By Tahir Imin Uyghurian A Tradition of Knowledge and Faith There has been a respected tradition among educated and culturally rooted Uyghurs to give books as gifts, especially when someone sets out on a journey. I personally witnessed this practice in both the southern and northern parts of the Uyghur […]
By Tahir Imin Uyghurian As the world watches China’s rise, it must also confront the darker truths behind its economic power and political dominance. While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promotes itself as a modern, efficient government, the reality is far more disturbing—especially for the Uyghur people and other oppressed […]
Abduweli Ayup, a Uyghur language expert, writer, journalist, and linguist, was born in Kashgar in 1973. In 1997, he began studying at the Faculty of Turkic Languages at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing. He later earned a master’s degree in Classical Uyghur Literature from Xinjiang University in 2001. […]
By Shongqar Uyghur, May 29, 2025 Writer and linguist Abduweli Ayup’s new book dedicated to Uyghur teenagers, titled “What Do They Say” (Ular Nime Deydu), was published at the end of May. Considering the needs of teenagers in diaspora who use different scripts, the book has been published for the […]
By Uyghur Times StaffSaturday, May 18, 2025 | Berlin, Germany Dozens of activists and community leaders gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin last Saturday to mark the 30th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most revered figures. The protest, […]
By Tursun UyghurMay 22, 2025 ISTANBUL, TURKEY — In a major blow to China’s global Spy Network , Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated Chinese espionage network operating in Turkish territory. The seven-member spy ring was caught using fake base stations—high-tech surveillance devices known as […]
By Uyghur Times Staff On February 1, 2023, the Canadian Parliament unanimously passed Motion M-62 by a vote of 322 to 0, introduced by Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi. This motion addresses the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims by the Chinese government and outlines Canada’s commitment to resettle 10,000 […]
By Uyghur Times Staff May 20, 2025 – 8:30 p.m. CET Munich, Germany – New evidence from a UK court case has revealed that Jan Marsalek, the fugitive former executive of German fintech giant Wirecard and suspected Russian agent, offered to spy on Uyghurs in Munich on behalf of China. […]
The Center for Uyghur Studies (CUS) has released a new report titled “Breaking the Roots: China’s Use of Boarding Schools as a Tool of Genocide Against Uyghur Muslims.” The report examines the Chinese government’s boarding school system in East Turkistan (AKA Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), highlighting concerns about forced assimilation and the separation of Uyghur children from their […]
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