Original news link: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/5/senate-foreign-relations-committee-passes-rubio-menendez-uyghur-human-rights-bill?fbclid=IwAR04JnWX4v8xX5ViXKNIcDS7KuQO_09TblaIXhUZ5xBzVYrUxoKEdfklYYs Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee marked up their bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act: “It is long overdue to hold Chinese government and Communist Party officials […]
International Response
Uighur Times Feb.9, 2019 On Saturday, February 9th, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the Chinese government’s brutal human rights violations in the Uighur region. The statement came as a response to the journalists’ questions regarding the human rights violations against Uighurs. In the statement, Hami Aksoy, the […]
By Tahir Imin Uighurian A rally of multi-faith groups aiming to encourage the US Department of State to address the oppression of the Uighurs was held by Uyghur Rally Group in New York City on Tuesday, February 5th. This event was organized as a response to the unjust imprisonment […]
By Ilyaruq Sound Vision, a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Chicago and the imams and Muslim community leaders in the United States initiated a statement condemning the ongoing persecution of Uighur Muslims by the Chinese regime. The statement called on the Chinese government to release the detainees from the concentration camps, […]
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 […]