Gulchehra started her career as a hostess of a children’s program in her homeland East Turkistan (that China renamed “Xinjiang”), and later became a journalist whose reporting on the Uyghur genocide led to the detainment of her entire family in February 2018.
East Turkistan
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Cultural Preservation
“News from East Turkistan” event held in Turkey on International Human Rights Day
by Anne Kaderby Anne Kader“Uyghur Civil Rights and Justice Association” and the “Relatives of Camp Victims” group organized a successful, large-scale event titled “News from Eastern Turkistan” on International Human Rights Day on December 9.
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Bahargul, her son, and her daughter were victims of the Nov, 24th Urumqi fire. Her last words recorded from WeChat circulated on Douyin and leaked out to the world, and broke our hearts!
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It has been learned with great sorrow that the fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, resulted in the loss of lives and injuries. We express our condolences for this tragic occurrence and wish the injured a speedy recovery.
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Uyghur Genocide
Tahir Imin: “I still remember the Uyghur ballot from 2012.”
by Anne Kaderby Anne KaderTahir Imin: I remember the 2012 Uyghur public opinion poll – the first ever conducted in Urumqi, in collaboration with “Baghdash Network” and “Öz Türk” company.
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Uyghur Genocide
5th East Turkistan National Unity Council begins in Istanbul on October 1
by Anne Kaderby Anne KaderBoth the Fifth East Turkistan National Unity Council Meeting and the 14th World East Turkistan Brotherhood Meeting are taking place in Istanbul from from October 1st to 4th.
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Uyghur Times Bi-Weekly Synopsis
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Uyghur Genocide
85th anniversary of untimely death of Memtili Tewpiq – Uyghur educationalist killed in arson
by Anne Kaderby Anne KaderMay 30th, 2022 marks the 85th anniversary of the untimely death of Memtili Tewpiq, a modern Uyghur educationalist, poet, and compositor. He was burnt to his death in arson in 1937.
I mourn for this great Uyghur scholar with all due respect.
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Uyghur Perspective
Uyghur resistance: Compromise, compliance and conversion
by Anne Kaderby Anne KaderPolitically speaking, in the physical world, where there is pressure, one also finds resistance: The greater the pressure, the stronger the resistance against it.
In a colonial state setting, the colonialized subjects respond to the growing sense of pressure (from the colonialists) with sustainable resistance: Disobedience, peaceful protest, and national emancipation movements.
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Cultural Preservation
How ‘Doppa’ became symbol of Uyghur resistance against communist China
by Anne Kaderby Anne KaderMay the 5th is celebrated as Doppa Day. But what is it and how did it all get started?
A young Uyghur activist, journalist, and former political prisoner, named Tahir Imin, started the Doppa Festival in 2009. This festival was first held in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (aka East Turkistan), the hometown of the young Uyghur activist.
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