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ETGE marks National Independence Day, reaffirms call for sovereignty and i
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile marked East Turkistan National Independence Day, honouring past independence movements and calling for renewed support for sovereignty. Leaders reaffirmed that independence is essential for protecting the rights and survival of Uyghurs and other Turkic
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Chinese authorities close Uyghur-constructed water wells in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chinese authorities have shut down water wells dug by Uyghur farmers in three villages near a large desert in Xinjiang, calling them illegal.
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Reports expose expansion of orphanage-style schools for Uyghur children in
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to reports, these schools, which have been operational since the mass detentions began in 2017, are meant to house children of Uyghurs held in internment camps, despite the Chinese government's claims that these camps, often referred to as "re-education" facilities, have been close
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China: Uyghur woman sentenced to 17 years for giving religious lessons to
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
This harsh sentence is part of a broader crackdown on religious expression in Xinjiang, where Uyghurs are increasingly penalized for practising their faith. Rozi's sons also received prison sentences - 10 years for one and 7 years for the other - for participating in what authorities called
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Uyghur educational activist dies in custody of Chinese authorities
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A Uyghur intellectual and education advocate, who was detained the night before his daughter's wedding five years ago, passed away just two months later while in Chinese custody.
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China destroying mosques, erasing Islamic identity from Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
China has destroyed hundreds of mosques and Muslim shrines across Xinjiang. The museum in Kashgar barely mentions Islam, save for signs claiming that it was forced on Xinjiang and that the Uyghurs "are not Muslim by nature".
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Uyghur activists convicted, sent to prison for their association with Wash
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Kashgar, a reporter working for VOA, claimed that he learned in May that his former colleagues Mirkamil Ahmed, Semet Ababekri, Abdukadir Rozi, Mehmut Abdukeyum and Akber Osman were convicted. Each of his accomplices was sentenced to at least seven years in prison.
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Uyghur hatmaker, wife confirmed dead while serving sentence in Xinjiang: R
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Haji'ahun and his wife Mehpiremhan, natives of Maralbeshi county in Kashgar prefecture, were each given a 10-year term in Tumshuq Prison in 2019 for engaging in "illegal" religious activities, sources quoted by RFA said.
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Belgium Uyghur Association commemorates Baren revolution in Brussels
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The participants in the candlelight vigil displayed posters describing the Baren revolution that started as a peaceful protest on April 5, 1990, by the villagers in Baren township near Kashgar against the continued Chinese policy of forced assimilation and population control etc.
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Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Reli
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously elected chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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China razes iconic Grand Bazaar in the city of oasis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kashgar (Xinjiang) [China], May 8 (ANI): Chinese authorities have razed down the iconic Grand Bazaar in Xinjiang's Kashgar region, a media report said on Sunday.
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5.0 magnitude quake hits Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], September 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Yecheng County of Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:52 a.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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