From Uzbek disco to Uighur rock: Forgotten sounds of the Silk Road | Music
On an early morning car ride from Tashkent to Samarkand after a performance in 1983, the Uzbek pop singer Nasiba Abdullaeva tuned in to an…
China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names | Uighur News
Rights groups’ analysis of official data from 2009-2023 shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way. China has “systematically” changed…
Carmakers at risk of using Uighur forced labour in China, HRW says | Automotive Industry
Taipei, Taiwan – Top carmakers, including General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla and BYD are at a high risk of using aluminium produced by forced labour…
China targets friendly media, diplomats to ‘tell story of Xinjiang’ | Uighur News
Albanian-Canadian historian and journalist Olsi Jazexhi believed in early 2019 that reports about human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of Western…
‘Cruel tragedy’: Uighur scholar sentenced to life in prison in China | Uighur News
Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in a secret trial, US-based foundation says. A prominent Uighur scholar specialising in the study…
Canada probes Walmart, Hugo Boss, Diesel over Uighur forced labour claims | Labour Rights
Canadian watchdog announces probe after finding companies unwilling to participate in preliminary assessment. Canada’s corporate watchdog will probe Walmart, Hugo Boss and clothing brand Diesel…
US blacklists two Chinese firms over Uighur forced labour accusations | Business and Economy News
US says sanctions aim to ‘promote accountability for ongoing genocide, crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang. The United States has sanctioned two Chinese firms over…
Canada probes Nike, Dynasty Gold on forced Uighur labour in China | Uighur News
Nike Canada and Dynasty Gold are alleged to have or have had supply chains or operations in China using forced labour. Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog…
US bans imports from China-based Ninestar Corp over Uighurs | Uighur News
More than a million people, mainly Uighurs and Muslim minorities, are detained in camps in China’s western Xinjiang region, experts have said. The United States…
Uighur refugee dies after nine years in detention in Thailand | Uighur News
Mattohti Mattursun was one of 350 Uighur refugees, including children, who were detained in March 2014. An ethnic Uighur man who was detained by Thailand…
Risk of ‘tragic miscalculation’ in China’s military secrecy: UK | Politics News
Foreign Minister James Cleverly also warns on Taiwan, Xinjiang but says countries must work with China to address the world’s most pressing problems. The United…
Dissidents urge Western action as China targets critics overseas | Human Rights News
A hotel in Stockholm, an estate agent’s office in London and a space above a noodle shop in New York City’s Manhattan might seem like…
Key issues and players: Xi’s next 5 years as China’s president | Conflict News
EXPLAINERChina’s Xi Jinping faces severe economic challenges and growing tension with the United States as his third term begins. Chinese leader Xi Jinping was handed…