Cultural Rights

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China Punishes Uyghurs Over Uyghur-Language Songs, AP Reports

1 week ago Uyghur Times Staff

Authorities warn against listening to, sharing, or storing music deemed “problematic” Uyghur Times | Dec 31, 2025 Key Points Chinese...

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China Restricts Christmas Celebrations While Promoting “Localized” Alternatives

2 weeks ago Uyghur Times Staff

Tahir Imin Uyghurian | December 26, 2025 As Christmas approached this year, Chinese authorities across multiple the country intensified efforts...

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Uyghur Women in Aksu Face State-Enforced Cultural Assimilation

2 months ago Uyghur Times Staff

Alp Uyghur Aksu — October 2025. A newly obtained video reviewed by Uyghur Times reveals that local authorities in Aksu...

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Chinese Government Expels Turkish Tourist from Kashgar’s Id Kah Mosque for Trying to Pray

3 months ago Uyghur Times Staff

by Uyghur Times Staff A Turkish tourist posted a viral video, dated October 14, 2025, showing that he was expelled...

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Xi Jinping Intensifies Push to “Sinicize” Religion, Erase Non-Han Identities

3 months ago Uyghur Times Staff

At the session, Xi Jinping declared that all religions must be reshaped to fit Chinese culture and Communist ideology, leaving...

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China’s Persecution of Religious Leaders Exposed in USCIRF Report

3 months ago Uyghur Times Staff

USCIRF highlights crackdown on Uyghur imams, Tibetan monks, and Christian clergy by Alp Uyghur, Sep 29, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. –...

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Praying Under Oppression: Turkish Tourist Exposes China’s Crackdown on Urumqi Mosques

6 months ago Uyghur Times Staff

By Tahir Imin Uyghurian | Uyghur Times | July 2025 A Turkish tourist has exposed the alarming transformation of mosques...

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High-ranking Chinese official says ‘Sinicisation’ of Islam ‘inevitable’

2 years ago Anne Kader

"Ma Xingrui, a high-ranking Communist Party official from the Chinese-occupied homeland of the Uyghurs, claimed that the "Sinicisation" of Islam...

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China Forces Uyghur Youth into Collective Han Chinese Weddings – Part 5

2 years ago Uyghur Times

The Chinese authorities have implemented a discriminatory new policy compelling Uyghur youth to participate in collective wedding ceremonies following the...

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China Targets Hui Muslim Mosques for Communist Propaganda

2 years ago Uyghur Times

The Chinese authorities have been compelling Muslims to renounce their faith in Islam and pledge allegiance to the Communist Party....