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Uyghur Professor Serving a Life Sentence Among Honored SOAS Awardees for 2024
Scholars&Intellectuals

Uyghur Professor Serving a Life Sentence Among Honored SOAS Awardees for 2024

admin 10 months ago

By Uyghur Times StaffSeptember 6, 2024 SOAS University of London has announced its honorary degree recipients for 2024, recognizing seven distinguished individuals for their exceptional contributions across various fields. Among the honored awardees is Uyghur ethnographer Professor Rahile Dawut, who has been serving a life sentence in China since 2017. […]

Exclusive: Leading Uyghur Artist Ghazi Ehmet Killed by Chinese Armed Forces in 2017 Crackdown
Artists and Musicians Uyghur Prisoners & Victims

Exclusive: Leading Uyghur Artist Ghazi Ehmet Killed by Chinese Armed Forces in 2017 Crackdown

admin 10 months ago

By Uyghur Times Staff September Sep 5, 2024 Ghazi Ehmet, one of the most revered Uyghur artists, was reportedly killed by Chinese military forces during the 2017 crackdown in the Uyghur homeland, according to multiple sources. The renowned painter, known for his depictions of historical Uyghur figures, was arrested, beaten, […]

15-Year-Old Uyghur Becomes Youngest in China to Conquer Mount Everest
Public Figures & Thought Leaders Sports

15-Year-Old Uyghur Becomes Youngest in China to Conquer Mount Everest

tipilmas 1 year ago

Author: By Uyghur Times Staff URUMQI, May 24 Opening: Urumqi — Early last Sunday morning, 15-year-old Alikut Dilxat successfully ascended the southern slope of Mount Qomolangma, fulfilling the long-held dream of his father and becoming the youngest Chinese to summit the world’s highest peak, according to China’s state media Xinhua […]

The Story of Uyghur Composer and Pianist Guldiyar Tanrıdaglı
Art Artists and Musicians

The Story of Uyghur Composer and Pianist Guldiyar Tanrıdaglı

tipilmas 1 year ago

At the age of 5, she came to Turkey from East Turkestan with her family.[1] She received ballet training at her mother Gülzade Tanrıdağlı’s ballet and dance school in Istanbul.[2] After graduating from elementary school, she entered the Istanbul State Conservatory affiliated with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She studied […]

Uyghur Linguist Abduweli Ayup Honored as Winner of 2024 Language Rights Defenders Award
Scholars&Intellectuals

Uyghur Linguist Abduweli Ayup Honored as Winner of 2024 Language Rights Defenders Award

tipilmas 1 year ago

The Global Coalition for Language Rights announced the winner of the 2024 Language Rights Defenders Award. “The Global Coalition for Language Rights is delighted to announce Abduweli Ayup as the first winner of our Language Rights Defenders Award. Abduweli Ayup is a Uyghur activist, poet, and linguist. He has fought […]

Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut  Honored with 2024 Havel Human Rights Prize
Scholars&Intellectuals

Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Honored with 2024 Havel Human Rights Prize

tipilmas 1 year ago

OSLO, NORWAY (May 22, 2024) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent: Iranian hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi, Uyghur poet and activist Tahir Hamut Izgil, and Venezuelan pianist and recording artist Gabriela Montero. HRF said: “Izgil […]

Uyghur Activist Dies in Turkey After 10 Years of Statelessness: Denied Pension by China, Citizenship Rejected by Turkey
Politicians & Activists Uyghur Diaspora in Turkiye

Uyghur Activist Dies in Turkey After 10 Years of Statelessness: Denied Pension by China, Citizenship Rejected by Turkey

admin 1 year ago

Tursun Uyghur, April 22, 2024 Aisha Yasin, a respected advocate in the Uyghur community in Turkey known for her patriotic activism and service to her people, passed away on April 15, 2024, in Istanbul at the age of 53. Born in Urumqi in 1971, Aisha Yasin began her journey as […]

Who is Zumretay Arkin, Uyghur Woman Activist  Received Roosevelt Freedom of Worship Award
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Who is Zumretay Arkin, Uyghur Woman Activist Received Roosevelt Freedom of Worship Award

admin 1 year ago

By Tursun Uyghur, April 20, 2024 Munich- Zumretay Arkin, Uyghur Canadian , human rights activist, director of global advocacy and chair of the Women’s Committee at the World Uyghur Congress,spokesperson for the World Uyghur Congress, receiver of 2024 Freedom of Worship Award by The Roosevelt Foundation. Zumretay Arkin, born and […]

Dolkun Isa Invites Uyghur Friends to World Uyghur Congress’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Germany
Politicians & Activists Uyghur Movement

Dolkun Isa Invites Uyghur Friends to World Uyghur Congress’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Germany

admin 1 year ago

By Tursun Uyghur, 20 April, 2024 Munich- Dolqun Isa invited Uyghur friends to a celebratory event for the 20th anniversary of the World Uyghur Congress in Germany. In a speech to the public, Dolqun Isa, the President of the World Uyghur Congress, called on members of the Uyghur diaspora community […]

Uyghur guitarist Erkin Abdullah’s Urumqi concert seen as propaganda win for Beijing
Artists and Musicians Socio-economics Uncategorized

Uyghur guitarist Erkin Abdullah’s Urumqi concert seen as propaganda win for Beijing

Anne Kader 2 years ago

Erkin Abdullah, an established Uyghur guitarist based in California, US, held a large concert at Urumqi Dun Bridge Theater on December 28th, the Uyghur Times Uyghur edition reports. The performance was considered a propaganda win for the Chinese Communist regime.

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Uyghur Homeland

  • China Appoints United Front Operative Chen Xiaojiang as Communist Party Chief of Uyghur Region
    by Uyghur Times Staff
    July 1, 2025
  • Chinese Authorities Stage Politicized Eid al-Adha Dance in Urumqi to Mask Genocide
    by tipilmas
    June 10, 2025
  • China Appoints Kashgar University President as Director of “Xinjiang” Education Department
    by Uyghur Times Staff
    April 6, 2025
  • China Starts Using AI for Uyghur and Kazakh Film Translations
    by admin
    January 25, 2025
  • New Oil Discovery in Uyghurstan Raises Concerns Over Resource Control
    by admin
    January 18, 2025

Uyghur Studies

  • 10 Truths the World Must Face About China’s Uyghur Genocide
    by tipilmas
    June 3, 2025
  • Uyghur Diaspora Celebrates 2025 Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival With Pride and Resistance
    by Uyghur Times Staff
    May 9, 2025
  • George Washington University Offers Online Chaghatay Course for Summer 2025
    by Uyghur Times Staff
    May 1, 2025
  • China’s First Xinjiang Tomb Museum Attempts to Rewrite Uyghur History
    by tipilmas
    July 19, 2024
  • Ugur by Aziza:  A fusion of Uyghur culinary traditions with a touch of Saudi Arabia
    by Uyghur Times
    January 6, 2024

World

  • EU Leaders Commit to Decrease Dependency on China
  • Statement against the Chinese government’s false propaganda regarding the UIGHUR Act passed by the U.S. House
  • Urgent: Save Abulikemu YUSUFU, a Uighur man facing deportation from Doha International Airport to China
  • Uighur people thank the 22 countries who stood up for Uighurs
  • International protests in solidarity with Uighurs on July 21st, 2019

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