By Uyghur Times StaffJune 16, 2025 – Washington, D.C. A group of ten Democratic U.S. Senators has called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to preserve the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), amid an ongoing reorganization of the department that may lead to the bureau’s […]
By Tahir Imin Uyghurian For Uyghurs, global holidays shared by all humanity—New Year’s, International Women’s Day, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Children’s Day—carry a unique and often painful meaning. Each time such a celebration comes around, Uyghurs around the world remember their loved ones left behind in the homeland. The absence […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 7, 2025 | Virginia, USA On June 7, 2025, Ana Care and Education Uyghur School, in partnership with Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, hosted the inaugural Silk Road Fair — a joyful Eid al-Adha celebration that brought together Uyghur, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, and Uzbek communities in Northern […]
By Uyghur Times Staff | June 12, 2025 VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has made his first Chinese bishop appointment under the Vatican’s contested 2018 agreement with Beijing, naming Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou. The move signals continuity with Pope Francis’ controversial policy of engagement with […]
By Uyghur Times Editorial | June 12, 2025 Today marks the 63rd birthday of Dr. Gulshan Abbas — a birthday she should be celebrating in peace and dignity. Instead, it is the seventh consecutive year she is spending behind bars in one of China’s infamous prisons. Her only so-called “crime”? […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m. ET In a highly orchestrated propaganda display, Chinese authorities in Urumqi—the capital of the Uyghur homeland—organized a state-sponsored Eid al-Adha performance at the symbolic Xinjiang People’s Theater Square, featuring pro-government songs and staged ethnic dance routines. As part of ongoing efforts to […]
An announcement beginning with “Come to our Meshrep and Ming Oy!” caught our reporter’s attention. This news was distributed by Uyghur Hjelp, a Uyghur aid organization established in Norway. According to the organization, they plan to organize a Uyghur cultural workshop for children in Bergen from August 15-17. The workshop […]
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, already imprisoned, has been charged with ‘conspiracy to collude with foreign forces’ under the city’s National Security Law. This additional charge stems from actions alleged to have taken place between July 1 and November 23, 2020, potentially extending his detention beyond his current […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 6, 2025 – Washington, DC Rushan Abbas, Chair of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress, the Executive Director of campaign for Uyghurs, launched her memoir Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom this week at the Hudson Institute, spotlighting the Chinese government’s continued repression of […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJune 2, 2025 – Washington, DC Syria will integrate thousands of foreign fighters—including Uyghur members of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)—into its newly formed national army as part of a U.S.-supported initiative, Reuters reported Monday. These fighters, many from the China-occupied Uyghur homeland and Turkic nations like […]