Tag Archives: Uyghur

  • US sanctions highest ranking Chinese official yet over Uyghur rights 9 July 2020 | Daphne Psaledakis, Alexandra Alper and Matt Spetalnick This post has one comment

    The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing. ...

  • US Senate approves bill to pressure China over Uyghur rights 15 May 2020 | Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom This post has no comments yet

    The US Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Uyghur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China. ...

  • Uyghur activist’s fight for East Turkistan 10 July 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    Every weekend Abdurehim Gheni is at the Dam Square in Amsterdam, bringing awareness to the human rights abuses of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (Chinese: Xinjiang) by the Chinese government. ...

  • NS Venkataraman China at the crossroads 23 April 2019 | NS Venkataraman This post has one comment

    China is realizing that economic and trade power has its limits, like Hitler realised that military power has its limits. If China will not alter its aims, it will pay a price before long. ...

  • Turkey calls on China to close internment camps for Muslims 11 February 2019 This post has no comments yet

    Turkey called on China to close its internment camps for Muslims, saying the camps which reportedly hold a million ethnic Uyghur people are a “great shame for humanity”. ...

  • Fourth International Rangzen Conference kicks off in Paris 21 August 2017 | Tenam This post has no comments yet

    The three-day International Rangzen Conference began today in Paris with a one-minute silence for the Tibetan martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the independence of Tibet. ...

  • Uyghur IS fighters vow blood will ‘flow in rivers’ in China 1 March 2017 | Michael Martina This post has 3 comments

    Many rights groups and exiles doubt the existence of a coherent militant group in East Turkistan, and say Uyghur anger at repressive Chinese policies is more to blame for the unrest. ...

  • Ajai Shukla Ajai Shukla: Drama in Dharamshala 9 May 2016 | Ajai Shukla This post has no comments yet

    Cancelling Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa's visa could have been a mutual face-saving exercise for New Delhi and Beijing. ...

  • Masood Azhar issue: India gives permission to Uyghur activists to visit Dalai Lama 21 April 2016 | Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury This post has one comment

    WUC vice-president Omer Kanat and president of Uyghur American Association Ilshat Hassan would visit Dharmashala from April 28 to May 1 to meet The Dalai Lama. ...