this is nothing short of a genocide. maybe not necessarily in its direct sense, but a cultural & linguistic one - and I think it's even worse because when the culture & language are wiped out, then ethnicity/nation completely ceases to exist.

https://www.ft.com/content/119d8c3a-e10f-4bf7-a198-90507293054b?syn-25a6b1a6=1 (unpaywalled https://archive.is/Z2er2)

#China #Uyghurs #Uyghur #HumanRights #CCP

on becoming a gun for hire - #Uyghur groups in #Syria

The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why #China worries about them https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g-s1-113270/uyghurs-china-syria-war-fighters- rebels-bashar-al-assad

#ethnicconflict #terrorists #revolutionaries #repression #resistance #wordchoice

RT: @amnestypress 🎂On the 60th birthday of #Uyghur professor Rahile Dawut, we have gathered messages from her friends, colleagues and former students.

Rahile was forcibly disappeared in 2017 and is reportedly serving a life sentence in #China.

Today we remember the many lives she has touched.

US attempts to avoid importing solar panels made with forced labor in China have been only partially successful. Unfortunately, the number of people, typically Muslim Uyghurs, who are forced into one year contracts increased in 2025. #Uyghur #China

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/15/chinas_solar_industry_redesigned_itself_around_us_forced_labor_law_154125.html