According to Jewish World Watch, World Uyghur Congress, Uyghur Human Rights Project, and Jewish World Watch (JWW), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, have been awarded a share of a half-million-dollar grant from the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. This grant, aimed at supporting organizations aligned with Elie Wiesel’s legacy, will […]
Uyghur Movement
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Uyghur communities around the world united in grief and defiance on the 14th anniversary of the tragic Urumqi Massacre, which claimed the lives of thousands of Uyghurs and resulted in the disappearance of many more. In various cities, powerful protests took place, shedding light on China’s oppressive policies and demanding […]
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 […]
August 13, 2020 By World Uyghur Congress Press Release– For immediate release13 August 2020Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org+49 89 5432 1999 orcontact@uyghurcongress.org The World Uyghur Congress has instructed international human rights barrister Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers and head of Lawyers for Uyghur Rights to draft a formal written complaint […]
May 12, 2020 By Uighur Times The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in Wuhan and its quick spread around the world becoming a global pandemic has forced millions of people out of employment and caused economies of many countries to shut down or standstill. This has particularly hit those who […]
By Uighur Human Rights Project Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | 2:30 – 4:00 pm U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room HVC-215 | Washington, DC Prof. Donald C. Clarke, Chinese law specialist, George Washington University Ethan Gutmann, China Studies Research Fellow, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Susie Hughes, Executive Director, International Coalition […]
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, […]