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CUS Participation at the IRF Summit 2026: Elevating Uyghur Religious Freedom

The Center for Uyghur Studies (CUS) participated in the IRF Summit 2026 as a convening partner, contributing to high-level discussions on global religious freedom and the prevention of mass atrocities. Through panel participa...

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Uyghur Children, boarding schools, and the cost of growing up away from home

By Abdulhakim Idris The first time Gulnisa noticed something...

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Traditional Uyghur musicians in a shop in Kashgar city. Photo Credit: The Guardian

When a Song Is Treated as a Crime: China’s Expanding Crackdown on Uyghur Culture

By Abdulhakim Idris Songs are never just songs. ...

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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand organized a panel discussion on Thai officials’ visit to check on the deported Uyghur refugees to China, March 26, 2025.

On Thailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China

By Abdulhakim Idris Thank you to the organizers for this cru...

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China’s Persecution of Uyghur Muslims: More Than Islamophobia

CUS Press Release For Immediate Release March 15, 2025 Contact@Uyg...

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Chinese police patrolling the famous Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar. Credit: Xinjiang Police Files

Forbidden to Fast: The Uyghur Struggle for Religious Freedom

By Abdulhakim Idris Fasting during Ramadan is not just a rel...

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Abdulhakim Idris delivering his speech during the Siang Dialogue 2.0

The Lesson for the World from the Uyghur Genocide

By Abdulhakim Idris The Chinese government's actions in ...

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Forgotten Voices: The Uyghurs Facing Deportation From Thailand to China

By Abdulhakim Idris A group of Uyghur refugees, after having been hel...

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How China’s Boarding Schools in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Are Erasing a People’s Identity: A Uyghur View

"The Chinese regime is perpetrating the cultural genocide of a generation by weaponizing education. The state of the matter after ten years of persecution." By ...

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