By Dr Melanie O'Brien The plight of the Uyghur population in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XUAR) has become well known in recent years. While Australia has spoken out against the persecution, it has not recognised China’s actions as genocide. The Uyghurs are an ethnic and religious minority. For many years, the Chinese government has been persecuting Uyghurs because of their minority status. This has  ...

Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets” has been wowing critics with its literary merit and its account of the hardships faced by Uyghurs in China. By Eve Glasberg, October 27, 2022 Perhat Tursun, author of "The Backstreets, is a leading Uyghur writer, poet, and social critic. He is seen here before he was detained by the Chinese authorities in 2018, and reportedly given a 16-year prison sentence. Serendipity has ...

A Uyghur man works at his shop in Kashgar in the Uyghur region. Kevin Frayer By Lindsay Maizland, Last updated September 22, 2022 11:30 am Summary About eleven million Uyghurs—a mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic group—live in the northwestern region of Uyghur region. The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since 2017 and subjected those not detained to intense surveillance, re ...

In cooperation with the Uyghur Academy Foundation and the East Turkestan Research Foundation, the “New Chinese Imperialism and the Threat Awaiting Humanity Panel” was held in Ankara on Thursday, June 30, with the participation of nearly 60 East Turkestan friends, consisting of Turkish Parliament Members, Journalists, Academics, Writers and NGO Representatives. In the panel chaired by Professor Erkin EMET, F ...

Patricia Zengerle, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Senator Marco Rubio ...