Adas Israel Congregation, a leading Jewish organization in Washington, DC, has become a committed voice in the global campaign to end the Uyghur genocide. Last month, they held their 50th consecutive monthly “Stop Uyghur Genocide” protest outside the Chinese Embassy — a powerful act of moral witness. Drawing from their […]
Politics
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 2, 2025 – Washington, DC Syria will integrate thousands of foreign fighters—including Uyghur members of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)—into its newly formed national army as part of a U.S.-supported initiative, Reuters reported Monday. These fighters, many from the China-occupied Uyghur homeland and Turkic nations like […]
By Uyghur Times StaffSaturday, May 18, 2025 | Berlin, Germany Dozens of activists and community leaders gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin last Saturday to mark the 30th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most revered figures. The protest, […]
By Uyghur Times Staff On February 1, 2023, the Canadian Parliament unanimously passed Motion M-62 by a vote of 322 to 0, introduced by Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi. This motion addresses the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims by the Chinese government and outlines Canada’s commitment to resettle 10,000 […]
By Toghraq for Uyghur Edition of Uyghur TimesDate: August 12, 2025 From August 9 to 12, the city of Madeira, Portugal, hosted the annual summit of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) under the theme “Self-Determination.” The Uyghur delegation was represented by senior members of the World Uyghur Congress […]
WUC Chair Rushan Abbas to Release Memoir Chronicling Uyghur Human Rights Struggle By Uyghur Times StaffMay 2, 2025 – Washington, DC Prominent Uyghur human rights advocate Rushan Abbas is set to release her memoir, Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom, on June 10, 2025, through Optimum Publishing International. The book, […]
By Uyghur Times StaffApril 30, 2025 – Geneva A major investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and partners has exposed how China manipulates UN human rights bodies through fake NGOs—known as GONGOs—while targeting Uyghur activists with cyberattacks and surveillance abroad. The report, Inside China’s Machinery of Repression, […]
By Uyghur Times StaffApril 8, 2025 | Paris, France The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has filed a legal complaint in Paris against Dahua Technology France, Hikvision France, and Huawei France, accusing them of complicity in crimes against humanity targeting the Uyghur people in East Turkistan. Filed by renowned human rights […]
By Uyghur Times StaffMarch 15, 2025 Thousands from the Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, Ukrainian, and other diaspora communities gathered in London today to protest against the proposed Chinese “super embassy” at the Royal Mint Estate. Demonstrators voiced concerns over potential transnational repression and urged the UK government to halt the […]
Sources reveal that the United States and Canada offered to resettle 48 Uyghurs who had been detained in Thailand for over a decade. However, Bangkok allegedly refrained from acting on these offers due to fears of upsetting China. Despite these proposals, most of the Uyghurs were forcibly deported to China […]