From the Editor: This letter was written by Uyghur parents in the Uyghur homeland and submitted to Uyghur Times by Abduweli Ayup, a Uyghur writer and columnist for the Uyghur Times. Dear Honorable President Erdogan, As Uyghurs, we sincerely want to celebrate and congratulate you on once again becoming president. […]
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Tahir Imin Uyghurian In 2021, what must be included in activism agenda of Uyghur diaspora?Following are my suggestions to Uyghur groups and individuals across the globe: Getting governments around the world to officially recognize the “Uyghur Genocide”. Renew our efforts on getting a “Prevention of Uyghur Forced labor Act” past […]
By Erdem Nov 19, 2020 For us, freedom means speaking in the mother tongue, reading in the mother language, loving the mother language, and protecting the mother language! Freedom means being able to see, love, and laugh with your parents, siblings in your motherland!Freedom is the tear of the eyes […]
March 10, 2020 By Anjuman Rahman Arab silence on the looming genocide of the Uighur Muslims in China is deafening. Supposedly influential and powerful Arab states look on as the persecution continues. There are an increasing number of testimonies from Uighur refugees and asylum seekers documenting the most unimaginable forms […]
On behalf of more than 3 million Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz brothers and sisters who are languishing in the concentration camps in East Turkestan, and their family members who can’t even talk about their loved ones, I thank Indonesian people who demonstrated against the Chinese concentration camps on […]
December 10, 2018 Honorable President Donald Trump, Nearly a month ago a bipartisan legislation, “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018”, was submitted by Senators Marco Rubio, Chris Smith, and other members of Congress. This legislation was aimed at condemning the Chinese officials responsible for pervasive human rights violations of […]
We received a letter on November 26, 2018. It was written by a Kashgar resident, converted to jpeg photos, and sent to a relative of the writer living abroad via WeChat
by Batur Karahanli 13th October 2018, Istanbul, Turkey Dear Honorable Senator Marco Antonio Rubio, Your recent announcement of recommending an Uyghur economic Professor, Ilham Tohti, for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 brought hope to the entire Uyghur community in diaspora. As an Uyghur intellectual, I keep a close eye […]