A Uyghur man works at his shop in Kashgar in the Uyghur region. Kevin Frayer By Lindsay Maizland, Last updated September 22, 2022 11:30 am Summary About eleven million Uyghurs—a mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic group—live in the northwestern region of Uyghur region. The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since 2017 and subjected those not detained to intense surveillance, re ...

In cooperation with the Uyghur Academy Foundation and the East Turkestan Research Foundation, the “New Chinese Imperialism and the Threat Awaiting Humanity Panel” was held in Ankara on Thursday, June 30, with the participation of nearly 60 East Turkestan friends, consisting of Turkish Parliament Members, Journalists, Academics, Writers and NGO Representatives. In the panel chaired by Professor Erkin EMET, F ...

Patricia Zengerle, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Senator Marco Rubio ...

Abdulhakim Idris is a human rights activist and the husband of the well-known advocate for Uyghurs’ rights, Rushan Abbas. He does not know where his mother is. by Abdulhakim Idris Mr. Idris’ mother, Ms. Hebibehan Hajim Dear Mother, It was April 25, 2017, when I last heard your voice. Today, it has been 1095 days. 3 years since our last phone conversation. I remember your trembling voice when you told me not ...

By ADAM KLASFELD Half a year after the release of the “China Cables,” the Western world had harsh words for Chinese abuses of the Uighur people, but have taken no significant actions to back up those statements. (CN) — In an immortal line quoted by proponents of government transparency, the late and legendary U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously noted, “Sunlight is said to be the best disinfec ...