By Meripet Since 2016, many diaspora Uyghurs have been asking the Chinese regime the whereabouts of their missing families in East Turkistan (AKA Xinjiang) on Western media platforms. Although media questioning did not put an end to China’s cruel crack down on Uyghurs in their homeland, however, the Western world […]
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Dec 12, 2019, Washington DC Uighur Times exclusive By Tahir imin Chinese authorities intensified the control over the Uighur region after the U.S. House passed the UIGHUR Act on Dec 3, according to information obtained by the Uighur Times. The email of Uighur Times’ Uighur language service has […]
by Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur Dr. Olsi Jazexhi is a Canadian-Albanian historian who is specialized in the history of Islam, nationalism and he is a university lecturer. He was one of the reporters on the pre-arranged “visit” in East Turkistan (a.k.a. Xinjiang) arranged by China to tell the world via […]
by Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur East Turkestan is an occupied nation by China, and Uighurs regard East Turkestan as their homeland and have never been a part of China. The fight between Chinese government and Uighurs are the fight between a colonizer and a nation being colonized. China have built the […]
First, I would like to express my gratitude to the U.S. House of Representatives for humanitarian effort to the Uighur disaster. Second, I would like to express my gratitude to the U.S. House of Representatives for understanding our plight at our most difficult times. Today, U.S. House of Representatives […]
Qatar’s decision to withdraw its signature from among the 37 countries who signed a joint letter to endorse China’s concentration camps in East Turkistan (so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) is not only showing sympathy towards the Uyghur people suffering in the camps, but more importantly it is about protecting its […]
(7/12/19, Chicago, IL) — An interfaith coalition of religious and spiritual leaders has condemned today’s joint statement of 37 countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, supporting Chinese policies in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). The letter, which comes on the heels of an earlier letter delivered at the UN on Wednesday that […]
Uighur Times, on behalf of the Uighur people, would like to express our utmost gratitude to the 22 UN member states which signed the joint statement to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to call on China to stop the mass incarceration of Uighurs, respect the rights of […]
Honorable President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The recent news reports about your comments on the Uyghur situation after your official visit to China have deeply hurt us, the overseas Uyghur community around the world. That is not because of the false reports about our situation, but because these reports do […]
Remarks by David J. Ranz, June 6. 2019 Original news link: https://www.state.gov/confronting-atrocities-in-china-the-global-response-to-the-uyghur-crisis/ As prepared Good morning, salam alaikum, and “Yahshimusiz”. My name is David Ranz and I am the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, within the Bureau of South and Central Asia Affairs (SCA). On behalf […]