By Tahir Imin Uyghurian The Urumqi July 5th deadly unrest (Many Uyghurs prefer to call it as massacre as well) marks a significant turning point in China’s Uyghur policy and has had far-reaching consequences for Uyghur history, their struggle for freedom, and resistance against China’s colonialism in occupied Uyghurstan (also […]
Grassroots Movement
news on Uyghur grassroots human rights advocacy campaigns and initiatives led by individuals and community groups.
By Meripet Since 2016, many diaspora Uyghurs have been asking the Chinese regime the whereabouts of their missing families in East Turkistan (AKA Xinjiang) on Western media platforms. Although media questioning did not put an end to China’s cruel crack down on Uyghurs in their homeland, however, the Western world […]
By Memet Tohti Atawulla Jan 5, 2020 Last week the Chinese state media Global Times published a special article showing a video and several photos of some Uyghurs, whom they claimed ‘the vocational training center graduates’ in Xinjiang, in an attempt to discredit diaspora Uyghurs. My youngest brother Ruzi Memet […]
By Fatimah Abdulghafur It seems a hashtag #StillNoInfo on Twitter has finally engaged the diaspora Uighurs and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the question of missing Uighur families in China. Fake ‘graduation’ from the ‘vocational training centres’ On Dec 9, 2019, China claimed without evidence that all the ‘students’ […]
Written by Sedef for the Uighur Language Service of The Uyghur Times. This news was published on The Uyghur Times Uyghur language website on Dec 29, 2019. Translated into English by the Uyghur Times English Channel. In places all over the world, Istanbul, Kayseri, Tabriz, Amsterdam, The Hague, Berlin, Malaysia, […]
There are many Chinese government propaganda news outlets in the United States and around the world, which are under direct control by the CCP. Those include CCTV, CGTN, Global Times, People’s Daily, etc. Among them, CGTN America has been actively engaging propaganda campaigns in the US and on the Internet […]
– Thank you so much for this award and especially for creating the Magnitsky Act to hold human rights violators accountable. – By focusing on the human rights abuses perpetrated by an authoritarian state against one man, Sergey Magnitsky, you have made it possible to seek and achieve a […]
By Erkin Sidiq Aug 25, 2019 New Information about Uyghurs in East Turkestan—News Brief (8) 1_The Chinese government recently said that they have released most of the Uyghur Muslims detained in concentration camps. But according to the information we obtained directly from our homeland, they released 4 Uyghur female […]
Hi everyone! This summer has the potential for greatness! There are protests all around the world and we can make something special happen! There needs to be a sense of urgency! And lots of work! All it takes is one person to get things started! That’s why I am helping […]
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