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...
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...
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...
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...
Uyghur Research Institute | Editor: Dr. Abdurehim Dolet Pakistan's foreign policy is a struggle to maintain balance amidst complex and often contradictory factors, including regional security threats, economic dependence, and the...
The United Nations Office at Geneva, often called the "capital of peace," was designed as a beacon of diplomacy to prevent future global conflicts. Yet for Uyghur and other human rights activists, it has increasingly become a place of risk...
Farmers pick cotton in a field in Hami in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, on Oct. 14, 2018. STR/AFP via Getty Images Coerced Uyghur workers are still part of the export chain. By Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of...
Through a cultural campaign themed “Xinjiang is a Wonderful Place,” China seeks to mask ongoing human rights violations in East Turkistan. In an effort to whitewash its oppressive policies against the Uyghur population in East...
Amazon allows Chinese military companies to profit off its online marketplace Story by Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner April 20 2025 Entities that the U.S. government has designated as arms of the Chinese military freely sell their...
A cook narrates the situation of detained Uyghurs in a rural detention center in Thailand. Image from Prachatai, a content partner of Global Voices. A Thai cook explains the plight of Uyghur refugees in a rural detention...
Uyghur service workstations at RFA headquarters in Washington, April 18, 2025. (Charlie Dharapak/RFA) If the U.S. lets the service disappear, it risks abandoning an entire people and ceding the information war to a regime that thrives...
Amid fears of Uyghur militancy and hopes of expanding business ties with Syria, Beijing has been rapidly adapting to the new reality in Damascus. by Grant Rumley, Aaron Y. Zelin Apr 17, 2025, The Washington...
This combination of images shows a Uyghur musician performing as filmed by Chinese artist Guo Zhenming in Xinjiang, center, and social media images of state-sponsored displays of Uyghur cultural performances in Paris, left, and Budapest,...
The Borgen Project  The Uyghur Muslims are a population steeped in history, practicing their religion for centuries. The religion has amassed a rich culture which ranges from unique music known as Muqam, to their very own language....
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. by Nury Turkel, opinion contributor - 04/16/25 The Hill America has always been at its best when it stands firmly for truth, freedom and...
Human Rights Foundation, Apr 14, 2025 Rushan Abbas has spent years fighting for the freedom of her people, the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic  group in the Uyghur Region, located in northwest China. Despite being “autonomous,” meaning...
Owner-chef Tursun Rozi makes a dish of stir-fry noodles at his Urumqi Ozgu Uyghur Restaurant in the LaSalle borough of Montreal Wednesday March 19, 2025. John Mahoney Montreal Gazette By Jack WilsonApril 14, 2025, The Gazette Since it...
Oilprice.com - Monday, April 7, 2025 Many countries worldwide rely heavily on China for the supply of their solar panels, as the world’s biggest producer of the equipment, contributing 77.8 percent of global production. Recently, there...
Chinese soldiers with Uyghurs arrested during the Barin uprising. Credits. Every year on April 5 the Uyghur diaspora commemorates an attempted uprising, bloodily repressed by the Chinese in 1990. Why? by Abdurehim Gheni...
The Chinese government continues to conduct activities in the United States and elsewhere to stifle its people. Apr 01, 2025, AFCEA The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to control its citizens living abroad through a...