Wasl Team, May 31, 2025
The Xinjiang (East Turkistan) crisis, where over a million Uyghurs suffer mass detention, forced labor, and cultural erasure, is one of the foremost human rights challenges of our time. As the world's largest Muslim-majority democracy, Indonesia has a moral obligation to respond decisively, and a strategic interest in doing so.
The coming years, perhaps the next decade,...
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Turkistan Times, 23 May 2025 - On May 22, 2025, the Chinese government hosted the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries’ Media Cooperation Forum in Urumqi, the capital of occupied East Turkistan. The event is widely seen...
2025-05-23 :Date
TURKISTAN TIMES – Istanbul, May 20: Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has exposed a high-tech espionage network linked to China operating within Turkish territory. The network was found to be illegally collecting...
2025-05-21 :Date
According to a May 19, 2025 report from ANI News, filed from Munich, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its latest weekly briefing, highlighting ongoing global advocacy efforts aimed at bringing international attention to the...
2025-05-20 :Date
Istanbul, Turkistan Times: Reports that Istanbul University, one of Turkey's most prestigious higher education institutions, canceled a panel discussion titled "From Crimea to Sudan, From Gaza to East Turkistan: Human Rights," citing the...
2025-05-19 :Date
Turkistan Times, May 19 2025 — The Center for Uyghur Studies has released a powerful new report titled “Breaking the Roots: China’s Use of Boarding Schools as a Tool of Genocide Against Uyghur Muslims”, highlighting a deeply troubling yet underreported aspect of China’s campaign against...
2025-05-19 :Date
Alhurra – Washington, May 13, 2025
Uyghurs in China
In East Turkistan, if a Uyghur does not stop in front of the facial recognition camera at a gas station, the fuel pump will not work.
If they want to enter a market, they are forced...
2025-05-15 :Date
TURKISTAN TIMES, May 11 – ISTANBUL: According to Canada's "Montreal Gazette" website on May 10, the first group of "dozens" of Uyghur refugees has arrived in Canada, based on a decision approved by the Canadian Parliament in 2023 to...
2025-05-14 :Date
Turkistan Times – May 12, 2025 – An international seminar addressing the human rights violations faced by Uyghurs was held on May 5th at Al Washliyah Nusantara Muslim University (UMN) in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The seminar was...
2025-05-14 :Date
On May 12, 2025, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the US Congress to reverse the shutdown of the Uyghur language service of Radio Free Asia (RFA), warning that its closure would severely undermine the global community’s access to...
2025-05-13 :Date
Photo of Rune Steenberg. Used with permission.
This isn't the first time a Uyghur researcher or advocate has been denied entry to Kazakhstan
Global Voices Eurasia 12 May 2025
A Danish anthropologist, Rune Steenberg, who researches Uyghurs, was denied entry to Kazakhstan on...
2025-05-13 :Date
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith is among those to have signed a cross-party to InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) demanding answers over the company's activities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Prepared by Ahmad...
2025-05-11 :Date
The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 and the subsequent rise of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led interim government have fundamentally altered Syria’s geopolitical landscape, creating a dynamic arena for...
2025-05-11 :Date
by Grant Rumley, Aaron Y. Zelin
Apr 17, 2025, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Amid fears of Uyghur militancy and hopes of expanding business ties with Syria, Beijing has been rapidly adapting to the new reality...
2025-05-09 :Date
ByGabrielle M. Etzel and Rachel Schilke
Washington Examiner, May 7, 2025
The House passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday evening to impose sanctions on people engaged in forced organ harvesting or human trafficking for the purpose of...
2025-05-08 :Date
In several regions of Türkiye, a series of events were organized to demonstrate solidarity against the oppression in Gaza and human rights violations in East Turkistan. Activities ranging from charity bazaars to protest marches were held on a broad scale, receiving significant public...
2025-05-07 :Date
Companies accused of facilitating human rights violations through racial profiling technologies
May 5, 2025 | A legal case has been filed against Chinese tech giants Huawei, Hikvision, and Dahua over their alleged complicity in human...
2025-05-06 :Date
Turkistan Times; Istanbul – The Second East Turkistani Islamic Studies Students' Symposium was held in Istanbul.
The Second East Turkistani Islamic Studies Students' Academic Symposium took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, May 4th,...
2025-05-06 :Date
Prof. Dr. Adem Esen
Yeni Meram
East Turkestan, with a land area two and a half times that of Turkey, possesses fertile land and valuable minerals, apart from the Taklamakan Desert – one of the world's largest deserts – which covers...
2025-05-05 :Date
Turkistan Times / Istanbul – May 5, 2025 – A recent report by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and related international investigations have revealed that the Chinese regime's oppression of Uyghurs is not confined to East Turkistan but...
2025-05-05 :Date
