One third of China’s total prison inmates are Uyghurs and Turkic people.
Muslim Uyghurs
How “Two-Stringed Lute” Became “Red Flag”: China Changed Names of Hundreds of Uyghur Villages
A new report documents a subtle tool of cultural genocide: erasing the village names referring to Uyghur culture and religion.
A Uyghur Tale: A Story of Apricot Trees
For an exiled poet, an apricot tree in London is a way of remembering his father and his youth in East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang).
Hakan Fidan: The Man Who Came to Urumqi with a Blue Tie
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister wore a tie with the colors of East Turkestan during his visit—but then he didn’t say much in favor of the Uyghurs.
Morally Rotten Tomatoes: The Urumqi-Salerno “Train” Has Now Arrived in Italy
After a month-long journey by land and also by sea, a huge cargo of Uyghur slave labor products reached its destination.
A Uyghur View of the Taiwan Issue: Can the CCP Speak on Behalf of “1.4 Billion Chinese”?
The Party attacked the new President of Taiwan in the name of “all Chinese.” Uyghurs are not Chinese, however, and many Chinese do not like the CCP either.
Thailand Accused of Sending Uyghur and Other Refugees Back to China
A report highlights how asylum seekers from China and other countries have been repeatedly kidnapped or arrested and sent back to their persecutors.
Chinese Propaganda in Pakistan: “Xinjiang Is Having Its Best Time in History”
A seminar in Islamabad presented the region, where a genocide of Muslim Uyghurs is taking place, as a land where freedom of religion reigns.
Uyghur Stories: More than 5 Years in Jail Just for “Listening” to Criticism of the Authorities
Not to be accused of “illegal gatherings,” if you hear the regime criticized at a restaurant’s table you should stand up and leave immediately.
A Strange Train is Coming to Italy from Xinjiang
From Urumqi, it goes to Salerno. Nobody knows what it really transports. A serious investigation is urgently needed.