White paper praises Xinjiang “achievements” while ignoring decades of repression, forced labor, and genocide. By Alp Uyghur China released a new white paper on September 22 claiming “unprecedented economic and social progress” in Xinjiang and presenting the 70th anniversary of the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as a success story. […]
Erkin Tuniyaz
By Uyghur Times StaffDecember 10, 2024 | Ottawa, Canada On International Human Rights Day, Canada has imposed sanctions on eight Chinese officials for their roles in severe and systematic human rights violations against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Falun Gong practitioners. The sanctions, announced by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign […]
The news that the “Xinjiang” Chairman, Erkin Tuniyaz has cancelled his EU visit, was published on Politico on February 13, 2023.
According to the British Foreign Office, Erkin Tuniyaz – the current chairman of The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, sanctioned by the US for his role in the persecution of Uyghurs – is planning to visit the UK next week