Holocaust Memorial Week stirred flames of remembrance in the pens of exiled poets, displaced through their religion or politics.
Poetry Against Mass Atrocities: Poets Compare Notes on Jewish, Uyghur, and Other Genocides
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China
Abliz Abdulhek, Uyghur Author of “Independence or Death,” Has Passed Away
Regarded as a hard-line independence activist, Abliz Abdulhek was respected by many as a strong voice against oppression and genocide.
After 26 Years, Uyghurs Remember the Ghulja Massacre
On February 5, 1997, a peaceful protest was transformed into a bloodbath by the Chinese police and soldiers.
The Fate of Tibet After the Inevitable: A Tibetan Opinion
What will happen in Tibet and in the Tibetan diaspora when the Dalai Lama will die?
Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan: Massive Re-Education to Prevent Tibetan Self-Immolations
In the “world capital of self-immolation,” the CCP wrongly believes that more repression and “patriotic education” may solve the problem.
“Socialist Spiritual Civilization”: The Great Comeback of an Old CCP Concept
A notion launched by Deng Xiaoping, promoted by Jiang Zemin, and much less emphasized in later years, is now revamped by Xi Jinping through his latest book.
Wang Hai: Miao Christian Pastor Still Harassed and Investigated
The popular preacher from the Miao ethnic group was released in 2020 but his troubles are not over.
The Weaponization of the CCP’s “Zero COVID” Against Tibet
Have the Chinese lockdown measures been a tool for more surveillance and control? And are the antigenic tests on Tibetans connected with organ harvesting?
Hong Kong: Christian Scholar Peng Manyuan Released but Not Rehabilitated
Released from jail after serving his sentence, his appeals to be recognized as innocent were not accepted.
Zhanargul Zhumatai: “Help Me, I Just Want to Leave China”
The ethnic Kazakh dissident tells Bitter Winter she continues to be embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the authorities as she waits under virtual house arrest in Urumqi.