During the anti-COVID-19 lockdown, Uyghurs are dying of hunger or for lack of medicines. Is this just bad planning by the CCP, or is it deliberate?
Shohret Hoshur
Bloody Medals: A Tale of Two Widows
Chinese soldiers killed two Xinjiang Uyghur bureaucrats. China proclaimed them “victims of terrorists” and compelled their widows to receive medals.
The UN Uyghur Report, One Week Later: Three Lessons China May Learn
The report itself is one lesson, the inability to block it is another, and the ineffectiveness of propaganda is the third.
UN Xinjiang Report Published: Fake Organizations Behind the Pressures Not to Publish It
Bachelet alluded to the fact that more than 900 “civil organizations” asked her not to publish the report. But these “organizations” either do not exist or are just CCP fronts.
Chinese Rocket Boosters Incidents, Another Disaster Caused by the CCP
In three years, Chinese rocket booster debris fell back to Earth three times. It is not the only global disaster caused by the CCP, a Uyghur activist comments.
Xi Jinping in Xinjiang: Why a Visit Unannounced and Under-Reported
A Uyghur activist looks at the truth behind Xi Jinping’s visit to Xinjiang: peace in appearance only.
Abe Shinzo: The Best Friend of the Uyghurs
A Uyghur activist remembers how much the assassinated Japanese ex-Prime Minister did for the case of the oppressed and persecuted minority.
Uyghur Detainees’ Clothing: The Aesthetics of Humiliation
Detainees are photographed with their jackets draped over their shoulders. This has a precise humiliating meaning in both Uyghur and Chinese culture.
Give Up the Blood-Soaked Trade with China! An Open Letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
The premier said that human rights considerations should not affect business with China. Two Uyghur activists find his stance intolerable.
Hawagul’s Tears: What They Tell a Uyghur
The iconic image of a crying female detainee in a Xinjiang camp has moved the world. For the Uyghurs, her tears have a deeper meaning.
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.