Ruth Ingram is the pseudonym of a researcher who has lived and traveled in the Central Asian region for a couple of decades, with a particular interest in the Xinjiang area. She writes under a pen name to protect her sources.
Ablimit Abliz, a dentist in Ürümqi, has not been accused of any crime, but the government won’t let him leave or speak freely to his wife, Adalet Sabit, who lives in Virginia. Their case is far from unique.
Mamatjan Juma is the deputy director of the Uyghur Service of Radio Free Asia. He is also an accomplished painter.
Della Miles starred in Michael Jackson’s “Sisterella” and sang backup for Whitney Houston. Now she hopes the song “East Turkistan” will stir listeners to action.
Is an Istanbul bookstore guilty of copyright infringement or cultural preservation?
Addiction, homelessness, and low self-esteem plague Turkic Muslim youth cast adrift, far from the financial and emotional support of families locked down in China since 2016. The China Project spoke to older Uyghur exiles dedicated to making positive change.
On July 5, 2009, peaceful protests in Urumqi sought justice for Uyghurs murdered at a southern China toy factory. Three eyewitnesses recall the violence that erupted.
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands release and reparations for Uyghurs jailed by Beijing illegally, for no crime.
In Xinjiang, grandparents in their sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties are forced to learn Chinese and subjected to endless Communist Party propaganda in an ongoing campaign to wipe out Uyghur culture.
The precarious life of a Uyghur family in exile.