May 25, 2024 Uyghur American human rights activist Nury Turkel has resigned as Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) following allegations of sexual harassment. The UHRP Board accepted his resignation on Friday and appointed former Vice Chair Dr. Justinian Rudelson Ben-Adam as his successor. UHRP, a leading organization […]
The Global Coalition for Language Rights announced the winner of the 2024 Language Rights Defenders Award. “The Global Coalition for Language Rights is delighted to announce Abduweli Ayup as the first winner of our Language Rights Defenders Award. Abduweli Ayup is a Uyghur activist, poet, and linguist. He has fought […]
OSLO, NORWAY (May 22, 2024) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent: Iranian hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi, Uyghur poet and activist Tahir Hamut Izgil, and Venezuelan pianist and recording artist Gabriela Montero. HRF said: “Izgil […]
Wed, May 22, 2024 at 5:56 AM EDT· China announced that it has taken countermeasures against 12 U.S. companies involved in the military-industrial complex and their senior executives. This is in response to the U.S. arming of Taiwan and sanctions imposed on Chinese companies. The countermeasures include freezing the companies’ […]
Author: By Uyghur Times Staff MAY 20,2024 Opening: Major automakers have been caught importing cars, parts, and components to the United States that were produced using forced labor from the Uyghur region (Aka East Turkistan), according to a damning Senate investigation. Location: Washington, D.C. Details:The two-year probe by the Democratic […]
In a world increasingly defined by geopolitical alliances and strategic partnerships, the union between China and Russia stands as a formidable force. However, this partnership, while beneficial for the two nations, has dire consequences for global human rights, particularly for the Uyghur people. The China-Russia alliance not only fortifies China’s […]
By Uyghur Times Staff, May 17 Opening: The United States has taken a significant step in its efforts to address human rights concerns in the Uyghur region by barring imports from 26 Chinese cotton traders or warehouse facilities linked to allegations of forced labor involving Uyghur people. Details: The move […]
Medium, the online publishing platform, restored the Uyghur Times account after wrongfully suspending it. The Uyghur Times’ account on the platform Medium was opened in January and was “mistakenly” suspended, remaining so for months despite appeals. The suspension occurred just after the Uyghur Times team published a single article on […]
Uyghur Times has been targeted by CCP authorities and its affiliated groups and individuals through cyber attacks on our website, intimidation emails, disinformation campaigns against Uyghur Times, malicious emails, attacks on our team members, and the founder on social media since its inception in 2018. We have documented all of […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all Uyghur moms enduring under the relentless oppression of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Today, as we celebrate motherhood worldwide, we must pause and reflect on the extraordinary resilience and courage of Uyghur mothers who face unimaginable challenges every day. For Uyghur mothers living under the […]