Uighur Times 6-16-2019 According to Taiwan News, Dolkun Isa, the president of the World Uyghur Congress, was denied entry to Taiwan by President Tsai Ing-wen, who is from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). This was despite the fact that Dolkun Isa is the recipient of the 2019 Democracy […]
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Uighur Times 6-16-2019 ‘Deep concerns’ over UN official’s trip to China’s Xinjiang Vladimir Voronkov, a veteran Russian diplomat who heads the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), is currently in China at the invitation of Beijing and is due to visit East Turkistan’s capital Urumqi. The United States and other […]
Uighur Times 6-1-2019 US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted about Uighurs Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat who is supporting the House Bill, tweeted: “China is currently inflicting physical and psychological torture on its Uighur population, according to numerous reports. These are the precursors to genocide. The United States must […]
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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 […]
Friday, May 24, 2019 Chinese regime launches ethnic identity change policy in Uighur homeland The police in the Uighur homeland (XUAR) started to ask residents to change their ethnic identity on the police record, according to an advertisement posted in a Wechat (a Chinese social media app) group called […]
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Malaysia won’t be silent on China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah told the South China Morning Post in an interview that Malaysia will continue to speak up on issues like China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims. “We understand the situation. We […]
Uighur Times April 20, 2019 Last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that it will invite Beijing-based European Union diplomats to visit East Turkistan to investigate allegations of human rights violations against Uighur and other Turkic Muslims. However, the European Union rejected the invitation citing “such a visit requires careful preparation […]
Sunday, April 14, 2019 With Pressure and Persuasion, China Deflects Criticism of Its Camps for Muslims China has been fighting criticism that it has detained as many as one million members of Muslim ethnic minorities in indoctrination camps in its western Xinjiang region (occupied East Turkistan). But at […]