Punished for Speaking Uyghur?
For some Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region, leaving a detention facility has not necessarily meant returning to an…
Ekpar Asat: Uyghur Entrepreneur Jailed After US Visit
Ekpar Asat built a Uyghur-language digital platform that connected people to information and help. In 2016, the entrepreneur…
UyCast: Why a Uyghur Podcast Matters in an Age of Chinese Repression
A new platform for Uyghur history, language and conversation joins a wider effort to tell stories beyond the…
Uyghur Writer Perhat Tursun’s Reported Prison Location Raises Fresh Questions for China
After years of uncertainty, new reporting has identified where China is allegedly holding Perhat Tursun, a leading Uyghur…
Uyghur Women Under Repression: Survivor Voices Challenge China’s Denials
Behind Beijing’s language of security and vocational training lies a devastating question: what happened to the women detained…
China’s Renaming of Uyghur Villages Deepens Fears of Cultural Erasure Under Xi
Research using Chinese government records identifies about 630 village names stripped of religious, historical or cultural meaning, challenging…
Uyghur Comedian Musa Can Ahmet Dies in Chinese Prison, Leaving Questions Unanswered
A man who brought laughter to Uyghur audiences has died behind Chinese prison walls. According to Radio Free…
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…
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…