In August 2023, Prigozhin’s plane crashed—or was crashed by Putin. In August 1949, the plane carrying the leaders of independent East Turkestan crashed—or was crashed by Stalin.
Shohret Hoshur
“Waiting to Be Arrested at Night”: Tahir Hamut Izgil’s New Book is a Testament to Uyghur Indomitable Spirit
He tried for years to keep literature out of politics. He did not succeed and had to conclude that in Xi Jinping’s China freedom is not for free.
A Tale of Two Tyrants: King Nimrod and Xi Jinping
Stories about the cruelty of the Mesopotamian monarch pale in comparison with Xi Jinping’s genocide of the Uyghurs.
A Leaked Indictment: Heavy Punishments for Uyghurs Who Tell the Truth on the Web
23-year-old Mirap Muhammet used a VPN to access Twitter. He was accused of “transferring intelligence abroad,” a very serious crime.
“What Is a Uyghur?” Western Politicians Ignore the Uyghur Issue at Their Own Peril
A U.S. presidential candidate confessed he does not know who the Uyghurs are. But understanding the Uyghur issue is essential to understanding China.
Strange Bedfellows: A Uyghur View of the Bill Gates–Xi Jinping Meeting
Gates pledged $50 million aid to China: is it naivety, selfishness or betrayal of the free world?
Secret Document Reveals China’s Paranoid Efforts to Keep Xinjiang News Secret
An old man died crushed by a wall. The CCP immediately mobilized 171 agents to investigate—not the incident but who had reported it to Radio Free Asia.
CCP Scholars Suggest to Build China’s “Second Capital” in Xinjiang
This political move would solve an intractable historical problem: East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang) lies outside China’s Great Wall.
Crimes Sending You to Jail in Xinjiang: “We Don’t Trust You,” “You Didn’t Play Piano at Your Wedding”
Our study of the Xinjiang Police Files reveals one of the strangest collections ever of crimes for which Uyghurs are detained.
More on the Barin Uprising: The Spirit of the Martyr Abdushukur Nurullah
Yesterday was the 33rd anniversary of the Barin Uprising. Today, a friend remembers an executed intellectual who was both a strict Muslim and a friend of the West.
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.