By Tursunjan, December 14, 2023 U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15), a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), celebrated the passage of his bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3349, the “Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act,” as part of the […]
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By Tursunjan An international campaign has been launched in Brussels to nominate the imprisoned Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti for the Nobel Peace Prize. Ilham Tohti, an outspoken Uyghur economics professor, was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 on charges related to his advocacy for Uyghur rights. Over 180 high-level […]
Dec 8, 2023 By Uyghur Times Staff As reported by Reuters, the U.S. government announced on Friday that it has restricted imports from three additional Chinese companies, including COFCO Sugar Holding, citing forced labor practices involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. The companies involved in the production of sugar, […]
New Xinjiang Police Files evidence shows that Uyghurs were sent from re-education camps directly to vocational institutions that organized job fairs with Volkswagen & advertised degrees with Volkswagen as a typical work destination
By Tursunjan November 29, 2023 In a major test for investor appetite, China-founded e-commerce giant Shein has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, seeking a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. However, the move is accompanied by renewed scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, who are […]
Published by Human Rights Press on Nov22, 2023 Introduction: A new report released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleges that China is forcibly closing mosques outside of Xinjiang (Uyghur region), flagrantly violating the fundamental right to freedom of religion. This expansion of China’s “mosque consolidation” policy, previously targeting the Muslim […]
Tokyo, Nov 21 Tibet Central Administration reported that Save Tibet Network and Tibet House Japan collaborated to organize a seminar at the Shinjuku Historical Museum in Tokyo, addressing China’s Religious Order No. 19 issued on September 1. The panelists included Japanese Parliamentarian Mitsubayashi Hiromi, Dr. Miyawaki Junko, Vice Chairman of […]
By Tursunjan According to a report by The Guardian, Ikram Nurmehmet, a Uyghur filmmaker who was detained in Beijing earlier this year, is now set to face trial in Ürümqi, the capital of the Uyghur homeland. Nurmehmet, aged 32, was apprehended by Chinese authorities in May, transported to Ürümqi, and […]
Buddhism, one of the world’s oldest religions, has deep historical roots in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located in the western part of China.
The U.S. State Department issued a statement on Friday condemning the life sentence handed to Uyghur Professor Rahile Dawut. It was confirmed last week that the prominent Uyghur folklore scholar was sentenced to life in prison on charges of separatism for her academic work on Uyghur culture and folklore. The […]