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, […]
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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 […]
By İhsan Umun Disclaimer: This article was originally written in Turkish and published on the Turkish leftist platform, medyascope.tv. It has been translated and published in Uyghur Times English with the author’s permission and request. The views expressed in this op-ed do not reflect the viewpoints of Uyghur Times or […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJan 1, 2025 Uyghur militant Abdulaziz Dawood Khudaberdi, also known as Zahid, and the commander of the Turkistan Islamic Party’s (TIP) forces in Syria, has been appointed as a brigadier-general, according to a TIP statement. The announcement was also confirmed by a Syrian military source. The TIP […]
By Uyghur Times StaffDec 28, 2024 China has announced sanctions against two Canadian institutions, the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project and the Canada-Tibet Committee, along with 20 individuals involved in human rights advocacy related to the Uyghur and Tibetan communities, according to Reuters The measures, which took effect on Saturday, include […]
By Uyghur Times StaffDec 1, 2024 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Uyghur representatives shed light on the ongoing genocide and human rights abuses in their homeland at an international conference titled “Reassessing Human Security in Central and South Asia.” The event, held in Kuala Lumpur, was organized by Malaysia’s prominent Islamic […]