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Official account of Turkistan Times. Providing the latest and objective news about Uyghurs and East Turkistan.

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Prominent Turkish journalist Taha Kılınç made a secret visit to East Turkistan, documenting the harsh realities faced by Uyghurs in his new book “In the Footsteps of a Lost Geography – An East Turkistan Travelogue.” https://t.co/6zJCJIZzgS

#UyghurGenocide #TahaKılınç #DoğuT

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Under this framework, Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian, and other non-Han identities are permitted to exist only insofar as they are absorbed into a single, Party-defined Chinese nation. https://t.co/W5ZSFx9XjD

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It is a legislative instrument of forced assimilation, one that explicitly conflates the Chinese nation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and demands that ethnic groups abandon their distinct identities in favour of loyalty to the Party, the Han-defined “motherland,”

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The title of the new law, which came into force on July 1, 2026, invokes unity and progress, but it is just another form of crackdown. https://t.co/N4yS2KdRKL

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Dolkun Isa, president of the Uyghur Center for Democracy, made the remarks during the 19th session of the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva, https://t.co/QmZ8a9kAjN

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The 20th Anniversary of the East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association and the 18th World East Turkistan Brotherhood Gathering have officially commenced in Istanbul, drawing broad participation from the East Turkistani diaspora worldwide. https://t.co/lI2F8EudTz

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She shares with us her experience growing up in East Turkestan, or as China calls it "Xinjiang Province," how she went from a host working for CHinese state media to a reporter for Radio Free Asia, https://t.co/lfw6keL5iv

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Despite the gravity of these crimes, the Uyghur genocide is gradually fading from the international spotlight. Against this backdrop, the 3rd International Uyghur Forum was convened in Berlin from June 11 to 13, 2026. https://t.co/jHU2urX92t

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Justice For All’s Save Uyghur Campaign Condemns Exploitation of American Children in CCP Propaganda Tour of Occupied East Turkistan https://t.co/Ea4TldgDVA

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By legally institutionalising the assimilation of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other minorities, Beijing aims to replace distinct cultural, linguistic and religious identities with a singular, state-defined consciousness loyal to the Communist Party.

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What Lobga Rangzen’s Self-Immolation in New York Tells the #Uyghurs https://t.co/zyJ8iaXZk3

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Press release: WUC Condemns Dutch Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma’s Failure to Address Uyghur Forced Labour During China Visit
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China faces growing European backlash over ethnic unity law targeting TibetansRead more At: https://t.co/yx1J4rRVrd

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China’s new ethnic unity law institutionalises assimilation, threatening minority identities while drawing international criticism over rights, culture, and transnational repression https://t.co/hq7z9Juzhb

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#Uyghur groups like the Australian Uyghur Association describe the #Ürümqi riots as a “massacre”, in reference to the arrests and non-transparent trials of hundreds of accused rioters following the incident.

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In September 2022, the UN Human Rights Office said in a long-delayed report that China’s detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang may amount to “crimes against humanity”. https://t.co/3in5p0fuVT

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Australia’s door is still open to goods made with Uyghur forced labour | Elijah Pockell-Wilson | https://t.co/f4uxa9tYoo via @aspi_org

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The groups issued a joint statement calling the law "legislation designed to justify the Chinese Communist Party's assimilation policies," warning that it "provides legal grounds for cross-border repression and threatens freedom of speech and expression in democratic societies."

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Representatives of Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, and Hong Kong organizations held a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, protesting China's newly enacted Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,

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