Canada’s decision to resettle 10,000 Uyghur refugees in the country has begun to yield tangible results. Many Uyghurs who have been left without state protection are now being gradually relocated to Canada.
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An international seminar in Indonesia addressed the Uyghur crisis and Islamophobia in China, calling for Muslim unity and global action against ongoing human rights violations.
A Nation... Their hope crushed, Their faith forbidden, Their voice silenced… But their memory — still alive. This is not only the story of the Uyghurs. This is a testimony to a destruction humanity chose to ignore.
Concentration camp witness Sayragul Sauytbay detailed the Uyghur genocide, including forced labour, at the Ethical Trade Conference 2025. She called on the government to avoid complicity through trade with China in the ongoing genocide.
From the same people… the same homeland… One gave his life for justice. The other rose by betraying his own people. And now… They lie behind the same bars, in neighboring cells.
At the Uyghur PEN Center’s election in Almaty, Aziz Isa Elkun was chosen as president. The Uyghur PEN works to promote Uyghur literature globally and defend the freedom of expression for Uyghur writers and artists.
Tursunay Ziyawudun, who endured inhumane treatment in concentration camps and has continued her struggle as a witness to the torture of Uyghurs after fleeing abroad,…
As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate, China quietly gains power and will use the excuse of these tensions to further tighten control in East Turkestan and perpetuate the Uyghur genocide.
"Since 2016, it has carried out a silent, invisible genocide. Faith is tortured out of souls in concentration camps. Languages are silenced. Identities erased. And yet, the world remains quiet…"
Amid rising censorship and disinformation, Kashgar Times emerges as a new Uyghur-run media outlet telling stories from the ground in a truthful and objective manner.
On Labour Day, the Indian Uyghur Society denounced China’s use of forced labour against Uyghurs and urged international action to end this ongoing human rights abuse.
The two fates of two Uyghur scholars Dr. Ilham Tohti and Dr. Erkin Sidick: A struggle for science, justice, and human rights
A Uyghur organization has called on the Canadian government to officially recognize and denounce the Uyghur genocide, and to acknowledge East Turkistan as a territory under Chinese colonial rule.
Canada has accepted the final three Uyghurs from Thai immigration detention, closing a long chapter of international concern over their treatment and risk of forced return to China.
Uyghur representatives joined a Washington event to honour victims of authoritarianism and reaffirmed calls for justice and freedom for Uyghurs facing genocide by China's authoritarian government.
"Uyghur scholars and educators have been systematically detained. The streets are devoid of intellectuals, and those remaining live in constant fear."
The UK is amending its energy law to prevent forced labor. Great British Energy will lead ethical sourcing, and solar panels made with Uyghur forced labor in China will be banned.
Uyghur representatives brought attention to China’s ongoing genocide in East Turkistan during an International Religious Freedom roundtable held at the U.S. Capitol.