Uighur Muslims abroad are refugees fleeing China’s oppression. Don’t send them back under any circumstances

CJ Werleman https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2019/8/15/protect-uighur-muslims-abroad-theyre-refugees-fleeing-chinas-oppression?fbclid=IwAR0osvXqLudv1TecrRnCBVv4Kwssm8VzCit1DBkjTyWv9iBschGro64htjk It’s been more than two years since China demanded all Uighur citizens in China hand their passports to the police, a move that launched the ongoing mass detention of Muslims in Xinjiang. Now, an ever increasing number of Uighurs …

Saving China’s Uighurs: Can Washington Do the Impossible?

Unfortunately America’s desire to redress injustice far outstrips our ability to do so. By DOUG BANDOW • August 15, 2019 https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/saving-chinas-uighurs-can-washington-do-the-impossible/?fbclid=IwAR1g9CQJh6GCGpm6wQ3N9xFENElxYs_Bb16uOU2HD4nRCTKQxzhuIS7d8pA Activists wave the Uighur flag and protest oppression by the Chinese government. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Almost from the nation’s beginning, Americans have sought …

Treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang nothing short of cultural genocide

Ilshat Kokbore  |  Published: 2019-07-31 08:07:00+08:00  |  Modified: 2019-07-31 08:07:51+08:00 https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/486025 LETTER | As the president of the Uyghur American Association, it is my duty to refute the inaccurate claims published by so-called Uyghur intellectuals in a letter in the Global Times on July 19. I stand by US …

US, rights activists challenge Chinese claims of Uighur detainee releases

Date created : 31/07/2019 – 13:16 https://www.france24.com/en/20190731-uighurs-kazakhs-chinese-claims-detainee-releases-muslim-detention-camps?fbclid=IwAR3gx4JOfRaJD2NSMz_Yln5rCUABpiYhS2cmCS09fZWCeMWZNol9S_GebUA Text by:FRANCE 24Follow Most people sent to mass detention centres in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, a senior official from the area said on Tuesday, but the US and rights groups are …

China’s Uighur policy is human rights ‘stain of the century’ – Pompeo

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/chinas-uighur-policy-is-human-rights-stain-of-the-century-pompeo Fri 19 Jul 2019 06.28 BSTLast modified on Fri 19 Jul 2019 10.32 BST Fri 19 Jul 2019 06.28 BSTLast modified on Fri 19 Jul 2019 10.32 BST US secretary of state says mass detentions of Muslim minority is among ‘worst crises of our time’ Associated Press …

US Lawmakers Renew Calls for Sanctions Over Repression of Muslims in Xinjiang

July 9, 2019 Updated: July 10, 2019 https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-lawmakers-renews-calls-for-sanctions-over-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang_2994461.html?fbclid=IwAR3SKGJggwn-VsTIqqrRWNCMf1tKfH7kwk6vQUHjjKWT1Ow-y0xghUotGXM U.S. lawmakers renewed calls for the administration to sanction officials overseeing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the region of Xinjiang in China. Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on July 5 issued a statement urging …

Spare a thought for China’s Muslims this Ramadan

Posted By Sameer Published: May 30, 2019, 1:23 pm IST Updated: May 30, 2019, 1:30 pm IST https://www.siasat.com/news/spare-thought-chinas-muslims-ramadan-1501881/?fbclid=IwAR0Eav4b7eeaU2rrIpii_uKrVGCYfY_s8Af-mPWA9–TJK7bitthKqtjTG4 Xinjiang: Xinjiang has ceased to exist for much of the civilised world. For nearly a century, China has done everything to help the world forget about …

Does ‘Never Again!’ mean anything if we do nothing about China’s concentration camps? | Will Bunch

Updated: May 30, 2019 – 12:49 PM https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/china-concentration-camps-uighur-muslims-holocaust-american-jews-20190530.html?fbclid=IwAR2rRTGnuZmnEGKr-vgkPXeKyyf2Q6GffzphMvThs9E4iS9r1TPQ2KqbQ5g It’s been more than three decades since Gulbahar Mamut and her husband left the remote corner of Earth that her Uighur people call East Turkestan and the ruling Chinese government calls Xinjiang for Southern California, where they attended universities …