By Uyghur Times Editorial | June 12, 2025 Today marks the 63rd birthday of Dr. Gulshan Abbas — a birthday she should be celebrating in peace and dignity. Instead, it is the seventh consecutive year she is spending behind bars in one of China’s infamous prisons. Her only so-called “crime”? […]
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By Uyghur Times StaffJune 3, 2025 U.S. Senator Marco Rubio marked the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre with a statement on X, honoring those killed and imprisoned during the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal 1989 crackdown. “We remember the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal crackdown 36 years ago in Tiananmen […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 3, 2025, 6:00 PM ET On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops opened fire on unarmed protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds—possibly thousands—of students and citizens who were peacefully demanding democracy and reform. The massacre shocked the world and marked one of the darkest chapters in […]
May 28, 202 May 28 (Reuters) – Shein, the online fast-fashion giant, is now shifting its IPO ambitions to Hong Kong after Chinese regulators did not approve its previously proposed London listing, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Singapore-headquartered company, which moved its base from China in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kyrgyzstan Faces UN Scrutiny Over Uyghur Extraditions to China and Failure to Protect Refugees By Uyghur Times StaffMay 14, 2025 – Geneva, Switzerland In a rare instance, a Central Asian country has come under scrutiny from one of the world’s leading human rights bodies over the extradition of Uyghur refugees—an […]
By Uyghur Times Staff April 12, 2025 A Danish anthropologist known for his extensive research on Uyghur studies, Dr. Rune Steenberg, was denied entry to Kazakhstan on April 12, despite having traveled to the country multiple times in the past. The incident occurred at the Qordai-Dostuk land border crossing between […]