Former President Barack Obama raised his concerns about Uyghurs being detained in concentration camps in China for the first time after leaving his presidency.
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Gülnigar Nurhikim, a Uyghur director, filmmaker, producer, and Cinematographer, has made her first movie – Molly.
Multinational companies can no longer ignore social and political issues. Their actions and policies must stay true to their stated branding, and reflect the values of their customers.
On June 17th, the NPO (Japan Uyghur Association) released a song about what Uyghur families are emotionally experiencing to raise public interest in the human rights abuses against Uyghurs, the Sankei News
Nury Turkel, an Uyghur living in the US, has written a powerful memoir about the Chinese repression of the Uyghur people. Turkel is a co-founder and board chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a commissioner for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
–March 15, 2022 The words of China’s most famous political prisoner In Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps. One of the incarcerated—whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date—is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual and economist, a […]
The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative honored a prominent Uyghur-American attorney and human rights advocate Nury Turkel with the first Notre Dame Prize for Religious Liberty in 2021.
Turkel is a U.S.-educated attorney and leading human rights advocate whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. His inspiring personal story and skilled advocacy have drawn global attention to the ongoing abuses against the Uyghur people.
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN — A renowned Uyghur scholar Dr. Akram Hashimov has passed away in Uzbekistan at 59, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
The list of late Mr. Akram Hashimov ‘s life achievements stands long: He was an associate professor of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, a senior researcher of the National Music Arts, a Doctor of Arts, and Master of Discipleship. Dr. Hashimov was one of the leading Uyghur cultural figures in Uzbekistan.
Zainura Isa, an Uyghur poet and a great daughter of the Uyghur nation passed away due to an illness in Istanbul on January 8, 2022.
Ms. Isa was born in Kashgar in 1944. She spent her childhood in Aksu and in Turpan. After graduating from high school, she entered the ‘Xinjiang’ University of Language and Literature in 1960. In 1965, she graduated from the University with honors. After graduating, she became a lecturer at the same university.
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a deal worth $275 billion with the Chinese government in 2016 during one of his visits to the country, The Information reports.