EU Diplomatic Representative, Josep Borrell Fontelles, briefed the European Parliament on Tuesday about the EU-China summit held on April 1. He pointed out that the video conference between EU leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “deaf dialogue” and said there are doubts about China’s willingness to cooperate in ending the war in Ukraine, the Chinese Edition of Radio France Internationale (RFI) reports.
Ablajan Awut Ayup is an Uyghur pop singer who went missing in 2018. Born in 1984, he grew up with his five siblings in a peasant family in the village of Guma in the Hotan district.
On March 31, 2022, The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Uyghur American Association hosted an event in appreciation of US and European politicians, government, and community representatives that have for years supported the Uyghurs in the United States and Europe, Uyghur Times Uyghur edition reports.
One can ask questions about the mass walkout by the Chinese students at Cornell University on March 10 during a question-and-answer session of a seminar.
Why did Chinese students show zero tolerance for one question regarding the Uyghur cause?
Dr Enver Tohti, an Uyghur and a former oncological surgeon, extracted organs from an executed prisoner at the request of his superiors while still in Uyghuristan/ East Turkistan. After his exit from China, Dr Tohti has openly testified about Chinese organ harvesting and the adverse health effects of nuclear testing in the Uyghurs’ homeland.
Two detained Uyghurs, Hamdullah Wali, and Nurmuhammad Rozi, who travelled to Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage in January 2020, have reportedly been transported to the airport and are under immediate threat of deportation to China, Hamdullah Wali’s daughter said in a video.
In January 2022, Leila Uyghur Foundation published a new book titled ‘Daddy, Daddy, when are you coming home?’ The book aims to teach children about the unique value of ethnicity and deter racial prejudice.
The Chinese UN Human Rights Council delegation attempted to cut short the speech of Sacha Guttmann, the co-president of ‘The European Union of Jewish Students’ when he called out the Chinese regime for its persecution of the Uyghurs.
Le Monde, a leading French newspaper, published an editorial titled “The persecution of my people”. Rufina, a 16-year-old Uyghur girl from Uyghuristan/East Turkistan, tells about the Chinese oppression of Uyghurs in their homeland, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) held Capacity-building training for Uyghur youth in Bursa, Turkey on March 25-27, WUC tweets. WUC provided young adults from Central Asia, Europe, and Turkey with the tools to conduct effective international advocacy.