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 Ethnic Unity and Progress has been in effect for more than one month. Beijing claims the law will...
World Uyghur Congress Weekly Brief (Photo/uyghurcongress.org) Munich [Germany], August 1 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has intensified its criticism of China, alleging that Beijing's policies targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic...
Each day, Amnesty International UK will unveil another way that Amnesty activists are standing with Uyghur creatives by Julie Ward, 01-08-2026 North East Bylines This August, activists at Amnesty International UK are spearheading a...
By Uyghur Times | July 30, 2026 A new analysis published by the Xinjiang Victims Database (Shahit.biz) estimates that at least 143,228 mostly Uyghur children in the four southern prefectures of the Uyghur homeland were separated from...
Source: Based on reporting by Li Yuan - The New York Times, from Germany, July 28, 2026. (Note: Li Yuan examines China’s growing influence on the world.) TURKISTAN TIMES | SPECIAL REPORT BERLIN / WASHINGTON — In a rare and damning...
By Turkistan Times Staff July 29, 2026 Former World Uyghur Congress (WUC) President and prominent activist Dolkun Isa was barred from entering Morocco and deported shortly after arriving at Casablanca’s airport on July 20. Isa had traveled to the country to attend the International Religious...
China’s state television, CCTV, reports on the “crimes” of July 28, 2014. But who were the real criminals? Silence, disappearances, and the erasure of evidence followed the 2014 military assault on Uyghur civilians. by Asiye Uyghur...
Representative Image (Photo/X@UyghurCongress) Munich [Germany] July 26 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in its latest weekly brief, highlighted a series of developments concerning the rights of Uyghurs, including a submission to...
24.07.2026, STP The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) condemn the deportation of 21-year-old Uighur Arafat Adil from Germany to China. The organizations emphasize that the deportation violates the...
Press Release – For immediate Release 23 July 2026, World Uyghur Congress On the 12th anniversary of the Yarkand massacre, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) solemnly commemorates the victims of one of the deadliest crackdowns in East...
Issue 28: July 9, 2026 – July 22, 2026 Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content round-up curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Each issue features carefully selected articles, reports, and publications from media outlets, academic...
Statement – For immediate Release World Uyghur Congress, 21 July 2026 We, the undersigned Uyghur diaspora and civil society organisations, condemn in the strongest terms the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress (“the...
Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja is interviewed by CNA in Taipei during her first visit to Taiwan on July 10. CNA photo July 21, 2026 By Ken Chao, CNA staff reporter 07/21/2026, CNA Before Gulchehra Hoja became one of the world's...
Uyghur sisters Gulzeper Hekim, left, Gulmire Kamil, second left, and Guljennet Kamil, right, and their mother Bahargul Tohti were arrested inUrumqi on July 4 and July 11, 2026, in an undated combin ation of family photos. (Courtesy of...
Rights advocate tells UN forum Beijing's new ethnic unity law strengthens state control over language, religion and cultural identity of Uyghurs and other minorities Muslim Network TV — July 17, 2026 GENEVA, Switzerland (MNTV) — A...
July 16, 2026, ISTANBUL | Nizamettin Askin The 20th Anniversary of the East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association and the 18th World East Turkistan Brotherhood Gathering have officially commenced in Istanbul, drawing broad participation from the East Turkistani diaspora...
Delegates at the Berlin Forum. The task ahead, the threats of the Chinese, the determination never to yield. When holding a conference becomes an act of resistance. by Dolkun Isa | Jul 16, 2026 | Testimonies China Ten years...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2026) Press Releases, Save Uyghur Justice For All’s Save Uyghur campaign strongly condemns the ongoing visit of the Utah-based One Voice Children’s Choir to...
Uyghurs and Tibetans commemorate Lobga Rangzen in Amsterdam’s Dam Square. A Tibetan offered his life for freedom. Uyghurs and Tibetans stand together against the same colonial machinery of oppression. by Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur | Jul...
Press Release – For immediate Release 13 July 2026 World Uyghur Congress On 7 July, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma visited Beijing as part of a trade mission to China, with the stated...