June 24, 2020 By Uighurian Chinese PLA held a military exercise in Tibet. by Uighurian The Chinese edition of Global times reported yesterday that the Tibet mission of PLA held an actual combat drill in the plateau region. “Recently, the Tibet Military Region held a three-dimensional pull-out and multi-equipment live-fire […]
Year: 2020
June 18, 2020 By Rabiye Kadeer The president of the most powerful country signs the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3744) We, the people of East Turkistan, are not just a group of oppressed people, but we have also been abandoned and forgotten by the world community. Now, […]
June 19, 2020 By Uyghur Human Rights Project On World Refugee Day 2020, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to address looming statelessness for Uyghurs outside of China. The stated theme for World Refugee Day 2020 aims “to remind the […]
June 18, 2020 Hidayet Ruzi (spelled Niyzi Ruzi as per his Chinese passport), is a young Uyghur man currently living in Austria. He was studying at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt with his wife Ayitila before he had to flee Egypt in 2017. Several thousands of Uyghur students used to […]
By Ilyaruq June 13, 2020 Last month, the US State Department reported that China, in the midst of all the chaos in the world due to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, may have carried out a secret nuclear test. “China’s possible preparation to operate its Lop Nur test site 2year-round, its […]
June 8, 2020 By HeritageDaily Dating archaeological objects precisely is difficult, even when using techniques such as radiocarbon dating. Using a recently developed method, based on the presence of sudden spikes in carbon-14 concentration, scientists at the University of Groningen, together with Russian colleagues, have pinned the date for the […]
By Ilyaruq May 15, 2020 On Thursday, May 14, 2020, the United States Senate has unanimously approved the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. The bill, originally introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez, would impose sanctions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses against Uyghur and other […]
May 12, 2020 By Uighur Times The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in Wuhan and its quick spread around the world becoming a global pandemic has forced millions of people out of employment and caused economies of many countries to shut down or standstill. This has particularly hit those who […]
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Written by Maryam for the Uighur Language Service of Uighur Times. This news was published on the Uighur Times Uighur language website on Apr 23, 2020. Translated into English by Uighur Times English Channel According to information acquired by Uighur Times from Chinese social media platforms, TikTok and Wechat on […]