Dr. Rishat Abbas, President of the Uyghur Academy, met this week with Dafna Hochman Rand, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor said in a statement posted on its official X account: “This week Assistant Secretary Rand was pleased to meet with human rights defenders, including Uyghur ...

The Uyghur Academy, Campaign for Uyghurs and Uyghur Transitional Justice Database jointly organized a conference on "Preservation of Language and Uyghur Genocide Visualized in 3D" on May 22, 2024 at the US House of Representatives. At the conference, the five-part book series "Uyghur Language and Literature Course" prepared and published by the Uyghur Academy and "Uyghur Prison Camps in Virtual Reality" pre ...

In East Turkistan, a region rich in ancient cultural heritage, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long been engaged in a campaign to eradicate the Uyghur presence. This systematic destruction includes the targeted demolition of Uyghur Mazars (shrines), revered symbols of spiritual and historical importance, sparking concerns not only over the loss of religious freedom but also the erasure of a valuable h ...

Uyghur Academy Foundation, East Turkistan Research Foundation and World Uyghur Congress Foundation jointly organized a Martyrs Commemoration Meeting and Press Statement in Ankara on the 27th anniversary of the February 5, 1997 Gulca Massacre. The Uyghur Academy Foundation, together with the East Turkistan Research Foundation and the World Uyghur Congress Foundation, organized a "Commemoration Meeting for th ...

China is quietly developing and rebuilding the Lop Nur base for nuclear testing in East Turkistan. Satellite images firstly published by the New York Times (NYT) show that China is trying to reactivate the facility where it can conduct full-fledged nuclear weapons tests or subcritical nuclear explosions. This is a development that could have a high impact on regional security. Lop Nur is a desert region in ...