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 […]
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Uyghur Diaspora: Uyghur communities across the globe, Central Asia, Europe, USA, Turkey, development, Uyghur youth, next generations, cultural preservation.
UHRP’s new report, “Weaponized Passports: The Crisis of Uyghur Statelessness,” documents an ongoing and worsening issue facing Uyghurs abroad, namely refusal to renew passports and denial of access to other documentation by the Chinese government. For several years, Uyghurs have been unable to renew their passports at Chinese embassies and […]
By Fatimah Abdulghafur No response from the Chinese embassy On December 8, 2019, the Global Times (GT), a Chinese propaganda media, has published news on the missing members of the diaspora Uighurs. In the news, they showed pictures of some missing people and depicted them as ‘free, happy and healthy’. […]
On Dec.22, Uighur Times (English) board members unanimously voted in favor of Fatimah Abdulghafur to be the next Director of Uighur Times. As the new director of Uighur Times, Fatimah is going to lead a group of volunteers at Uighur Times to continue its news reports focusing on the current […]
– 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 […]
A festivity of commemorating the establishment of independent East Turkestan Republic in 1933 and 1944 was organized by activist Abdurehim Gheni at Amsterdam Dam Square on 16th November 2019. The festivity started with a speech in Uyghur and Dutch language given by Abdurehim Gheni, organizer of this event and an […]
Uighur Times 6-7-2019 From June 6-7 2019, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in cooperation with the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), Uyghur American Association (UAA) and the Central Asia Program at George Washington University held a two-day international conference in Washington DC, Confronting Atrocities in China: The Global […]
Uighur Times 5-28-2019 Norwegian Uighur Community organized a mock funeral on May 26th in front of the Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo. This is the fourth time in a month that the Norwegian Uighur Community organizing such a peaceful demonstration in Oslo. However, it is the first time to […]
Uighur Times 5-27-2019 World Uyghur Congress to Convene Global Conference on Uyghur Crisis in Washington D.C. From June 6-7 2019, the World Uyghur Congress in cooperation with the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), Uyghur American Association (UAA) and the Central Asia Program at George Washington University will hold a two-day […]
By Uighur Times. March 12, 2019. Columbia Law School, NY Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 6:40pm to 8:40pm Jerome Greene Hall, Room 106 Speakers: Zubeyre Shemsidin, Project Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project; Darren Byler, Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington; Tahir Imin, Founder of Uighur Institute and Uigher Times. […]