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An Early Warning Missed: The Uyghur Genocide and the 27th Anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre 

Accountability, justice, and remediation for the massacre have long eluded the victims. Uyghurs have wrestled with a difficult question: Why didn’t...

03.02.2024 20

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Omer Kanat

Remember the Uyghur Genocide on the 75th Anniversary of the 1948 Genocide Convention

The pivot toward engagement with China by stalwart advocates of Uyghur rights like the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom is...

09.12.2023 20

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Omer Kanat

António Guterres Should Act on China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs

It was the image China wanted from its October 2023 Belt and Road Forum: a smiling António Guterres shaking hands with Xi Jinping in front of the...

25.10.2023 50

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US Senators Need to Raise the Uyghur Genocide on Beijing Visit

It has been over two and a half years since the United States determined that China’s treatment of the Uyghurs is an ongoing genocide. Yet U.S....

06.10.2023 10

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Omer Kanat

China’s Unjust Life Sentence for Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut Is a Tragic Loss for Humanity

On September 21, the world learned the grim news that Uyghur anthropologist Dr. Rahile Dawut had been handed a life sentence by Chinese...

27.09.2023 20

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