The oldest horse saddle ever found (as of 2023) is about 2700 years old, discovered in the tomb of a woman at a cemetery near Turpan. The woman was dressed in a hide coat, woolen pants and short leather boots…
Today, I received this paper certificate for my mother’s honorary award, and I want to extend my deepest gratitude to @SOAS for sending it. Unfortunately, I can’t hand these certificates to my mother Rahile Dawut.
BREAKING ➡️➡️➡️
🇨🇦 Canadian Parliament unanimously passes motion calling on 🏛️ govt to "urgently leverage" refugee resettlement program to expedite entry of 10,000 Uyghurs & other Turkic Muslims in need of protection to Canada.
Congrats to @SameerZuberi!
Ablikim Emet, a well-known Uyghur photographer and caligrapher captured some of the most breathtaking scenes of his homeland- East Turkistan (aka XJUAR). Unfortunately, the CCP & its soldiers occupied this beautiful land. More of his artworks , visit 🔜https://t.co/WtJFap1Qr7
Today marks the 5th anniversary of my mother's imprisonment. My mom made a huge sacrifice for the Uyghur culture in her life. If those 5 years were not taken from her life, she would make even greater achievements for the world.
RFA Uyghur called police stations near the site of the fire in #Urumqi and was given varying death tolls from the blaze. "Nine burned to death. More than a dozen died of suffocation, with a total is around 26," at Ittipaq Road station.
https://t.co/85jwuk6wuv
⚠️My bipartisan Uyghur Policy Act just passed the House!⚠️
I will keep fighting to #StopUyghurGenocide, support freedom around the world, clean up our supply chains & hold authoritarian regimes accountable.
There are over 1200 documented elderly victims who are serving prison terms (potential death sentences): https://t.co/hrvC3Xk8fK
Name: Qadir Abdurehim
Age: 55
Status: serving a 7-year sentence (Changji Prison)
https://t.co/zXQjVTM3vF
Bahargul,#Uyghur,her son & daughter lost their lives in #UrumqiFire.Her last words recorded from #WeChat:“we are extremely lack of oxygen, fire is getting bigger, we can’t go out. I expect nothing at this movement except from sharing my voice, so that more people will be aware.”
Uyghur kids died in the fire in Urumqi 24 November 2022. their names Are Nehide and Imran. Nehide is the girl, Imran is the boy next to her..those kids are from 5 to 14.
A family among the #Urumqifire victims have been identified:
Mother: Kembernisa (48) and her kids Abdurahman, Shehile and Nehile ( 5 ~ 14 years old).
May their souls rest in heaven.
#UyghurGenocide#EastTurkistan#China#Xinjiang
The fire broke out at 19:54, November 24, at the 15th floor of a high-rise residential building in the Jixiangyuan community (吉祥苑小区) in Tianshan (Tengritagh) district, Urumqi. The fire further spread up to the 17th floor, with the smoke going up to the 21st floor.
As people mourn the victims of the Urumqi fire, they also express anger over how the last 100 days of their lives were spent in lockdown.
Read more at: https://t.co/ZeYQHlGVKs
This Uyghur lady is one of those who were trapped inside their houses during the Urumchi fire. She said there was no water when the fire was burning, & she could not go out with her 3 kids bcs door locked from outside. She lost 2 kids to the fire:
One of kids who was died in the fire calling “dada, what am I going to do “. The fire in Urumchi killed ten Uyghurs, three of them are kids, nine seriously wounded, oldest 14, the youngest 5. Their parents locked down one thousand km away from Urumchi because of quarantine.
BREAKING: long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang concludes that "serious human rights violations have been committed".
"Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment ...are credible, as are allegations of individual incidents of sexual... violence."
https://t.co/XeaHR1ehCX