“Dear Nike, Just Don’t Do It!”: A Transnational Digital Connective Action on the Issue of Forced Uyghur Labor at Nike Sweatshops in China

By Tomiris Mashan Tomiris Mashan is a Master’s student in Comparative Social Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from… Continue reading “Dear Nike, Just Don’t Do It!”: A Transnational Digital Connective Action on the Issue of Forced Uyghur Labor at Nike Sweatshops in China

Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)

Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang February 3, 2021 Virtual discussion hosted by the Central Asia Program at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies… Continue reading Trapped in the System: Experiences of Uyghur Detention in Xinjiang (Video)

Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi

  Author: Darren Byler, University of Washington Source: Central Asian Survey Abstract: Over the past two decades, state-directed Han settlement and capitalist development in the Uyghur homeland in Chinese Central… Continue reading Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi

The Destruction of Ethnic Identity: The Uyghur People Fight for Freedom in the Shadow of Chinese Oppression

  Source: The Liberty Web Enver Can, Founder and President of The Ilham Tohti Initiative (ITI), shares with us his moving, and often heart-breaking, account of the Chinese attempt at… Continue reading The Destruction of Ethnic Identity: The Uyghur People Fight for Freedom in the Shadow of Chinese Oppression

China Gathering Blood, DNA and Iris Scans from Massive Database of Millions in Muslim Province

Author: Christina Zhao Source: Newsweek Chinese police have started gathering blood types, DNA samples, fingerprints and iris scans from millions of people in its Muslim-majority Xinjiang province to build a… Continue reading China Gathering Blood, DNA and Iris Scans from Massive Database of Millions in Muslim Province

Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, and Society

Annual Uyghur Studies Conference Series Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, and Society Second International Conference on Uyghur StudiesHistory, Culture, and SocietyUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB),CERI-Sciences Po, INALCOCentral… Continue reading Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, and Society