdade On Aug 20, 2026 | The McGill International Review
In January 2023, Mehmet Tohti, a Uyghur Canadian activist, answered a call that appeared to come from Hong Kong. Tohti, executive director of the Uyghur Rights...
2026-08-20 :Date
Activists from Amnesty International hold placards as they march during a demonstration in support of the Uyghurs, on the sidelines of the Chinese President's two-day state visit in France, in Toulouse, south-western France, on May 6,...
2026-08-20 :Date
Writing in Foreign Policy, VOC Senior Fellow in China studies, Dr. Adrian Zenz, and researcher Muetter Tohti explore how Beijing is pioneering new tools of transnational repression.
Aug 12, 2026 |Adrian Zenz | VOC...
2026-08-19 :Date
Over the past decade, Beijing has ramped up its media presence in Türkiye, which is home to a large diaspora of Uyghurs, a minority severely oppressed in China. The Turkish information space is now increasingly injected with...
2026-08-19 :Date
Representative Image (File Photo/Reuters)
Munich [Germany], August 18 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has strongly condemned what it described as the interrogation, surveillance and intimidation of Uyghur-Australian citizens and permanent residents by Chinese authorities during their...
2026-08-19 :Date
Protesters gather for a rally outside Channel 7 studios in Sydney, Australia, February 4, 2022. © 2022 Flavio Brancaleone/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Visitors to Xinjiang Pressed to Monitor Activists, Australia’s Uyghur Language...
2026-08-17 :Date
World Uyghur Congress (Photo: @UyghurCongress)
Munich [Germany], August 15 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in its latest weekly brief, highlighted new research documenting China's expanding efforts to exert pressure on Uyghurs...
2026-08-15 :Date
Kalbinur Sidik addressing the 15th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on May 17, 2023.Credit: Optimum Publishing International
“Heart Full of Light,” Kalbinur Sidik’s memoir, provides a first-hand account of...
2026-08-14 :Date
A women holding the flag of East Turkestan in Ankara, Turkiye, Oct. 1, 2023. Credit: Shutterstock
China’s transnational repression is real, and host governments themselves are now playing a role in pressuring Uyghur...
2026-08-10 :Date
Credit: Photo by Austin on Unsplash
Government actions that could once be described as regional campaigns are now embedded in national legislation. Restrictions will become easier to expand and harder to challenge.
The Diplomat | By Omer Kanat | August 06, 2026
China’s new Law on Promoting...
2026-08-09 :Date
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Munich [Germany], August 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting global protests against Beijing's Ethnic Unity Law, welcoming expanded US sanctions...
2026-08-09 :Date
Press Statement
Thomas “Tommy” Pigott, Spokesperson
July 31, 2026, By U.S. Mission China
Today, the United States added 43 companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a key tool in...
2026-08-09 :Date
Adrian Zenz. Credits.
A detailed analysis shows how transnational control strategies silence researchers and fracture diaspora communities with longterm consequences.
by Massimo Introvigne | Aug 7, 2026 | Testimonies...
2026-08-07 :Date
Journal Information:
Journal Name: Istiqlal (Monthly Journal of Press)
Publisher: East Turkistan Press and Media Association
Date: July 2026
Volume & Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6
Summary :
Turkistan Times is...
2026-08-06 :Date
Uyghur Research İnstitute
Introduction
The policies of mass detention, forced labor, cultural assimilation, digital surveillance, and cultural and ethnic genocide implemented by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in East Turkistan since 2017 present a critical case for understanding the...
2026-08-05 :Date
Uyghur Research Institute
The international counter-terrorism seminar held in Gulja, East Turkistan, on August 4, 2026, is considered one of the Chinese government's most significant diplomatic steps to legitimize its policies in the...
2026-08-05 :Date
‘Something innocent yet dangerous emerged’ … Yalkun and Rabia on their honeymoon in Mardin, Turkey, October 2020. Photograph: Courtesy of Yalkun Uluyol
Growing up in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, romance was frowned upon –...
2026-08-05 :Date
Uyghur Research Institute
The "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress," signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and officially coming into effect on July 1, 2026, marks a historic turning point in China's ethnic policies and signals...
2026-08-03 :Date
July 31, 20263, Reuters, By Karen Freifeld and Eduardo Baptista
Summary
First such action under Trump, largest since list took effect
Some newly listed companies have sold in the United States
China condemns...
2026-08-02 :Date
