China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs precisely to secure permanent control over strategic resources such as rare earths. A Uyghur journalist’s appeal to the U.S.
Shohret Hoshur
Prime Minister Takaichi and the Fight Against the East Turkestan Genocide: A Uyghur View
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From Istanbul to East Turkistan: Nuh Theatre Gives Voice to Silenced People
Staging a play can be a powerful way to draw the world’s attention to a silent genocide.
From Brothers to Betrayers: Turkish Journalists Join China’s Propaganda Chorus
For the first time, visitors from a free society joined Beijing’s staged tours of “Xinjiang.” Their words cannot cover up genocide.
Farewell to Radio Free Asia—Not to the Uyghur Cause
Closing Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur Service marks the end of an era, but “Bitter Winter” and others will continue to tell the truth about the Uyghur genocide.
Jiang Yurong’s Harvard Speech and the CCP’s Soft Power Indoctrination
A Beijing loyalist spoke at the prestigious university’s graduation ceremony. She criticized the U.S. but ignored China’s human rights violations.
How Many Uyghurs Are in Syria? How Many Died? A Story of Death and Books
Why Uyghur refugees have reasons to be thankful to a government that is under heavy international criticism.
Thailand Will “Visit” in China the Uyghurs It Deported There: It’s Just Theater
We know from precedents that when China allows foreigners to visit prisoners, all is carefully staged to portray a fake picture.
The Chinese Origins of COVID: A Uyghur Point of View
China accuses the U.S. of “politicizing” the COVID issue by revamping the theory of its origins in a Chinese laboratory. In fact, it was China that “politicized° COVID in the first place.
Stories of Uyghurs in Syria: Love Under the Bombs
The war years were hell for Syrians but sometimes paradise for the Uyghurs, who were better off there that under Chinese persecution. Some even found love.
Shohret Hoshur
Shohret Hoshur (who until 2025 used the pseudonym of Kok Bayraq) is a political émigré from East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang) and an opponent of the Sinicization of his homeland. He left China in 1995 when his journalism got him “into trouble with the authorities,”and is now living in Washington, D.C.. His unique thoughts and feelings published in Taipei Times and Global Voice comment on the ongoing Uyghur genocide.