The 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) took place on July 4, with Chinese Communist Party dictator Xi Jinping addressing the state heads of SCO member states. The Global Times reported “that in his speech titled “Staying true to our founding […]
Uyghur Diaspora in Central Asia
By Aqil Abdullah Jan 24, 2021 The China-Turkey extradition treaty, signed in 2017, was ratified by the National People’s Congress of China at the end of last year. It raised great concern among the Uyghur diaspora and other Uyghur rights supporters. if the treaty is adopted by Ankara it would […]
By Illyaruq Oct 21, 2020 The persecution and genocidal policies the Chinese authorities have been committing against the Uyghurs have forced many Uyghurs to flee from China and settle in other countries. The aspiration of the Uyghurs to live in free nations has especially risen after the Urumqi Massacre on […]
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 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 […]
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. […]