Tag: Uighur
In China, a Uighur academic sentenced to life in prison
Uighur academic Rahile Dawut, in Urumqi, in a photo from 2006. LISA ROSS / AP For months, China has been trying to make people believe that the situation has returned…
Xinjiang, Uighur region which must become Chinese like the others
Families having fun in a newly built park, a child revising, book in hand in a quiet street of a “old center” refurbished, a couple, hand in hand in front…
“The ordeal of these Uighur families has suddenly become the nightmare of all Chinese citizens”
Grandstand. A burning building on the night of November 24 in Urumqi (Xinjiang), the capital of the Uighur region, brought Chinese citizens out of a long dystopian night. A barricaded…
Moroccan justice authorizes the extradition of a Uighur to China
Protesters gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London on December 9, 2021. ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP The Moroccan Court of Cassation has approved the extradition of a Chinese, member of…
More than 70 Uighur journalists detained in China, according to Reporters Without Borders
No less than 71 Uighur journalists, professional or not, are in detention in China as part of the repression of this Muslim ethnic group in Xinjiang, in the north-west of…
Hope and Despair of Turkey’s Uighur Diaspora
Selacetin Bura, 14, whose face was covered to protect his privacy, at Oku Uygur boarding school near Istanbul on April 19. NICOLE TUNG FOR “THE WORLD” Selacettin Bura, a 14-year-old…