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China's Mandarin-only schooling in East Turkistan sparks fears of Uyghur l
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a video shared on X, Residents of East Turkistan, including a student, stated that they are increasingly being placed in Mandarin-only schooling systems, where instruction in their mother tongue has been significantly reduced or removed altogether. These measures amount to the systemat
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WUC marks Uyghur language day, commemorates 1988 student protests amid ong
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Director of the Education Committee at World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Abdureshit Niyazkaramay, highlighted the significance of Uyghur Language Day, which was initiated by the WUC in 2015, and marked the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Uyghur Student Protests in Urumchi, according to a stat
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Calls for justice intensify over imprisonment of Uyghur-language website f
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
On the birthday of Ekpar Asat, the founder of the Uyghur-language website Baghdax, his sister Rayhan E Asat, a human rights lawyer, renewed calls for his release, highlighting the continued injustice he faces in Chinese detention camps.
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International outcry grows over imprisoned Uyghur musician's health
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Yashar was convicted on 20 June 2024, for "promoting extremism" and "illegally possessing extremist materials" due to his music and possession of Uyghur-language books.
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Uyghur teacher in China's Xinjiang serving 7-year imprisonment for instruc
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): A Uyghur educator, honoured previously by the government for outstanding works, is serving seven-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang region for violating Chinese policy by instructing students in Uyghur language, said a media report citing one of his former
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China arrests Uyghurs studying in Japan on their return: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): Chinese authorities have arrested numerous Uyghurs in Xinjiang as well as Uyghurs who lived abroad, including those involved in Uyghur-language research in Japan.
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China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): As China continues to refute reports of ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, another revelation has confirmed that Beijing has removed the Uyghur language instruction from educational institutions in the region.
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China's indoctrination of Uyghurs like 'holocaust', next generation will l
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], November 23 (ANI): Uyghurs in China are indoctrinated 24-hours a day in communist ideology and Chinese culture, and the next generation will lose the Uyghur language, said Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur activist, poet and linguist, in an interview with The Post Millennial.
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