“Economic, strategic, and ethnic reasons are behind the policy of the Chinese government.”
Asgar Can, during the opening speech of breaking the fast, “Iftar”, hosted by the East Turkestan Union/ Uyghur Community, April 18, 2022
Uyghur Genocide
International recognition and major reports
Aziz Hajim, an Uyghur religious scholar, public figure, and the person in charge of the Urumqi Khantangri mosque reconstruction, passed away in Urumqi on Friday, October 7, at the age of 102, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
Mrs. Qalbinur Siddique and Mrs. Gulbahar Haitiwaji, survivors of Chinese camps, visited the Czech Republic to testify about their detainment.
Today, the White House of the United States released the long-awaited national security strategy, with a delay due to the war in Ukraine, the New York Times reports.
Great Britain will declare Xi Jinping’s China an official threat in a new strategic review of the UK’s enemies, The Sun reports. Relations between Britain and China have grown increasingly cold in recent years.
Rebiya Kadeer, the spiritual mother of the Uyghur people, issues a statement about the UN Human Rights Council’s failure to debate China’s treatment of Uyghurs. Here is the full text of her statement:
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying continues to deceive the world by tweeting fake charts and numerical comparisons and juxtaposing them with the situations in democratic countries.
A memorial event themed “An Immortal Soul” for the 100th anniversary of the brave poet, and revolutionary Lutpullah Mutallib was held at Istanbul’s Fatih Sultan Mehmet University.
China celebrated a victory in the United Nations and thanked Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and other countries for their support against the Uyghur motion in the UN Human Rights Council.
On October 6, The United Nations High Council on Human Rights in Geneva introduced the draft resolution on Uyghur human rights to the 47 member countries