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Blogger Sends Refreshingly Thoughtful Reflections and Suggestions to Secretary Zhang

Posted by Porfiriy on May 30, 2010 Politics in Xinjiang § Translations into English

I hope anyone and everyone interested in social justice and ethnic issues in China will take the time to read the letter a Hui individual in Xinjiang has sent to the new Secretary, Zhang Chunxian. [...]

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Oghlaq Tartishish: An Intro to the Sport “Goat Tussle” in Uyghur

Posted by Porfiriy on April 04, 2010

Oghlaq Tartishish, a traditional Central Asian sport which could roughly be rendered into English as “Goat Tussle,” or “Contending over a Goat” and better known by its Persian name, buzkashi, is something you’ll inevitably hear [...]

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China Sets 100% as Target for Bilingual Kindergarten Enrollment among Shule County Kids

Posted by Porfiriy on March 30, 2010

Image by pmorgan I’ve translated a short article published today on Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur service. Bilingual education is one of the most controversial policies of the Xinjiang regional government, and is frequently accused of [...]

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Chinese Consulate Officials Attempt to Block Australia’s Showing of Uighur Film

Posted by Sherin on July 16, 2009 Links § Xinjiang in the News

Chinese consulate officials in Austrailia attempted to have a film withdrawn from Melbourne’s International Film Festival because it focuses on Rebiya Kadeer and her family. The festival’s director refused, and later commented to the media [...]

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Two Uighurs Shot Dead in Urumqi by Chinese Police

Posted by Sherin on July 14, 2009 Links § Xinjiang in the News

Two Uighurs were shot dead by Chinese policemen today in Urumqi, according to the BBC. Another man was injured in the shooting. A spokesmen for the Chinese government claims that the shooting occurred as a [...]

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Turkey, China, and Xinjiang

Posted by Sherin on July 12, 2009 Xinjiang in the News

The Turkish government has offered Rebiya Kadeer the opportunity to visit Turkey, as reported by Today’s Zaman. Given that her two previous attempts to visit Turkey were denied, this unprompted invitation is significant. Moreover, the [...]

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Uighurs in the Media

Posted by Sherin on May 25, 2009 Links § Xinjiang in the News

The Christian Science Monitor is clearly concerned with the rights of Uighurs. Their latest Uighur-related article interviews Abu Bakker Qassim in Tirana, Albania. The piece focuses on his perspective, as a now freed, former Guantánamo [...]

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Hakim Siyit’s Petition Video in Full

Posted by Porfiriy on February 18, 2009

Thanks to a frequent commenter and invaluable contributor who goes by the name “Uyghur,” I now know that Hakim Siyit’s petition video, in which he and many other farmers air their grievances against farming practices [...]

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Adel Hakimjan

Posted by Tewpiq on January 08, 2009

The BBC has just put up a story on Adel Hakimjan, a.k.a. Adel (Adil) Abdul Hakim or Adel Abdulhehim, one of the five Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo initially taken in by Albania. Adel, 34, describes [...]

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Uyghurs Speak Out on Hotel Restrictions

Posted by Porfiriy on October 28, 2008

In my last post on the subject, I stated my belief that the way a people react to civil rights violations is just as important, if not more so, than the violations themselves. In terms [...]

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The Uyghur Civil Rights Movement: No Uyghurs in our Hotel

Posted by Porfiriy on October 20, 2008

Terrorists squirreled away in mountain hideouts, the Uyghur chairman spouting fire and brimstone at the podium, a teenaged, female mujahideen attempting to start a blaze as intense as her own fanatic fervor in an airplane [...]

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