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Thailand says China wants five detained Uyghurs arrested
Thailand’s security chief said Wednesday that five Uyghur men detained since 2014 are subject to Chinese arrest warrants, AFP reported. A Thai court will decide whether to extradite them to China, where rights groups warn they could face torture.
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RFA Confirms Rahile Omer, Imprisoned at 14, Dies in Prison at 23
Rahile Omer, a Uyghur woman from Konasheher, Kashgar, was 14 when authorities imprisoned her in 2017. She died at 23 in a prison in Peyzivat county, local officials told Radio Free Asia.
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RFA Confirms Rahile Omer, Imprisoned at 14, Dies in Prison at 23
Rahile Omer, a Uyghur woman from Konasheher, Kashgar, was 14 when authorities imprisoned her in 2017. She died at 23 in a prison in Peyzivat county, local officials told Radio Free Asia.
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“Speaking Uyghur Could Lead to Beatings and Electric Shocks”: Former Chinese Prisoner Exposes Conditions Inside Chinese Prisons
A Han Chinese man who recently fled China to Germany has provided a disturbing account of the treatment of Uyghur prisoners in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, alleging that speaking the Uyghur language is severely restricted, prisoners are subjected to physical punishment and electric shocks, and thousands of Uyghurs remain imprisoned or confined in detention facilities.
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Thailand says China wants five detained Uyghurs arrested
Thailand’s security chief said Wednesday that five Uyghur men detained since 2014 are subject to Chinese arrest warrants, AFP reported. A Thai court will decide whether to extradite them to China, where rights groups warn they could face torture.
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China Arrests Former Politburo Member and Xinjiang Party Chief Ma Xingrui on Bribery Charges
Chinese prosecutors have filed bribery charges against Ma Xingrui (马兴瑞), who was Communist Party secretary of the Uyghur region from December 2021 to July 2025, Xinhua reported Thursday. The charges say nothing about the mass detention and surveillance system that operated under his watch.
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China Arrests Former Politburo Member and Xinjiang Party Chief Ma Xingrui on Bribery Charges
Chinese prosecutors have filed bribery charges against Ma Xingrui (马兴瑞), who was Communist Party secretary of the Uyghur region from December 2021 to July 2025, Xinhua reported Thursday. The charges say nothing about the mass detention and surveillance system that operated under his watch.
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Hong Kong Court Sentences Joshua Wong to 10 Years in Prison
Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, 30, to 10 years in prison for conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law. Wong, a prominent figure in the 2014 Umbrella Movement and 2019 protests, pleaded guilty to charges linked to calls for international sanctions against China and Hong Kong. Human rights advocates, including Benedict Rogers and Human Rights Watch, condemned the sentence as unjust and excessive.
Thailand’s security chief said Wednesday that five Uyghur men detained since 2014 are subject to Chinese arrest warrants, AFP reported. A Thai court will decide whether to extradite them to China, where rights groups warn they could face torture.
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Opinion: @AbduwelA: Who Is Discomforted by Our Cooperation?
Following the publication of Our Hearts Burn for Our Homeland, co-authored by prominent Chinese American journalist Emily Feng and Uyghur linguist and activist Abduweli Ayup, the book received widespread attention and a largely positive response from readers. It sheds light on one of the most significant and underreported stories of the Uyghur diaspora and the Syrian civil war, highlighting the role Uyghurs played in the events that led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
However, the book's publication also sparked negative reactions and personal attacks against the authors on Uyghur-language social media. In response to these criticisms and accusations, one of the authors, Abduweli Ayup, published the following statement:
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Trabzonspor fans display East Turkistan flag in show of support for Uyghurs
Prof. Dr. Abdulhamit Avşar (ئابدۇلھەمىت ئاۋشار), a Uyghur academic at Istanbul Commerce University and president of the East Turkistan Foundation (Doğu Türkistan Vakfı) in Turkey, responded: "No matter what China does, it will not be able to erase East Turkistan from the heart of the Turkish nation! Thank you, Trabzon…"
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Pardoned — but not yet safe. Two Uyghur refugees pardoned in Thailand on October 21 now sit in immigration detention, facing possible deportation to China. Rights groups say Thailand must not repeat February 2025, when 40 Uyghur men were sent back and never heard from again.
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Uyghur Rights Groups Urge Thailand Not to Deport Two Uyghur Refugees to China, Where They Face Persecution and Possible Death
Uyghur rights organizations, human rights experts, and Thai civil society groups have urged the Thai government not to deport the two men, warning that they face a grave risk of torture, enforced disappearance, and other severe human rights violations if returned to China.
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Editorial: Mao Was a Vicious Dictator. The Uyghurs and Tibetans Paid the Highest Price
Beijing’s own verdict is that Mao made “mistakes.” That word is a cover. A leader who purges critics, starves villages, jails thinkers and seizes other peoples’ homelands is a dictator.
Uyghurs know the cost of that history. The conquest of our homeland began under Mao. The party that still bans the book about the famine is the same party that runs the camps today.
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Catalan Parliament committee weighs resolution condemning China's persecution of Uyghurs
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Uyghur Solidarity Month: Reinvigorating grassroots activism for Uyghur rights
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New Uyghur Restaurant to Open in Palatine, Illinois
A new Uyghur restaurant, Kashgar Uyghur Dining, is seeking approval to open at 139 N. Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, bringing traditional Uyghur cuisine and culinary culture to the local community.
Co-owner Rahila Reshid presented the proposal Tuesday before Palatine’s Planning and Zoning Commission. She said the restaurant, which she operates with her husband, Waris Ablimit, will serve authentic Uyghur cuisine and halal food in a family-friendly environment.
The menu will feature traditional Uyghur dishes, including hand-pulled laghman noodles, polo (pilaf), lamb and chicken kebabs, dumplings, soups, naan, and other specialties.
“We hope we can be a long-term part of this community,” Reshid said.
Source: Daily Herald, reporting by Steve Zalusky
Photo: Colin Boyle.
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