By Tursun Uyghur Chinese propaganda outlet Xinjiang Daily reported from the Autonomous Region Market Supervision Administration that “there are currently 2.476 million registered business entities in Xinjiang, including 266,700 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, representing a 7.75% increase compared to the previous year. Among them, there are 548,300 […]
Uyghur Prisoners and Victims
stories of and news about Uyghur prisoners and victims
“Thailand has been holding more than 40 Uyghur asylum seekers in immigration detention for a decade”, Human Rights Watch reports.
In a concerning development, three Uyghur scholars have been handed severe sentences for what authorities claim are acts of separatism. Dr. Rahile Dawut, a prominent figure in Uyghur culture and literature, has been sentenced to life imprisonment, while Dr. Nurmemet Omer Uchqun faces a 10-year sentence, and Dr. Ababekri Abdurishit […]
The staff of German BASF’s partner company, Markor Chemical Manufacturing in the Uyghurs’ homeland, has joined Chinese state officials in questionable home visits to Uyghur households during the mass internments that started in 2018, company reports show.
The award-winning documentary All Static & Noise (2023) had its US premiere at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington DC this month, shedding light on the Uyghur genocide committed by China, CreateFann reports.
Two renowned Uyghur intellectuals have disappeared in Urumchi, Abduweli Ayup posts on X.
According to Data from the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ found China had the most media workers imprisoned. In 2023, nearly half of China’s imprisoned journalists were Uyghurs, revealing the intersection of poor press freedom and human rights abuses. The U.S. and others accuse China of Uyghur genocide. Uyghur […]
East Turkistan has been described as “one of the most heavily policed regions in the world, Uyghur Human Rights Project writes in its newest report, titled “Policing East Turkistan: Mapping Police and Security Forces in the Uyghur Region”.
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 […]
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 […]