Voices from the Diaspora – Central Asia Program

Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown

23 March, 2018

Separated Souls: Uighur journalist’s unbreakable resolve to help her detained family Source: Amnesty International Gulchehra Hoja still remembers the first time her daughter, then three years old, met her grandparents.…

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The Plot Behind China’s Suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

8 January, 2018

Author: Annie Wu Source: Epoch Times Article: UK Uighur Association representative and former medical surgeon Enver Tohti recently sat down with The Epoch Times to break down misconceptions about protests…

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AP Exclusive: China’s Uyghurs Work to Fend Pull of Jihad

8 January, 2018

Author: Gerry Shih, Associated Press Source: ABC News Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up about…

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‘They Don’t Know Us’: At Sama Uyghur Cuisine, Three Immigrants Recreate Their Native Food

8 January, 2018

Author: Mellissa Hung Source: San Francisco Chronicle When Pattar Dilmurat left Dubai, where he lived for five years selling fragrances and makeup, he told his wife he would be…

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Resistance to State-Orchestrated Modernization in Xinjiang: The Genesis of Unrest in the Multiethnic Frontier

25 December, 2017

Author: Hasan H. Karrar, Lahore University of Management Sciences Source: Sage Journals This article seeks to explain periodic unrest in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the years immediately…

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German Award for Ilham Tohti Sheds Light on China’s Uighur Abuse

12 December, 2017

Author: Hans Spross Source: Deutsche Welle Imprisoned Uighur rights activist Ilham Tohti has won the 2017 Weimar Human Rights award. Ulrich Delius from the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) spoke…