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…
Thousands of Uyghur Mosques Vanish or Lose Islamic Features Across Xinjiang
A sweeping transformation of Uyghur religious life is visible across China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where thousands of…
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 Communities Still Demand Answers Over China’s Nuclear Legacy at Lop Nur
China’s nuclear weapons programme was built in Lop Nur, a remote area in today’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…
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…