By Memet T. Atawulla Every people has special days to celebrate or remember in its history. As a people, we Uyghurs have too many special days to remember rather than to celebrate. July 5th is one of them. On this day before 13 years, Uyghurs were brutally massacred in the capital of their homeland, Ürümqi by Chinese occupying army […]
It all started on a Ramadan day. By Abdullah Oğuz The holiest march in human history began with the message sent to our Prophet (SAV) on the 27th night of Ramadan. Since then, the month of Ramadan has been considered a great symbol of mercy, abundance, resurrection, and self-renewal, which Muslims have been longing for. […]
On January 2, 1986, Associated Press (AP) announced that 2,000 Uyghur students had staged a protest against the Beijing government in the East Turkistan capital of Urumqi. According to the information in the news, demonstrations were held not only in Urumchi, but also in Beijing and Shanghai. The main thing that pushed Uyghur students […]
As confirmed at the Islamabad Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting, they need China’s money, its protection at the UN, and its surveillance technology. by Abdulhakim Idris China Foreign Minister Wang Yi meeting the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hussein Ibrahim Taha, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 22, 2022. Source: Ministry of Foreign […]
China continues its systematic, genocidal activities to erase the Muslim Uyghur identity from the territory of East Turkistan. Taking advantage of the silence of the international community, it continues to add new and increasingly inhumane practices to its horrifying list. Shocking data released by the advocacy group Campaign for Uyghurs provides crucial clues about the Chinese […]
As delivered at Church House Westminster on Thursday 9th December 2021. All evidence relied on for the Judgment is available on the Uyghur Tribunal website. The Tribunal was tasked with considering whether crimes had been committed against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. This judgment will refer by way of shorthand to […]
Abdurahman Tohti, 32, stands on a ferry crossing the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey. He left China in 2013 and started a new life in Turkey, but his wife and son, who were visiting their homeland in Xinjiang, were swept up in China’s mass arrests in 2017. (Los Angeles Times ) Los Angeles Times, BY ALICE […]
EU Reporter; The sister of an Uyghur activist thought to be detained in a Chinese “concentration camp” has made an impassioned plea for help to release her. Gulshan Abbas (pictured) was abducted from her home in a Chinese province in September 2018 and has not been seen since. A 59-year-old retired medical doctor is thought […]
86 years ago, the Olympic Games, hosted by Germany under Nazi rule, went forward, ultimately serving to legitimize the Third Reich. By Abdulhakim Idris The fact that the competitions of 1936 were allowed to be held in Berlin remains a black mark on the Olympic Committee’s history. Today, the Olympic Committee is repeating this very […]