Uyghur women protest the loss of their loved ones in the Uyghur homeland, in Istanbul, May 2023. Protests used to be a weekly event attended by hundreds, but threats and intimidation via the Chinese state towards their relatives in Xinjiang have caused numbers to dwindle.
The government’s increasing proximity to Beijing makes the country no longer safe for the thousands of Uyghurs who live...
2026-02-07 :Date
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Guldaria Sherizat with taped up mouth, UzynagashRiza Alimnur
20 January 2026Felix Corley, Forum 18
Guldaria Sherizat, an ethnic Kazakh originally from Xinjiang(East Turkistan-ed.), is among 19 people on trial in Taldykorgan on 23...
2026-01-28 :Date
Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration against Chinese government’s policy in the Xinjiang region, in Strasbourg, France, July 11, 2015. Credit: Photo 56549660 © Ifeelstock | Dreamstime.com
From initial...
2026-01-27 :Date
LONDON / MUNICH — As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer prepares for the first official visit of a British leader to China since 2018, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and a coalition of international human rights organizations have issued a...
2026-01-27 :Date
22 January 2026, OHCHR
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern regarding persistent allegations of forced labour affecting Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minority groups as well as Tibetans within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...
2026-01-24 :Date
A protester against China’s harsh repression of Muslim Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or what people there prefer to call East Turkestan, whose unofficial flag is above. [Image credit: ABDUGHENI SABIT/TWITTER]
Persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang:Torture, Crimes Against...
2026-01-22 :Date
By SCF -January 20, 2026
Turkish authorities have barred a Uyghur man possessing a long-term residence permit from re-entering the country after a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, citing a previously undisclosed security ban,...
2026-01-21 :Date
A demonstration outside the Chinese Consulate in Almaty in 2021 demanding the release of their relatives held in China.
Summary
China appears to have pressured Kazakhstan to prosecute 19 activists who protested Beijing’s mass...
2026-01-21 :Date
Traditional Uyghur musicians in a shop in Kashgar city. Photo Credit: The Guardian
By Abdulhakim Idris
Center for Uyghur Studies
January 19, 2026
Songs are never just songs.
Across the world, music entertains and comforts, but it...
2026-01-21 :Date
2022: Japan’s Uyghur community protests Beijing Olympics
If the government permits Beijing’s proposed diplomatic compound – whose blueprints indicated hundreds of ‘secret’ rooms, and would allow spies to access the...
2026-01-18 :Date
AI generated image of indoctrination session in Kashgar
Leaked audio recording from Chinese government sanctioned indoctrination session reveals Uyghurs still targeted for being "extreme" in 15 different ways
Arslan Hidayat and Nuriman Abdureshid
Jan 16, 2026, Kashgar...
2026-01-18 :Date
WUC's award-winning documentary "Eyes of the Machine" sheds light on China's mistreatment of Uyghurs
Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul (File Photo/ Reuters)
Washington, DC [US] January 17 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is ramping up its global advocacy efforts. Their award-winning...
2026-01-18 :Date
China is leveraging Syria’s post-Assad transition to press Damascus into repatriating Uyghur fighters
Author : Ayjaz Wani
Expert Speak Raisina Debates
ORF, Jan 17, 2026
For the first time since the fall of the Assad regime,...
2026-01-17 :Date
By Uyghur Times Staff
Jan 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. — A fraudulent website impersonating the U.S.-based human rights organization Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has surfaced online, prompting warnings about potential disinformation...
2026-01-16 :Date
The Uyghur Muslims, the native inhabitants of East Turkistan—which is occupied by Marxist-Communist China—are subjected to intense surveillance and strict control. This monitoring has reached the level of espionage, targeting Uyghurs...
2026-01-16 :Date
Uyghur advocacy group cites legal action in Central Asia and managed diaspora travel as signs of Beijing’s expanding transnational reach
Muslim Network TV — January 12, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (MNTV) — The World Uyghur Congress has warned that repression linked to China’s policies toward...
2026-01-13 :Date
RTI, 07/01/2026
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are warning residents that listening to the wrong music could land them in detention — or worse.
An Associated Press investigation has found that officials in the region are targeting...
2026-01-12 :Date
World Ignores CCP's Tibetan and Uyghur Prisons
Every year, China celebrates Police Day with great fanfare, touting its advances in law enforcement and technology.
By: Ashu Maan
The Sunday Guardian ,January 12, 2026
Every year, China...
2026-01-12 :Date
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri in conversation with Chinese Ambassador Yao Xing. Dwan
January 12, 2026, Eurasia Review
By Nilesh Kunwar
Following his meeting with China’s ambassador...
2026-01-12 :Date
Cargo is being loaded onto a plane at the airport in Urumqi on August 15, 2024, ahead of its departure for Budapest, capital of Hungary. Photo: VCG
Turkistan Times - 11 January 2026
A recent report by the Global Times highlights a...
2026-01-11 :Date
