No one outside the Chinese government knows where Tashpolat Tiyip is. No one knows exactly what charges have been filed against him. The only thing that anyone really knows is that in April 2017, as the geographer and former president of Xinjiang University in Ürümqi prepared to fly from Beijing to Berlin for a scientific…
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The “bilingual” education system introduced over the past decade in Xinjiang is better characterized as an attempt to transform minority education systems in the region. There have been frightening consequences for Uyghur culture. The “bilingual” education system introduced over the past decade in Xinjiang is better characterized as an attempt to transform minority education systems in the region. There…
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A few days ago, Google Project Zero security researchers detailed a chain of malicious website exploits targeting iPhone users. Now, TechCrunch reports that the Chinese government used these attacks to target Uyghur Muslims.
Tientallen Nederlandse Oeigoeren doen aangifte en klagen de Chinese overheid aan. Ze zijn de intimidaties van Peking meer dan zat en hopen dat hun aangiftes de Nederlandse overheid aanzetten tot actie. Nieuwsuur spreekt met vijf Oeigoeren die aangifte hebben gedaan. Eli Ershat is een van hen. Hij maakt zich grote zorgen over zijn familie die nog in…
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Oeigoerse asielzoekers en statushouders in Nederland en andere Europese landen worden onder druk gezet door de Chinese overheid om niets te doen of zeggen wat als kritiek op China kan worden uitgelegd. Ze krijgen bijvoorbeeld telefoontjes van familieleden in China die duidelijk maken dat hun daden consequenties hebben voor achtergebleven verwanten. Dat zeggen vijf Oeigoeren…
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Beijing’s account of camps contrasts with those of detainees, their families BEIJING — The Chinese government on Tuesday declared its campaign of control and repression in the majority-Muslim region of Xinjiang to be a resounding success, claiming that almost all of those detained in internment camps had been released and were now “living very happy lives.”…
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