GENEVA — Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting last week to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities. The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which comes into effect on July 1, aims to forge a "shared" national identity among ethnic groups and "strengthen cohesion." But rights...
Muslim groups operating across Europe have invited all imams and speakers to draw attention to the East Turkistan issue. Civil society organizations united around the "Stand4Uyghurs" campaign expect high participation in the International...
Örkesh Dölet, Uyghur leader of the Tiananmen movement. Credits. How Uyghur students helped shape China’s 1980s reform era, and a democratic awakening became recast as a security threat. by Asiye...
Courtesy: X@UNHumanRights   By Vusala Abbasova    June 18, 2026 | SAH The United Nations Human Rights Office has reiterated its concerns over what it describes as “severe” human rights violations against the Uyghur...
A Uyghur activist spent a week quietly meeting everyone who matters in Malaysia — government, the UN, and Islamic NGOs — because Malaysia is the rare Muslim-majority country that has both stood up for Uyghurs and caved to Beijing, and...
Bilal Mohammed (centre) and Yusufu Mieraili (back right), defendants in the 2015 Erawan shrine bombing case, arrive at a military court in Bangkok on February 16, 2016.//AFP The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has condemned Thailand's sentencing of two Uyghur men to death over the 2015 Erawan Shrine...
Politicians, experts, and civil society representatives from around the world gathered at the International Uyghur Forum held in Berlin to raise international awareness against the Uyghur genocide and demand accountability. The forum...
Undated photo of a Kashgar teahouse.Credit: ID 138843471 © Aleksandar Pavlovic | Dreamstime.com Uyghur Language Day matters, not just as celebration, but as defiance of the attempt to extinguish our civilization.  By Omer...
A general view of Minle handmade wool carpet factory on 28 May 2024 in Luopu County of Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regio, China. Photograph: Zhe Ji/Getty Images Turkistan Times - June 16, 2026: The Canadian government has...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C – June 12, 2026 Justice For All’s Save Uyghur Campaign strongly condemns the death sentences handed down on June 11, 2026, by a Thai court against Uyghur men Bilal Mohammad and Yusuf Mieraili...
Bilal Mohammed (centre) and Yusufu Mieraili (back right), defendants in the 2015 Erawan shrine bombing case, arrive at a military court in Bangkok on February 16, 2016. File photo: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP. Turkistan Times, 13 June 2026 — Two Uyghur men have been sentenced to death by a Thai court...
Uyghur Research Institute The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China officially announced the "National Human Rights Action Plan (2026–2030)" on June 11, 2026[1]. This document is considered the core...
The Orwellian nightmare of the Beijing-Kabul pact and the silent Uyghur genocide Source: Created by the author with the aid of AI In the Chinese province of Xinjiang, the Uyghur ethnic minority faces mass detention and forced labor. The...
Turkistan Times, 12 June 2026, WASHINGTON — In a recent U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) hearing, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chair Senator John Curtis (R-UT) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed a heavy emphasis...
Berlin [Germany], June 9 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in collaboration with the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights (UZDM) and supported by the Uyghur Friendship Group in the German Bundestag, will host the Third...
The author when teaching at Aksu Prefectural Pedagogical School. Finally, the human rights issue is connected with trade by two parliamentary resolutions. by Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur | Jun 9, 2026 | Testimonies China On April 26, 2026, the Dutch national television broadcaster,...
 Munich [Germany], June 7 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief highlighting its international advocacy efforts, using major global platforms in Japan and Europe to draw attention to what it describes as...
Uyghur Research Institute In the June 5, 2026 issue of the Xinjiang Daily, the official organ newspaper of the Chinese government in East Turkistan, a decree titled "Several Measures to Promote the Steady and Positive Improvement of the...
TURKISTAN TIMES, 6 June 2026 — The integrity of international efforts to combat state-sponsored forced labor is facing an unprecedented threat from Beijing’s expanding digital infrastructure. Recent industrial findings indicate that...
Turkistan Times, June 4, Istanbul: According to a report titled "Shen Rongqin's International Perspective: Five Years After the Genocide, How are the Uyghurs Doing Now?" published on the "Freedom Evaluation Network" on June 4, 2026, the...