Uighur Times April 1, 2019 Chinese camp system evolving into “Xinjiang Archipelago”? For the Uighurs, an individual’s level of religious devotion and Chinese-language skills are factors determining the severity of punishment, a researcher says. China’s crackdown in Xinjiang province (occupied East Turkistan) has attracted increasing international […]
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Monday, April 1, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on China to ‘release all arbitrarily detained’ On March 27, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Uighur, Kazakh, and other minority group survivors and family members of China’s campaign of repression at the US Department of […]
Saturday, March 23, 2019 New Zealand Mosque Shooter’s Manifesto Apparently Posted Online, Admires Communist China Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of shooting 49 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, wrote on his manifesto: “The nation with the closest political and social values to my own is the People’s Republic of […]
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Yale geneticist provided data used for Chinese surveillance of Uighurs School of Medicine emeritus professor Kenneth Kidd shared genetic data with scientists from China’s Ministry of Public Security, the data then has been used to profile and oppress the Uighurs in the occupied East Turkistan. […]
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Turkey urges China to respect the human rights of Uighurs Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council’s annual session, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu voiced his government’s concern over the human rights violations of the Uighur and other Turkic Muslims in East Turkistan. He called on […]
By Ilyaruq Rukiye Turdush, a Uighur activist living in Canada delivered a speech at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada about the situation of Uighurs and the Chinese concentration camps in East Turkistan, on Monday, February 11th. During the presentation, a few Chinese students tried to disturb Turdush, and one of […]
By Banu Sutuq Aydin Anwar is delighted to see the campaign she has run on LaunchGood since 24 January 2019, has been heading fast to reach its goal of $15,000 USD. Aydin, a Uighur activist who resides in Washington D.C., started a campaign on LaunchGood, a crowdfunding platform focused on […]
By Memet Emin A special photographs exhibition “I can’t sleep – Homage to Uighur homeland” by Lisa Ross is taking place from January 17 to February 23 at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York City. During the first three days of exhibition, the exhibition featured several innovative cultural programs by Lisa […]
Uighur Times A 2-year-old boy named Rahmetullah Shirbaki was found frozen to death on Dec. 25, 2018, in Hotan prefecture of occupied East Turkistan in China. The family of the boy is from Chokan Jilgha Village, Zava Township, Karakash County, Hotan Prefecture, East Turkistan (a.k.a. Xinjiang, China). The boy […]
(Last updated on November 14th 2018) Original post: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2271118072924072&id=100000777053688 (updating) Khalmurat Ghopur, (M) Former rector of Xinjiang Medical University, head of XUAR Medical Oversight Bureau, physician, PhD Abbas Es’et, (M) Instructor at Xinjiang Medical University, physician, PhD Nurmemet, (M) Head of Uyghur Traditional Medicine Dept., Xinjiang Medical University Enwer […]