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Uyghur Businessman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison For Ties to Turkey

Musajan Imam had founded the Ihlas grocery store chain and was known for his philanthropic work.

A cyclist rides by the Belgian Federal Parliament in Brussels, April 5, 2020.

Belgium, Czech Republic Legislatures Pass Uyghur Genocide Declarations

2021-06-15

Support for a Beijing 2022 Winter Games boycott over Xinjiang atrocities grows.

Uyghur Billionaire Iminjan Rahmitulla in an undated photo.

Uyghur Billionaire Jailed For 20 Years Over Charitable Donations

2021-06-14

Iminjan Rahmitulla had built major shopping bazaars and opened markets in Central Asia.

US Senator Tim Kaine presides over a hearing on the atrocities comitted against Muslim Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonous Region, in Washington, June 10, 2021.

Uyghur Camp Inmates Detail ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in New Amnesty Report

2021-06-10

Former detainees describe tiger chair restraints, beatings, and neglect in Xinjiang detention facilities.

Kazakh-Uyghur Omir Bekali (L) demonstrates how he says he was shackled in chains at a 're-education camp' in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, at the 'Uyghur Tribunal' in London, June 4, 2021.

Uyghur Relatives Deployed by China to Counter Abuse Testimony Rejected as ‘Forced’ Witnesses

2021-06-09

China stages a news conference to discredit grim accounts heard by the June 4-7 Uyghur Tribunal.

Members of the 'Uyghur Tribunal' view images of what witnesses say are re-education camps in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the first day of hearings investigating alleged abuses against Uyghurs in China, in London, June 4, 2021.

Uyghur Tribunal Wraps up With Testimony on Enforced Disappearances, Detentions, And Deaths

2021-06-07

More than 30 witnesses and experts testified during the four-day session in London.

Members of the panel take their seats for the first day of hearings at the 'Uyghur Tribunal,'a panel of UK-based lawyers and rights experts investigating alleged abuses against Uyghurs in China, in London, June 4, 2021.

Uyghur Tribunal Hears Grim Accounts of Rape And Torture in China’s Xinjiang

2021-06-04

The June 4-7 hearings in London aim to determine if abuses of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims amount to genocide.

Abduweli Ayup (R) with his wife and daughter while studying in the U.S., in a file photo.

Two Siblings of Norway-based Uyghur Activist Sentenced to Jail in China’s Xinjiang

2021-06-03

Prominent Uyghur scholar Abduweli Ayup’s brother and sister are serving time because of his activities abroad.

Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, at the National Press Club in Washington, March 7, 2018.

Brother of World Uyghur Congress President Sentenced to Life in Prison in China’s Xinjiang

2021-06-01

Hushtar Isa had a reputation as a promising Uyghur intellectual and social organizer, says a family friend.

A compound believed to be part of an internment camp in the XUAR's Turpan, in an undated photo.

Xinjiang Authorities Detain Uyghur Woman Who Intervened in Domestic Dispute

2021-05-27

Zaytunhan Ismail was sent to an internment camp after scolding a drunk man for yelling at his wife.

Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Nice sits at his desk at his home in Adisham, England, Sept. 2, 2020.

Uyghur Tribunal Determination Could Change Paradigm For China Relations: Experts

2021-05-26

While non-binding, a ruling of genocide could force states to rethink their ties to Beijing.

Niece of Prominent Uyghur Scholar Confirmed to Have Died in Xinjiang Internment Camp

2021-05-25

Mihray Erkin was forced to return to the region in 2019 and died in detention the following year.

The Lithuanian Parliament is shown in session in a Dec. 11, 2020 photo.

Lithuanian Parliament Passes Motion Condemning Uyghur Genocide

2021-05-20

The move is the latest in a series of motions passed by world parliaments and governments making the designation.

Amine (L) and Yahya (R) Kurban in Urumqi in 2016.

Uyghur Turkish Nationals Spent Two Years in Xinjiang Internment Camp After 2017 Detention

2021-05-19

Yahya Kurban and his wife recently told their children about their plight in a monitored video chat.

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Turkey’s “China in my Dreams” Drawing Contest Draws Criticism

Thousands of ‘Terrorism Suspects’ on ‘Shanghai List’
Include Uyghur Children, Elderly

“You Think Death is Better”

Behind the Walls:
Three Uyghurs Detail their Experience in China's Secret 'Re-education' Camps

THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND:
RFA’S UYGHUR REPORTERS TELL THE STORIES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS’ DETENTIONS

How the West was 'Won':
The Making of a Police State on China’s 'New Frontier'

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