Dr.  Azeem Ibrahim AlArabia   There are 10-11 million native Uyghur Turks living in China’s western-most Xinjiang province. But as many as 1 million of those are believed to be interred in “re-education camps”. That is an astonishing number. And when one stops to consider the sheer logistics involved in such an undertaking, that fact becomes even more incredible. Now China does have a history of doing thing ...

AlJazeera Uighur 're-education' in China Thousands of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region have been reportedly detained in so-called re-education camps where they are forced to renounce their cultural and religious identities. The detentions are part of China's efforts to deradicalise a population Beijing sees as prone to committing acts of terrorism. The policing of Uighurs continues outside of the c ...

Medium By Jonathan Hiskes In the last three months, University of Washington anthropology student Darren Byler has spoken about his research to AI developers at Google, business leaders at the Washington State China Relations Council, and journalists at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Beijing. Each group has sought his help in understanding the situation of the Uyghur people in China’s far-northwest Xin ...

China File A ChinaFile Conversation Deliberate, systematic human rights abuses are happening in China’s northwest. Reporting and research published in recent weeks shows that the Chinese government is targeting the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region’s roughly 11 million Muslims for “re-education.” Anywhere from several hundred thousand to more than a million people have been or are being held in “centers,” w ...

Uyghur Academy is pleased to host a “Symposium on Solutions for the Dangerous Situation of Uyghurs Today”. This one-day event will be held From 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2018 on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, Istanbul / TURKEY. If you need more information please contact Mr. Abdulhamit Karahan,  Phone: +905306677851,   E-mail: uyghurakademy@gmail.com,   Web sites: www.akademiye.org/en ...