Uyghur Stories: How Yalkun Uluyol Lost His Father—and Thirty Family Members
The insatiable pain of loss for a Uyghur exile, trying to come to terms with separation from those he loves. by Ruth Ingram Yalkun Uluyol...
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- Apr 7
- 2 min
Call from Uyghur: "We Are Humans Too, Hear Our Voice"
On the 34th anniversary of the Barin massacre, on April 5, 2024, the Uyghur community living in the United Kingdom hosted their friends...
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- Oct 23, 2023
- 2 min
Joint statement on human rights violations in Xinjiang at the UN Third Committee
Joint statement on human rights violations in Xinjiang by the UK and 50 other countries at the UN Third Committee delivered by Ambassador...
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- Oct 23, 2023
- 6 min
Uyghur Muslims exiled in the UK dream of returning to Xinjiang
Activists call on the British government to step up measures against the Chinese state Shamim Chowdhury – 23 October 2023 Kerim Zair, an...
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- Aug 19, 2023
- 2 min
Press Release: World Uyghur Congress Affiliate Organisation UZDM Launches Toolkit For Uyghur Activis
Press Release – For Immediate Release 08 August 2023 Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org +49 89 5432 1999 or...
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- Jul 27, 2023
- 4 min
We All Have the Ability To Do Something for Uyghurs
My name is Abid Quereshi. I am a Canadian British 46-year-old Muslim of South Asian origin. I am husband and father of 3. I have been...
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- Jul 5, 2023
- 1 min
UK: Protesters demonstrate outside Chinese embassy in London to mark Urumqi Massacre anniversary
The members of Stop Uyghur Genocide, a UK-based campaign to defend Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China, recently protested outside...
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- Jun 30, 2023
- 2 min
Human rights panel discusses Uyghur crisis
On 8th June 2023, the event “Human Rights-Centered Policy Response to the Uyghur Genocide: What’s at Stake?” was held at Oxford’s...
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- Jun 13, 2023
- 3 min
US bill seeks ‘enhanced’ Uyghur genocide sanctions
France’s Senate also approves a bill seeking an E.U. version of America’s ban on imports tied to slave labor. A car passes a billboard...
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- Jun 13, 2023
- 2 min
Abuduwaili Abudureheman: Hong Kong denies detaining Uyghur student
Hong Kong has denied detaining a Uyghur scholar who human rights activists say went missing after arriving in the city earlier this...
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- Jun 13, 2023
- 3 min
Arab League Visits China’s Xinjiang Region, Rejects Uyghur Genocide
WASHINGTON — China is using a recent visit by an Arab League delegation to Xinjiang to highlight what it says is support of its policies...
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- Mar 31, 2023
- 2 min
Governor of China’s Xinjiang region cancels UK visit after backlash
Foreign Office says officials would have been prepared to meet with Erkin Tuniyaz to raise human rights concerns A Uyghur activist at a...
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- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Chinese police files reveal human cost of Uyghur detention
Thousands of photographs from the heart of China’s highly secretive system of mass incarceration in Xinjiang, as well as a shoot-to-kill...
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- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
UK Uyghur Community celebrates Ramadan
The UK Uyghur Community members and guests celebrated Ramadan and broke the day's fast with a specially cooked iftar. The event took...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
‘A genocide against our people’: Uyghur leaders calls for boycott of Winter Olympics
‘While our people suffer in camps and in prison we can’t enjoy the game even if we want to. It hurts’ Read more...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses
Elon Musk and Tesla must consider human rights in the Chinese region or risk being complicit, says Human Rights Watch Read more...
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- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules
On December 9, 2021, as the U.N. was marking the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide...
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Leaked papers link top Chinese leaders to Uyghur crackdown
A newly published cache of documents directly links top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping to the state's crackdown on Uyghur...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Why this Uyghur activist is campaigning to change street names in Tower Hamlets
Activists want to name three streets around a new Chinese Embassy building in Tower Hamlets to Tibet Hill, Uyghur Court and Hong Kong...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
We hanged Uyghurs from ceilings and ordered their rape, says Chinese police whistleblower
Former detective describes extreme abuse the ethnic minority Muslims have been subjected to in order to elicit confessions...
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