Lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill last week to mark East Turkestan National Day, commemorating the founding of two short-lived Uyghur republics in 1933 and 1944. The event highlighted the ongoing persecution of Uyghurs in the Chinese occupied East Turkestan region. The commemoration began with the national anthems of the U.S. and East Turkest...
A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met with Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Li this week. This was to discuss a range of issues concerning China’s Muslim community. The delegation included representatives from 26 member states, the general secretariat, and the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Co...
US lawmakers are sounding the alarm about American drug companies conducting clinical trials in China’s occupied Eastern Turkistan, which is also known as Xinjiang. The United States already has declared China is committing genocide against the Uyghur population in the region. In a letter addressed to the Food and Drug Administration or FDA, R...
Human rights activists have condemned organizers of the international soccer competition Euro 2024 for accepting sponsorship from Chinese firms implicated in using forced labor by Uyghurs. Companies like BYD and Alibaba have been accused of exploiting Uyghur labor or aiding in their surveillance. Their advertisements have been displayed throu...
The US has banned 26 Chinese textile firms because of forced labor concerns in relation to Uyghurs. The goods produced by them, including cotton traders and warehouse facilities within China, will be restricted from entering the US effective May 17. The Department of Homeland Security said 21 of the companies source and sell cotton from [&hell...
The Chinese government has banned Uyghurs from using social media. threatening arrests, hefty fines, and other penalties. The ban forbids Uyghurs using social media apps like TikTok. Access to platforms like Twitter and YouTube, as well as cryptocurrency trading, has also been restricted. Ilshat Hassan Kokbore of the World Uyghur Congress say...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish security forces have detained six suspects for allegedly passing information to Chinese intelligence about ethnic Uyghur Muslim individuals and groups in Türkiye. Judicial sources said the operation in Istanbul was part of a ‘terrorism’ and organized crime investigation which determined that seven susp...
Artux, China – AFP A policeman waves reporters away from a desert prison in Xinjiang, part of a network of detention facilities transformed by China’s shifting policies in the northwestern region. Since 2017, more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims have been swept into internment camps where human rights abuses are commonplac...
