Ibrahim David, a Uyghur intellectual and chemistry teacher at Kashgar Secondary School No. 6, died in detention, in China, 2019. (RFA)
Ibrahim Dawut had been an advocate for Uyghur language education, but died 2 months after his...
2024-12-24
Ilhan Tohti, a scholar of China's Uyghur ethnic minority, speaks during an interview at his home on Feb. 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Andy Wong/AP)
Photo: RFA
He disclosed information about Ilham Tohti while he was in solitary...
2024-09-20
A screenshot of part of Tursunjan Nurmamat’s LinkedIn page. Nurmamat, who is from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, specialized in molecular biology and was working as a science editor when he disappeared in...
2024-08-24
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of Abdulkadir Abdulwaris, widely known as Abdulkadir Damolla, a revolutionary scholar and religious leader who was a prominent figure in the Uyghur Enlightenment Movement. We honor his...
2024-08-14
Professor, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Abdulakhat Kakhkharov, 73, was found dead in his Almazar apartment in Tashkent. Information about this surfaced on social networks. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed...
2024-07-26
Ilham Tohti lectures in a classroom in Beijing on June 12, 2010. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
What is the problem?
Ilham Tohti, a renowned Uyghur intellectual, has spent the last ten years unjustly imprisoned for his peaceful...
2024-07-22
Kasim Kashgar (center front) is photographed with, from right, Semet Ababekri, Abdukadir Rozi, Akber Osman, Mirkamil Ahmed and Mehmut Abdukeyum, during a school party in Urumqi in August 2015. Photo provided by Kasim Kashgar
Chinese...
2024-06-08
World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa, left, with Dean Baxendale of Optimum Publishing International, at a March 14, 2024, event marking the publication of his book, The China Freedom Trap. (Photo courtesy Optimum Publishing...
2024-03-22
In a poignant ceremony held on December 14 at the University Libre de Bruxelles, the prestigious institution bestowed an honorary doctorate upon Rahile Dawut, a distinguished Uyghur folklore researcher and professor. This recognition of...
2023-12-18
Rahile Dawut. Photograph: Lisa Ross
Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut was reportedly sentenced to life in prison after going missing six years ago
Lucy Knight
The Guardian, 11 Oct 2023
Leading Uyghur...
2023-10-11
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Reuters
September 29,...
2023-09-30
About six years after acclaimed Uyghur folklorist Rahile Dawut first disappeared, it has been confirmed that a Chinese court sentenced her to life in prison, a human rights group announced Thursday, marking yet another Uyghur academic...
2023-09-21
Abdulhabir Muhammad, a young Uyghur entrepreneur who reportedly received a 15-year prison sentence in 2022, in an undated photo. Memet Imin/Facebook
Reasons for conviction are unclear. Was it for comments about halal food? Or for...
2023-09-20
Arfiya Eri of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on June 15, 2022.
Philip Fong—AFP/Getty Images
BY CHAD DE GUZMAN
MAY 18, 2023 Time
Arfiya Eri knows she stands out in Japan’s government...
2023-05-22
Arfiya Eri of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party was elected to the Japanese Parliament on April 23, 2023. AFP file photo
Arfiya Eri’s election gives hope to second-generation Uyghurs living in exile, advocates say
By Gulchehra Hoja...
2023-04-30
Gulchehra Hoja speaks at the 2022 Courage In Journalism Awards, New York at November 01, 2022, in New York City. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for International Women's Media Foundation)
Uyghur journalist chronicles her journey in...
2023-03-20
Courageous insights … Gulchehra Hoja. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Rachel Aspden
Wed 8 Feb 2023, The Guardian
Once the glamorous face of her people on Chinese state TV, the...
2023-02-08
Abliz Abdulhek (1950–2023). From Twitter.
Regarded as a hard-line independence activist, he was respected by many as a strong voice against oppression and genocide.
by Kok Bayraq
Bitter Winter, 02/06/2023
One day, a wife of a...
2023-02-08
Uyghur Behtiyar Sadir is a national-level health coach and member of Xinjiang’s Association of Health and Nutrition.
Authorities arrested Behtiyar Sadir in mid-October for posting photos on WeChat.
By Shohret Hoshur for...
2022-12-22
Uyghur artist Marwayit Hapiz at work in her studio in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Marwayit Hapiz
Uyghur painter Marwayit Hapiz discusses her art depicting Uyghur life and customs.
By Mihray Abdilim for RFA...
2022-12-20
