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Washington DC [US], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting its international advocacy efforts and raising concerns about what it describes as...
2026-03-09
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06 MAR 2026, Impact Policies
Global Alarm Rises Over Uyghur Arrests in China's Holy Month Siege. Intensified crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang (East Turkistan-Ed.)...
2026-03-07
Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul (File Photo/ Reuters)
Washington DC [US], March 6 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has raised alarm over recent reports that Uyghur Muslims in East...
2026-03-07
A year after Thailand returned 40 Uyghur men to China, UN experts warn that their fate remains unknown amid growing fears of transnational repression.
By Sri Lanka Guardian - February 27, 2026
A year after 40 Uyghur Muslim men were...
2026-03-01
This picture taken on July 13, 2023, shows people passing a torn propaganda poster comparing ethnic unity to the “lifeline of the people” in Kashgar, northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. Chinese travellers throng the bazaars of old...
2026-02-28
GENEVA — February 24, 2026 — As the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council convenes in Geneva, a powerful coalition of 26 civil society organizations, including the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the World...
2026-02-25
Uyghur children play at a square where a propaganda poster showing Han Chinese with the words "Hotan City Unity New Village Unity Square". (AP: Andy Wong )
In a video shared on X, Residents of East Turkistan, including a student,...
2026-02-23
The “lonely Uyghur” is attacked by Chinese personnel.
On February 14, the activist was brutally attacked by Chinese security personnel, in an act reminiscent of persecution in East Turkestan.
by Abdurehim Gheni...
2026-02-20
Radio Free Asia’s president and chief executive said resumption of broadcasts to China was down to ‘private contracting with transmission services’. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/AP
Turkistan Times, 18 February 2026
WASHINGTON — In a...
2026-02-18
By SCF - February 11, 2026
Uyghur rights activist Dolkun Isa has said Turkish authorities prevented him from entering the country during a transit stop at Istanbul Airport, calling it a politically motivated measure linked to pressure...
2026-02-14
Turkistan Times, 10 Feb. 2026: In a landmark election held on February 8, 2026, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieved a historic supermajority under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Winning 316 of the 465 seats in the...
2026-02-10
Rahima Mahmut of Stop Uyghur Genocide (second right) with UK Uyghurs outside London’s Chinese Embassy on February 5, 2026, to commemorate the day Chinese forces opened fire killing unarmed protesters. Courtesy of Stop Uyghur...
2026-02-10
Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul (File Photo/ Reuters)
Munich [Germany] February 5 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) on Wednesday commemorated the 29th anniversary of the Ghulja...
2026-02-07
Turkistan Times, 2 February 2026, BISHKEK/KASHGAR — While the world watches the tightening of economic bonds between Central Asia and Beijing, a new air link is set to bridge the gap between Kyrgyzstan and the heart of the Uyghur...
2026-02-02
Turkistan Times - 1 February 2026: The Magna Carta, a 13th-century manuscript revered as the foundational symbol of social justice and human rights, is currently being guarded by technology that stands in direct opposition to its values....
2026-02-01
Chinese national who exposed human rights abuses against Uyghurs is granted asylum to remain in U.S.
Guan Heng, 38, has been in custody since being detained in August as part of a mass deportation campaign by the Trump administration. Luo Yun via AP
A judge ruled for Guan Heng, who feared persecution in China after secretly filming...
2026-01-29
OIC Secretary-General met with senior Chinese officials in Beijing on January 26, 2026. Photo Credit: oic-oci.org
BEIJING – On January 26, 2026, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met with...
2026-01-28
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
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
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
