By Uyghur Times StaffFebruary 10, 2025 A 23-year-old Uyghur man, Iskender Mahmut, (Maihemuti Yisikandaier), was fatally shot on Monday, February 10, on Professor Regoutstraat in Oss, Netherlands. Authorities are seeking information about his whereabouts in January and February to understand the circumstances leading to his death. Iskender emigrated to Turkey […]
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By Uyghur Times StaffFeb. 14, 2025 Idris Hasan, an ethnic Uyghur who spent nearly four years imprisoned in Morocco, was finally released on February 14, 2025, following sustained U.S. diplomatic efforts. Omer Kanat, Executive Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), shared the news on social media, sparking widespread […]
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 StaffOttawa, ON – December 5, 2024 Canada marks a historic milestone as the first Uyghur refugee arrives under the M-62 Resettlement Program, a landmark initiative aimed at offering sanctuary to 10,000 Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims fleeing persecution. The M-62 motion, introduced by Member of Parliament Sameer […]
Reported by: Ihsan Shukran On September 18, 2024, at 4:00 AM, Turkish police raided a home in the Kanaria neighborhood of Istanbul’s Safa Koy district, detaining two Uyghur women: Rizwangul Abdulaziz and Munavvar Zebbullah. Rizwangul, a 27-year-old first-degree disabled woman, cannot move the lower half of her body. She is […]
Reported by Ihsan Xukran and Translated by Uyghur Times English TeamSeptember 9, 2024 In a troubling development, Turkish special police forces arrested a 31-year-old Uyghur woman, Afife, in a pre-dawn raid in the Safa Koy district of Istanbul on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Around 4 AM, officers broke down her […]
By Uyghur Times StaffAugust 31, 2024 The importance of recognizing and embracing Uyghur national identity was the central theme at the “3rd East Turkistan New Generation Youth Camp,” held from August 24th to 31st in the picturesque mountains of Bolu, Turkey. The event, a collaborative effort by the Sutuk Bughra […]
Author: By Uyghur Times Staff Time and Date: August 4, 2024 Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov, of Uyghur origin, has earned a silver medal in men’s pommel horse at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as reported by Kazinform News Agency and Olympic.kz. Kurbanov achieved a score of 15.433, marking a historic moment for […]
Uyghur Academy, an Istanbul-based educational group, announced on May 30 that it has published the five-part “Uyghur Language and Literature Textbook Series” designed for Uyghur youth in Istanbul. The group stated, “These textbooks are the first systematically produced, complete five-year textbook materials for primary school students, prepared with the efforts […]
May 17, 2024 By Carol Kerbaugh Activist and human rights advocate Sayid Abdull MC/MPA 2024 is focused on preserving Uyghur culture through policymaking and storytelling. — Sayid Abdull MC/MPA 2024 has stories to tell—his own and countless others. A Uyghur activist and human rights advocate, Abdull will graduate from the Mid-Career Master […]