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Ethnic Groups Fear More Repression After Chinese President’s Speech on Minorities

Xi Jinping’s call for ethnic minorities to prioritize the interests of the nation amounts to an 'aggressive approach to ethnic assimilation,' says one analyst.

Models wear gowns made by designer Louise Xin while displaying signs and a banner during a digital fashion show in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2021.

‘When I Found Out What Happened in Xinjiang, It Really Broke my Heart’: Interview

2021-09-02

Chinese-Swedish designer Louise Xin dedicates her first digital fashion show to the Uyghur community.

These images were taken by the Uyghur woman as she and her family fled Afghanistan aboard a flight bound for Italy.

Interview: ‘My Home Was Left Behind. Everything Was Left Behind,’ Says Uyghur Who Fled Afghanistan

2021-08-31

A Uyghur woman describes how she and her family got out of Kabul airport a day before a suicide bomb attack.

Renagul Gheni in Korla, the second-largest city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in 2017.

Uyghur Woman, Family Harassed by Authorities in China’s Xinjiang After Brief Meeting With US Official

2021-08-30

Kalbinur Gheni told former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the detention of her sister for praying after their father’s death.

A Uyghur instructor stands near a window during a class at the Xinjiang Islamic Institute as a Chinese flag flies outside, in Urumqi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang region, April 22, 2021.

China’s Plans to Dilute Southern Xinjiang’s Uyghur Population Could Constitute Genocide, Scholar Says

2021-08-30

Researcher Adrian Zenz says Chinese policies to reduce the Uyghur population may meet treaty definitions of genocide.

Uyghur Children of Incarcerated Parents Undergo Political Education in Xinjiang Schools

2021-08-26

‘We’re providing a very good education to these children,’ a political ethics advisor told RFA.

Uyghurs in Afghanistan Fear Deportation to China or Persecution Under The Taliban

2021-08-24

With papers that call them ‘Chinese Turkestani migrants,’ they are vulnerable to Taliban efforts to placate Beijing.

WUC President Dolkun Isa casts his ballot to elect delegates to the World Uyghur Congress General Assembly at a polling place in Munich, Aug. 22, 2021.

Uyghur Diaspora Holds First Ballot For Delegates Ahead of World Uyghur Congress General Election

2021-08-23

Voters say the process is more inclusive, with a greater number of youth and women candidates.

Guards monitor Uyghur inmates at a reeducation camp in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, December 2018.

Uyghur Entrepreneur Confirmed to be Held in Internment Camp in Xinjiang

2021-08-23

Mahmutjan Memetjan, a real estate investor and food market operator, has been detained for four years.

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) pose for a photo during a meeting in Tianjin, China, July 28, 2021, as ties between them warm ahead of the US pullout from Afghanistan..

Renewed Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Adds to Fears of China’s Uyghurs

2021-08-20

Many worry that Beijing may now double down on repressive policies targeting the Muslim minority group.

Ella Morgan, a graduate student in international relations at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, in an undated photo.

Interview: ‘I Think Silence Is Complicity,’ Says UK Activist For Uyghur Rights

2021-08-19

British graduate student Ella Morgan uses social media to speak out against China’s abuse of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

{From L to R) Carole Duddles, Nathan Duddles, Aaron Needles, and Justin Duddles set off on a Freedom Trek along the Colorado Trail in the US state of Colorado to raise awareness of the plight of the Uyghurs in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, Jul. 12, 2021.

‘To Save The Uyghurs Is to Save The World’: Interview

2021-08-18

Nathan Duddles and his family are hiking the Colorado Trail in the US to raise awareness about the situation in Xinjiang.

Lack of Interpreter Stalls Uyghur Suspects’ Trial in 2015 Bangkok Bombing

2021-08-18

An interpreter proposed by the Chinese Embassy is expected to arrive next month, lawyer says.

A man pulls a girl to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021.

Interview: Taliban Sharing Info with China ‘Poses a Danger for Uyghurs’

2021-08-17

There is fear Kabul will help China “identify Uyghurs and have them deported back to China,” says a U.S. scholar.

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