The Chinese authorities have sentenced the renowned Uyghur singer and musician, Tursun Sheyih, to ten years in prison on July 30, 2021, Uyghur Times Uyghur edition reports. Uyghur scholar Abduwali Ayub confirmed the news to Uyghur Times on April 3.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Uyghur Policy Act, a bill to increase U.S. support for the Uyghur diaspora in the United States and other countries, as well as to advocate for improving the conditions of Uyghurs suffering human rights abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). U.S. Representatives Young Kim (R-CA) and Ami Bera (D-CA) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Campaigners have accused Vietnam of laundering cotton from ‘Xinjiang’ to help China bypass the fresh Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, EcoTextile reports on its website. Eventually, the Vietnamese manufacturers sell the items to the US market without disclosing the source.
David Kilgour, a former Canadian MP known for his dedication to human rights, dies at 81, CBC reports.
EU Diplomatic Representative, Josep Borrell Fontelles, briefed the European Parliament on Tuesday about the EU-China summit held on April 1. He pointed out that the video conference between EU leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “deaf dialogue” and said there are doubts about China’s willingness to cooperate in ending the war in Ukraine, the Chinese Edition of Radio France Internationale (RFI) reports.
Ablajan Awut Ayup is an Uyghur pop singer who went missing in 2018. Born in 1984, he grew up with his five siblings in a peasant family in the village of Guma in the Hotan district.
On March 31, 2022, The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Uyghur American Association hosted an event in appreciation of US and European politicians, government, and community representatives that have for years supported the Uyghurs in the United States and Europe, Uyghur Times Uyghur edition reports.
One can ask questions about the mass walkout by the Chinese students at Cornell University on March 10 during a question-and-answer session of a seminar.
Why did Chinese students show zero tolerance for one question regarding the Uyghur cause?
Dr Enver Tohti, an Uyghur and a former oncological surgeon, extracted organs from an executed prisoner at the request of his superiors while still in Uyghuristan/ East Turkistan. After his exit from China, Dr Tohti has openly testified about Chinese organ harvesting and the adverse health effects of nuclear testing in the Uyghurs’ homeland.
Two detained Uyghurs, Hamdullah Wali, and Nurmuhammad Rozi, who travelled to Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage in January 2020, have reportedly been transported to the airport and are under immediate threat of deportation to China, Hamdullah Wali’s daughter said in a video.