Uyghur Rights Cannot Be Hidden Behind Starbucks Storefronts
On 29 September 2026, Starbucks opened its first two cafés in Ürümqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang region.…
77 Years of Uyghur Occupation: When “Autonomy” Becomes a Mask for Repression
For Beijing, 1 October is a day of flags, ceremony and national celebration. For many Uyghurs, it is…
Uyghur Organ-Harvesting Fears Grow as China Plans Six New Xinjiang Transplant Centres
A hospital should save lives. But China’s plan to expand organ-transplant facilities in Xinjiang has produced a more…
Gulbahar Haitiwaji: The Uyghur Survivor Who Turned Pain into a Global Voice
A routine phone call about retirement paperwork pulled Gulbahar Haitiwaji, a Uyghur engineer living safely in France, back…
Uyghur Exiles in Germany Face China’s Long Arm
Fleeing China does not make a Uyghur safe. In Germany, exiles can still be watched, threatened and pressured,…
Uyghur Exiles in the Age of AI: Beijing Automates Its Surveillance of Dissidents
Beijing’s surveillance of those who flee it has moved from informants and phone calls to artificial intelligence. Anthropic’s…
She Had a Valid Permit. Why Was This Uyghur Mother Detained?
Turkish police have detained Akide İsmail, a 33-year-old Uyghur mother of two, at her Istanbul home and moved…