Xinjiang’s Uyghurs didn’t choose to be Muslim, new Chinese report says In a white paper released on July 21, the Chinese State Council Information Office painted Xinjiang as a religiously diverse community where a number of faiths had co-existed for centuries. The 6,800-word document, released in full by state […]
In a statement published on the government mouthpiece official news website tengritagh(tianshan), the Chinese regime apparently coerced a group Uighurs in East Turkistan (a.k.a. Xinjiang) to sign on a joint statement against the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The signatures on this letter cannot be verified independently. But, one […]
(7/12/19, Chicago, IL) — An interfaith coalition of religious and spiritual leaders has condemned today’s joint statement of 37 countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, supporting Chinese policies in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). The letter, which comes on the heels of an earlier letter delivered at the UN on Wednesday that […]
Uighur Times, on behalf of the Uighur people, would like to express our utmost gratitude to the 22 UN member states which signed the joint statement to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to call on China to stop the mass incarceration of Uighurs, respect the rights of […]
Hi everyone! This summer has the potential for greatness! There are protests all around the world and we can make something special happen! There needs to be a sense of urgency! And lots of work! All it takes is one person to get things started! That’s why I am helping […]
Honorable President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The recent news reports about your comments on the Uyghur situation after your official visit to China have deeply hurt us, the overseas Uyghur community around the world. That is not because of the false reports about our situation, but because these reports do […]
Matt Tucker (Twitter@mjt1214) and Maya Mitalipova (Twitter@MayaMitalipova), the two human rights advocates have been co-organizing the protest on July 21st around the world, which so far has confirmed protests in 16 cities in 9 countries. According to the reports, Chinese regime has put more than 3 million innocent Uighur people […]
Young Uyghur Tour Director Dies Under Questioning by Xinjiang Authorities: Mother A young Uyghur woman who worked as the deputy director of a tourist agency in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has died while being questioned in official custody, according to a recording of her mother that […]
Original news link: https://bitterwinter.org/a-sad-world-refuge-day-for-uyghurs-in-thailand/ June 20 is the World Refugee Day. It is a day of hope and new life for many refugees throughout the world. But not for the Uighur refugees who escaped from China and sought asylum in Thailand. Despite international protests, Thailand has continued to keep Uighur […]
Uighur Times 6-21-2019 Tahir Imin Uighurian Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and it’s alley in Turkish Parliament Nationalist Movement Party MHP rejected a bill to investigate mass violations of Uighur human rights by Chinese authorities in the Uighur homeland. This news came after the official Facebook account of […]