An interview with Lokman Hira’i, a self-taught teacher who keeps alive Uyghur language and culture among refugee children and teenagers in Istanbul.
Ruth Ingram
The White Paper on Xinjiang: The CCP’s Latest White Lie
Beijing has published a document claiming that the transformation though education camps in Xinjiang are just beautiful schools. This bunch of lies should fool no one.
The Land Drenched in Tears: In Xinjiang, It’s the Cultural Revolution—Again
A moving, timely book. The harrowing memoir of a young Tatar Muslim medical student describes the horrific life under the Cultural Revolution in Xinjiang. She says what is happening today is even worse.
Homes Gone Forever: A Visit to Uyghur Refugees in Turkey
Bitter Winter visited the Istanbul suburb of Zeytinburnu and heard the sad stories of lives and families destroyed by CCP persecution.
The Uyghurs’ Massacre of July 2009: A Survivor Remembers That Day in Urumqi
Risalat, protected by her British passport, returned to Urumqi the very day innocent Uyghurs were mown down by soldiers in 2009.
China Tribunal, The Verdict Is: Guilty
Sombre relief and muted jubilation greeted the final judgement of the China Tribunal into Organ Harvesting in London this week.
The Story of the Lonely Jew: Standing Up for the Uyghurs in London
Citizens of the upper-class suburb of Hampstead have become accustomed to Andrew. Come rain or shine, this Orthodox Jew protests every week against CCP atrocities.
Time Is No Healer for Uyghur “Widows” and “Orphans” in Turkey
After her husband was taken by the CCP police and “disappeared,” Nafisa became a de facto widow and fled to Turkey. Life is not easy for Uyghur refugees there.
Sad Celebrations: Iftar with Uyghur Refugees in Istanbul
Uyghurs gather to break the Ramadan fast together, and tell Bitter Winter how the CCP is breaking families and causing “spiritual sickness” in their community.
“Never Again”: Jews Support Uyghurs Against the New Genocide
Seventy years ago, “never again” was the response to the horrors of the Holocaust, but genocide keeps happening. There are worrying signs that it may happen again in the far West of China.
Ruth Ingram
Ruth Ingram is a researcher who has written extensively for the Central Asia-Caucasus publication, Institute of War and Peace Reporting, the Guardian Weekly newspaper, The Diplomat, and other publications.