Uyghur

Experts raise alarm as China expected to triple illegal organ harvesting of detained Uyghurs

Uyghur organizations have continued to campaign for answers on where missing community leaders are.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Turkish capital, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 26, 2023.
Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army, including Uyghurs from China

Syrian officials said that under the plan, some 3,500 foreign fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and neighboring countries, would join a newly formed unit.

|ByREUTERS
Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

Authoritarian regimes often enforce strict clothing laws to assert their dominance over their citizens' physical and ideological autonomy.

|ByALEX WINSTON
A man from China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group. A recent interfaith panel took place in New York looking at the human rights violations against the Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

New York conference discusses crimes against Uyghur Muslims

The Chinese government’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang – billed as a security measure – was declared a genocide by the United States in 2021.

|ByLEON KRAIEM

US adds 11 companies to blacklist over China's treatment of Uighurs

Blacklisted firms cannot buy components from US companies without US government approval.

JULY 21, 2020ByREUTERS
An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul

UK Muslim activist praises Jewish community for speaking out for Uighurs

Many activists from the Jewish community have attempted to raise awareness of the crisis faced by the Uighurs.

JULY 20, 2020ByAARON REICH
A Chinese Uyghur Muslim participates in an anti-China protest during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019

Arab states give China a pass on Uyghur crackdown

Middle East leaders calculate that defending Muslim minority is not worth risk of losing Chinese assistance.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019ByHAISAM HASSANEIN
A Chinese Uyghur Muslim participates in an anti-China protest during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019

Turkey’s rebuke of China’s Uyghur policy reveals limits of cooperation

As long as the collision between China’s agenda in Xinjiang and Pan-Turkic solidarity forms an inherent limit to Sino-Turkish cooperation, Turkey will shy away from China's Belt-and-Road initiative.

FEBRUARY 22, 2019ByMICHAEL TANCHUM
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani (not seen) after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2018