Turkey needs China’s support and tourists. The government is covering Istanbul with signs in Mandarin, something Uyghur refugees regard as offensive.
Muslim Uyghurs
The Nightmare of Uyghurs Returning to Xinjiang
Coming home is usually a happy occasion. But for Uyghurs who work outside Xinjiang, every visit to the native region may end with detention in an internment camp.
Xinjiang Children Sent to Inland Schools for “Sinicization”
“To control Xinjiang youth means to control the region’s future” seems to be the slogan behind the CCP’s campaign to educate Muslim children in the Han environment.
CCP’s Birthday: A View from Xinjiang
Xi Jinping celebrated with great fanfare the 70th anniversary of the Communist victory in China. The Uyghurs try to tell the world that all that glitters is not gold.
Tourism in Xinjiang: The Disneyfication of Uyghur Culture
The CCP brings seven million tourists to the “Wild West” of China, where locals are compelled to dance, sing, and pretend to be happy for the benefit of Han Chinese visitors.
CCP’s Campaign to Purge “Disloyal” Uyghur Scholars
Former president of Xinjiang University Tashpolat Tiyip faces execution, as Chinese authorities intensify the “study, purge, resist” crusade against dissent.
Is It the Beginning of the End of Human Suffering in Xinjiang?
If the US House of Representatives passes the “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act,” it will be the first such legislation in the world condemning China for its crimes.
The Emblematic Case of Dr. Gulshan Abbas One Year Later
An accomplished professional disappeared in one of the detention camps called “professional schools” by the CCP. A new website launched to aid her liberation.
Han Teachers in Xinjiang: Save Uyghur Children!
Accounts by four teachers who witness daily CCP’s destruction of Uyghur culture and language, psychologically torturing Uyghur youth in the process.
Miracle in Istanbul: A Uyghur School in the Turkish Exile
An interview with Lokman Hira’i, a self-taught teacher who keeps alive Uyghur language and culture among refugee children and teenagers in Istanbul.