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…
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…
Uyghur Athlete Wins Asian Games Gold as China’s Table Tennis Dominance Ends
Uyghur discus thrower Abuduaini Tuergong won gold for China at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a 64.26-metre…
Uyghur Survivor Mihrigul Tursun’s Story of Faith, Family Separation and Xinjiang Detention
Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur survivor, has shared one of the most widely cited personal accounts of China’s detention…
Political Prisoner Dies in Xinjiang Prison as Xi’s Washington Visit Overshadows Human Rights
Chinese human-rights defender Shi Tingfu has died in a Xinjiang prison less than four months before his expected…
Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Marks 12 Years Behind Bars for Peaceful Advocacy
When China sentenced Uyghur economics professor Ilham Tohti to life in prison in Urumqi in September 2014, it…
Uyghur Region Poet Vanishes, Family Seeks Answers
The disappearance of Beersbek Abdurezhak, a Kazakh poet and writer from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has raised…
No Uyghur Is Beyond Beijing’s Reach
China’s campaign against Uyghurs is no longer limited to Xinjiang. A new report discussed by Bitter Winter describes…
China Presents Xinjiang as a Global Governance Model to Reshape the Uyghur Narrative
More than 300 government officials, scholars, business representatives and journalists from 33 countries gathered in Urumqi in September…
World Uyghur Congress Calls for Global Action Against China’s Assimilation Campaign
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has urged governments, businesses and civil-society groups to take stronger action against China’s…