Turkey is home to the largest Uyghur diaspora in the world. The Muslim minority group, which is persecuted in China, sees the Turks as “cousins”.
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This year Chinese companies are producing one million tons of corn in the Sanji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of the so-called Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkistan).
After a year-long wait, the United Nations Human Rights office released its assessment of China’s treatment of Uyghurs a mere few minutes before its deadline by Wednesday at midnight Geneva time.
A report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project by Nuzigum Setiwaldi. Read our press statement on the report here, and download the full report here.
On August 26, 2022, a renowned Uyghur folklore writer, cultural researcher, and public figure Mr. Sherip Khushtar, passed away at 100 in Urumqi.
Safeguard Defenders, a human rights NGO, has published a new report titled “Drugged and detained: China’s psychiatric prisons” about the political abuse of psychiatry in China against political dissidents.
House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer has issued an advisory that discourages lawmakers from using TikTok, labeling it high-risk as it grants China access to the user’s info.
Uyghur groups submit universal jurisdiction complaint to Argentinian Courts about Uyghur Genocide
The United Nations has released a report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, mentioning the Chinese government’s crimes against Uyghurs and other Turkic people.
Siu Tsz-Fung, 23, a Hong Kong resident, has pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer, while Luk Ka-yu, 23, pleaded guilty to aiding Siu during a protest held in Central in 2019.