The present and the previous U.S administrations have many times condemned China’s persecution of Uyghurs and declared the country’s treatment of Uyghurs a genocide. Nevertheless, the U.S has not admitted any Uyghur refugees in the past two years. Recently the administration designated Uyghurs a priority group for asylum. Many Uyghurs […]
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By Mehmet Tursun 14 May, 2021 China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in Uyghurstan (so-called Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region), according to new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project. The evidence shows that at least 18 Uyghur […]
By Ilyaruq Nov 4, 2020 A Uyghur man who has been previously forced to spy on Uyghurs in Turkey was shot and heavily wounded in Istanbul on Monday, November 2. The man, Yusufujiang Aimaitijiang, was wounded in the arm and shoulder when a stranger shot him from behind on Monday […]
By Aqil Abdullah Oct 26, 2020 To the Uyghurs’ disappointment, China was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Oct 13, 2020. The UN Human Rights Council is responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. However, it seems the organization’s characteristic has changed […]
By Illyaruq Oct 21, 2020 The persecution and genocidal policies the Chinese authorities have been committing against the Uyghurs have forced many Uyghurs to flee from China and settle in other countries. The aspiration of the Uyghurs to live in free nations has especially risen after the Urumqi Massacre on […]
Story Teller: Tahir Imin Written by: Save Uighur Oct 20, 2020 Many a time we look for extraordinary stories of extraordinary people, expecting stories that can move mountains – and we forget about the ordinary man. The man who was not academic but loved sports at school, the man who […]
September 23, 2020 By Uyghur Help Association Project Manager: Abduweli Ayup From December 2019 to May 2020, the Uyghur Hjelp Association in Norway conducted a survey on the victims of relatives and friends of Uyghurs mainly living in Istanbul, Turkey. A total of 8 team members from Turkey and the […]
Sept 22, 2020 By Uyghur Human Rights Project The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) extends its deep gratitude to the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The bill is the first national legislation anywhere in the world enforcing human-rights standards to end the import […]
By Enwer Erdem Dutch Uyghur Human Rights Foundation Sept 22, 2020 On 23 August 2020, I interviewed Qelbinur Sidik about the Chinese Communist Party’s “National Unity” policy in the Uyghur region and the strategy of assigning so-called Chinese official “relatives” to Uyghur families. Here is what she said: We have […]
How China is using the US-led war on terror to erase the cultural identity of its Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region Within weeks of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the Chinese government warned that it faced a serious terrorist threat from its Uyghur ethnic minority, […]