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This man’s family vanished in China’s most oppressed region. Last month he saw his son for the first time in 2 years, in a Chinese propaganda video.

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy Alexandra Ma February 5, 2019

China is waging an unprecedented crackdown on the Uighurs, a majority-Muslim ethnic group in the western region of Xinjiang (East Turkistan), China. Authorities are suspected of detaining up to 2 million people in the region and sending their children to state-run orphanages. Abdurahman Tohti, a 30-year-old Uighur man living in Turkey, hasn’t heard from his…

Demonstrations in London call for an end to Chinese oppression of Uyghur Muslims

Uyghur NewsBy Islam 21c February 4, 2019

Demonstrations were held outside the Chinese embassy in London against China’s mass oppression against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Autonomous Region, also known as East Turkestan. The protest on Tuesday was organised by the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) and attended by over one hundred people who chanted slogans such…

Video: Uyghur Children Indoctrinated in Camps

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy CHANG XIN January 26, 2019

With one million minority Uyghur Muslims detained for re-education, what becomes of their children? They are locked in “schools” of Han Chinese propaganda. The children of the detained Uyghur parents are kept in so-called Loving Heartkindergartens and schools in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). They undergo full-time supervision and receive their education in Chinese only. Usually, the iron gates…

Inside Xinjiang: A 10-Day Tour of China’s Most Repressed State

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy Peter Martin January 25, 2019

Xi’s economic ambitions drive the anti-Muslim crackdown in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). Twice a day, employees at an upscale jewelry boutique in China’s remote western region of Xinjiang (East Turkistan) stop what they’re doing and don bulletproof vests and combat helmets. Thrusting long clubs, they practice defending the store against attackers. Their imaginary assailants aren’t jewel…

At Least 10 Australians Imprisoned in China’s ‘Re-Education’ Camp

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy Henry Jom January 23, 2019

At least 10 Australian residents may be among the hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs imprisoned in the Chinese regime’s “re-education camps” in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) province, prompting safety concerns from family members in Australia. Nurmuhammad Majid, president of the East Turkistan Australian Association (ETAA) said that he is aware of nine Australian residents and one…

Beijing’s Mass Internment of Uyghurs

Uyghur NewsBy David Kilgour January 22, 2019

Last fall, 646 international scholars signed a statement condemning the internment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang (East Turkistan) region of western China, stressing that mass internment of citizens on the basis of ethno-cultural and religious identity is unprecedented in the twenty-first century and should not be tolerated by the international…

Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China’s Xinjiang camps

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy Rebecca Wright January 21, 2019

Washington (CNN)The children’s eyes light up when their mother pulls out a photo of her triplets taken shortly after their birth in 2015. “Moez!” three-year old Moez says, pointing at the infant version of himself. “Elina!” says his sister Elina. Promoted by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan The countries giving a voice to disability inclusion…

Detainees Are Trickling Out of Xinjiang’s Camps

Featured Articles, Uyghur NewsBy Gene A. Bunin January 18, 2019

House arrest or forced labor awaits most of those released so far in what may be a public relations ploy. ALMATY, Kazakhstan—“I don’t know if they’re alive or dead.” This has become one of the most common phrases heard among the Uighur, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz communities outside China, both in private conversations and online, in video…

Uighur Doctoral Student Disappears; Family Concerned She Is In Re-Education Camp

Uyghur NewsBy Joel L. Lebowitz, Paul H. Plotz, Walter Reich, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Alexander Greer July 8, 2018

Guligeina Tashimaimaiti, a Uighur Ph.D. student, writer and scholar returned from a trip to Malaysia on December 26, 2017 and her family has not seen nor heard from her since. CCS has written the Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region requesting her release and her safety. July 7, 2018 Chen Quanguo Party Secretary…

How China Utilized Misinformation to Legitimize Repression in Xinjiang

Uyghur NewsBy Project 2049 July 6, 2018

Introduction The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long viewed the lands of Xinjiang as vital to its strategic interests. The region provides natural resources, and space for China to test nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles far from the prying eyes of the West. Xinjiang has historically been a buffer zone between Russia and the People’s…

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