A summary of Uyghur-related news around the world from the past week
Mahmoud Abbas' comments supporting China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities have drawn criticism from lawmakers, rights activists
Mihrigul Tursun was visiting China’s Xinjiang region in 2015 when authorities separated the Uyghur mother from her months-old triplets and detained her. She recalls the harrowing months inside Xinjiang’s notorious detention camps and the pain of losing her son.
A deadly protest in her home city and the jailing of her brother has prompted Zubayra Shamseden to devote her career to publicizing severe rights abuses against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, systematic oppression that China denies takes place. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee has this story.
For decades, Kasim Kashgar has lived in fear: first as a Uyghur living in China's Xinjiang region under Beijing's repressive policies, and later as an exile, acutely aware that speaking out could put his family in China at risk.
A summary of Uyghur-related news around the world
Experts view Arab league's visit to Xinjiang and support for China's policies as 'betrayal’ and ‘Chinese propaganda’
Human rights group says student contacted them saying he never traveled to Chinese city
Abuduwaili Abudureheman traveled from South Korea to Hong Kong on May 10 and has not been heard from since
The complaint, filed on Tuesday, includes allegations of crimes against humanity, aggravated reduction to servitude, genocide and human trafficking
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