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Rahile Dawut

July 22, 2021

In September 2018, CCS reported on the case of a missing Uyghur Professor of Anthropology Rahile Dawut who had created and directed the Xinjiang University's Minorities Folklore Research Center. She was one of the first prominent Uyghurs who disappeared on her way to a conference in Beijing in 2017.  Akida Polat, Rahile’s daughter, never saw or spoke to her mother again. According to Akida, last ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Rahile Dawut, uyghur

China Arresting Many Professional Uyghurs In Attempt to Eradicate Their Culture

February 6, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Ekpar Asat, Gulshan Abbas, Human Rights, uyghur

Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom

September 1, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Iminjan, Professor, Samira Imin, Seydin, uyghur, Xinjiang

Uyghur Scholar Sentenced to 20 Years After Obtaining Master’s Degree

August 31, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Ankara Gazi, Aygul, Eli, University of Nanjing, uyghur

The Situation for the Uyghur Population in Xinjiang Deteriorates and Becomes More Dangerous Daily

November 30, 2019

China is in the process of spying on and detaining its Uyghur population in an attempt to wipe out all groups that are not traditional Hans Chinese. This creates a situation that is very dangerous for the Uyghur population, many of whom get snatched off the street for no reason and detained in what the Chinese have named “Re-Education Camps.” In these camps people are forced to eat food that is ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, uyghur, Uyghur people, Xinjiang

European Union Awards Sakharov Prize to Uyghur Economist Ilham Tohti

November 11, 2019

Ilham Tohti

On October 24, 2019 the European Union awarded its highest human rights award to Ilham Tohti - The 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Tohti advocated greater autonomy for the Uyghurs of Xinjiang and was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 on “separatism” charges. The President of the European Parliament noted that since 2017 over 1 million Uyghurs have been detained in internment camps ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: economist, Ilham, Ilham Tohti, Sakharov Prize, Tohti, uyghur

Parents in Re-Education Camps – Children in Orphanages

July 20, 2019

In an attempt to eradicate the Uyghur culture and force them to integrate into the Han population, Chinese authorities are removing parents from their homes and placing them in brainwashing centers called “re-education camps.” While the parents are there the children are placed in orphanages and also “re-educated” so that they will no long practice the culture and religion of their ancestors. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: children, orphanages, re-education camps, uyghur

U.S. Congressmen Have Nominated Economics Professor Ilham Tohti for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

February 3, 2019

Jailed Uighur professor Ilham Tohti

Members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China recommended to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee that the prize for 2019 be awarded to Ilham Tohti, a jailed Uyghur academic for his commitment to peaceful dialogue between members of the Uyghur and Hans Chinese communities. Tohti was sentenced in 2014 to life in prison for "promoting separatism." The lawmakers stated that Tohti knew the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Ilham, Ilham Tohti, Nobel Peace Prize, Tohti, uyghur

Three Literature Professors and A Language Professor From Xinjiang University Sent To Re-Education Camp

January 15, 2019

Four professors from Xinjiang University, all Uyghurs, were arrested and sent to re-education camps. Azat Sultan was formerly the Vice President of that University and has been charged with “being two-faced” and having “separatist tendencies.” CCS has written the President of China asking for release of all Uyghur scholars who have been unjustly detained and subjected to re-education. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Abdukerim Rahman, Arslan Abdulla, Azat Sultan, Gheyretjan Osman, reeducation camps, uyghur

Uyghur Who Is Deputy Head of the Linguistics Department at the Academy of Social Sciences of XinJiang Arrested for Book Translation He Did Five Years Ago

December 20, 2018

Gheyret Abdurahman, a 52-year old Deputy Head of the Linguistics Department at the Academy of Social Sciences of XinJiang was arrested along with other members of that Academy. His arrest is connected to his translation of Mo Yan’s novel The Red Sorghum Clan. Over a dozen staff of the publishing house which published the book were also detained. However, it appears that the real issue is ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Abdurahman, Gheyret, Gheyret Abdurahman, uyghur

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