Forty-five years ago, the U.S. silenced Uyghur voices in the name of diplomacy. Today, they are being silenced in the name of austerity. In 1979, the United States shut down Uyghur-language radio ...

All Abduweli Ayup wanted to do was start a school. He's a Uyghur linguist who specializes in Turkic languages. After years of studying abroad, he returned to his native China in 2011 and started ...

In a Q&A with Freedom House, Abdulhakim Idris, head of the Center for Uyghur Studies, discusses his work exposing the Chinese ...

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked ...

After the adoption of China's "Ethnic Unity Law" by the National People's Congress on March 12, authorities have reportedly begun a fresh wave of actions aimed at erasing Uyghur cultural identity, ...