Uyghur Collective
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I wouldn’t tell anyone if I won the lottery, but there will be signs
June 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I wouldn’t tell anyone if I won the lottery, but there will be signs
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What's been happening in the Uyghur region? it's still dire: 500k-1m detained in prisons and new kanshousuo; assimilating institutionalization of non-Han young, old in boarding schools, nursing homes while working age non-Han pushed to distant forced labor. New report: www.ushmm.org/genocide-pre...
Eight Years On, China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The report seeks to improve our collective understanding of China’s ongoing repressive policies in the predominantly Uyghur province of Xinjiang in western China. It finds that, given the available in...
www.ushmm.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What's been happening in the Uyghur region? it's still dire: 500k-1m detained in prisons and new kanshousuo; assimilating institutionalization of non-Han young, old in boarding schools, nursing homes while working age non-Han pushed to distant forced labor. New report: www.ushmm.org/genocide-pre...
Ramadan Kareem! Freedom for East Turkistan!
March 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ramadan Kareem! Freedom for East Turkistan!
Hey bro let’s go eat kawap
February 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hey bro let’s go eat kawap
Faizabad [Peyziwat], market square. 1906
“Faizabad or Peyziwat, is located about 60 km from Kashgar, almost directly east of a point that would be located between Kashgar and Yangisar. The mission reached there on October 18 and remained there again the next day.”
“Faizabad or Peyziwat, is located about 60 km from Kashgar, almost directly east of a point that would be located between Kashgar and Yangisar. The mission reached there on October 18 and remained there again the next day.”
February 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Faizabad [Peyziwat], market square. 1906
“Faizabad or Peyziwat, is located about 60 km from Kashgar, almost directly east of a point that would be located between Kashgar and Yangisar. The mission reached there on October 18 and remained there again the next day.”
“Faizabad or Peyziwat, is located about 60 km from Kashgar, almost directly east of a point that would be located between Kashgar and Yangisar. The mission reached there on October 18 and remained there again the next day.”
“Between Kashgar and Tumushuq, Qoch-tim [Qoch Tim], falconer on the tim [in the foreground, the Cossack Bokov]” 1906
“The mission left Topa Shahr at about eleven o’clock in the morning and took more than an hour to reach the other Tim indicated by the informants,
“The mission left Topa Shahr at about eleven o’clock in the morning and took more than an hour to reach the other Tim indicated by the informants,
February 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Between Kashgar and Tumushuq, Qoch-tim [Qoch Tim], falconer on the tim [in the foreground, the Cossack Bokov]” 1906
“The mission left Topa Shahr at about eleven o’clock in the morning and took more than an hour to reach the other Tim indicated by the informants,
“The mission left Topa Shahr at about eleven o’clock in the morning and took more than an hour to reach the other Tim indicated by the informants,
Felt like subtitling this song :)
February 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Felt like subtitling this song :)
A title deed from Yarkhand [Qaghiliq]. April 12, 1907. I like that it starts with Bismillah 😅
February 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A title deed from Yarkhand [Qaghiliq]. April 12, 1907. I like that it starts with Bismillah 😅
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I shared some thoughts about developing methods for digital/remote ethnography at a time when few have access to regions such as the Uyghur homeland and Tibet. open.spotify.com/episode/4MXW...
Digital ethnography of the Uyghur region
The Remote Chay Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I shared some thoughts about developing methods for digital/remote ethnography at a time when few have access to regions such as the Uyghur homeland and Tibet. open.spotify.com/episode/4MXW...
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The Ghulja Massacre of 1997 and the Face of Uyghur Genocide Today
28 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.
thediplomat.com/2021/02/the-...
28 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.
thediplomat.com/2021/02/the-...
The Ghulja Massacre of 1997 and the Face of Uyghur Genocide Today
24 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.
thediplomat.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Ghulja Massacre of 1997 and the Face of Uyghur Genocide Today
28 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.
thediplomat.com/2021/02/the-...
28 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Uyghur protesters changed one family’s lives forever. Incredibly, things have only gotten worse for the Uyghurs since then.
thediplomat.com/2021/02/the-...
Stamps from the East Turkistan Republic which seem to feature industrial photos, late 1940s
January 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stamps from the East Turkistan Republic which seem to feature industrial photos, late 1940s
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Today marks ~7 years since the death of Muhemmed Salih (shahit.biz/eng/256/), a famous religious scholar who was detained in December 2017, despite being over 80 years old.
He died at the No. 1 detention center in Urumqi a month later.
He died at the No. 1 detention center in Urumqi a month later.
Entry 256: Muhemmed Salih
Muhemmed Salih (often "Muhemmed Salih Hajim") has been described as one of the most respected and influential Uyghur religious scholars. He is credited with the being the first scholar to translate th...
shahit.biz
January 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Today marks ~7 years since the death of Muhemmed Salih (shahit.biz/eng/256/), a famous religious scholar who was detained in December 2017, despite being over 80 years old.
He died at the No. 1 detention center in Urumqi a month later.
He died at the No. 1 detention center in Urumqi a month later.
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There are over 1350 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences).
Name: Iminjan Israyil
Age: 62
Status: serving a 19-year, 11-month sentence (Bingtuan Urumqi Prison) for studying Quran in 1980s and having a beard
shahit.biz/eng/36584/
Name: Iminjan Israyil
Age: 62
Status: serving a 19-year, 11-month sentence (Bingtuan Urumqi Prison) for studying Quran in 1980s and having a beard
shahit.biz/eng/36584/
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are over 1350 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences).
Name: Iminjan Israyil
Age: 62
Status: serving a 19-year, 11-month sentence (Bingtuan Urumqi Prison) for studying Quran in 1980s and having a beard
shahit.biz/eng/36584/
Name: Iminjan Israyil
Age: 62
Status: serving a 19-year, 11-month sentence (Bingtuan Urumqi Prison) for studying Quran in 1980s and having a beard
shahit.biz/eng/36584/
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Ekhmetjan Osman is one of the most influential figures in modern #Uyghur poetry. In this unforgettable poem, he pays tribute to those who influenced him.
Thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social for publishing my translation!
granta.com/ancestors/
Thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social for publishing my translation!
granta.com/ancestors/
Ancestors | Ekhmetjan Osman | Granta
‘A cold star breeze, you pass through my eyelashes.’ A poem by Ekhmetjan Osman translated by Joshua L. Freeman.
granta.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ekhmetjan Osman is one of the most influential figures in modern #Uyghur poetry. In this unforgettable poem, he pays tribute to those who influenced him.
Thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social for publishing my translation!
granta.com/ancestors/
Thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social for publishing my translation!
granta.com/ancestors/
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Documentary about forceful fleeing of Uyghurs and Kazakhs from East Turkistan after China's occupation of East Turkistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4I...
Türk Dünyasında Sürgün ve Göç (6. Bölüm Doğu Türkistan)
YouTube video by TRT Avaz
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Documentary about forceful fleeing of Uyghurs and Kazakhs from East Turkistan after China's occupation of East Turkistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4I...
According to the website this is a tax receipt of a farmer tilling the field from the East Turkistan Republic, 1948. But the words say "Ajizlarni qamdash we milliy sana'itimizge yardemlishish üchün keng dairilik ötküzülidighan bexit sinash béliti". So maybe a raffle ticket?
January 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
According to the website this is a tax receipt of a farmer tilling the field from the East Turkistan Republic, 1948. But the words say "Ajizlarni qamdash we milliy sana'itimizge yardemlishish üchün keng dairilik ötküzülidighan bexit sinash béliti". So maybe a raffle ticket?
Ancestors
Ekhmetjan Osman
Translated by Joshua L. Freeman
“And I
sit drowsing in your lonely desert,
like your wounded camel.”
Published: granta.com/ancestors/
Ekhmetjan Osman
Translated by Joshua L. Freeman
“And I
sit drowsing in your lonely desert,
like your wounded camel.”
Published: granta.com/ancestors/
January 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ancestors
Ekhmetjan Osman
Translated by Joshua L. Freeman
“And I
sit drowsing in your lonely desert,
like your wounded camel.”
Published: granta.com/ancestors/
Ekhmetjan Osman
Translated by Joshua L. Freeman
“And I
sit drowsing in your lonely desert,
like your wounded camel.”
Published: granta.com/ancestors/
Decolonial Documentation: a 3-day event featuring Uyghur and Kazakh films on the themes of homeland, belonging, and survival
Dates: Feb 5 - Feb 7, 2025
Location: Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/decolonial...
Dates: Feb 5 - Feb 7, 2025
Location: Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/decolonial...
January 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Decolonial Documentation: a 3-day event featuring Uyghur and Kazakh films on the themes of homeland, belonging, and survival
Dates: Feb 5 - Feb 7, 2025
Location: Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/decolonial...
Dates: Feb 5 - Feb 7, 2025
Location: Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/decolonial...
Uyghur handcrafts
PC: uyghur.culture
PC: uyghur.culture
January 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Uyghur handcrafts
PC: uyghur.culture
PC: uyghur.culture
Explaining something about a new airplane being built in Germany. From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
PC: Harvard
January 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Explaining something about a new airplane being built in Germany. From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
PC: Harvard
Solidarity with Aboriginal people. Always was always will be ✊🏼✊🏼
January 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Solidarity with Aboriginal people. Always was always will be ✊🏼✊🏼
Photos about farmers working, and one about how childcare is available for women so that they can work, from a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
PC: Harvard
January 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Photos about farmers working, and one about how childcare is available for women so that they can work, from a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
PC: Harvard
I can’t make out where this car was made but it’s a 7-seater and can go up to speeds of 170 km/h
From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
January 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can’t make out where this car was made but it’s a 7-seater and can go up to speeds of 170 km/h
From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
From a communist propaganda newspaper titled “Shinjang Dixanliri” (Xinjiang Farmers), 1958
PC: Harvard
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#China gov detained #IlhamTohti 11 years ago, then sentenced him to life-in-jail on "splitting the country" or separatism charges, after he devoted his career life as a professor in economics to bridge #Uyghur-Han cultural, economic & other divides, promoting equal respect & treatment.
十一年前的今天，维吾尔学者 #伊力哈木·土赫提 被刑拘。https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/1019
他倡导民族间的理解与对话，却被以 #分裂国家罪 被判处无期徒刑！
#FreeIlhamTohti
他倡导民族间的理解与对话，却被以 #分裂国家罪 被判处无期徒刑！
#FreeIlhamTohti
January 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#China gov detained #IlhamTohti 11 years ago, then sentenced him to life-in-jail on "splitting the country" or separatism charges, after he devoted his career life as a professor in economics to bridge #Uyghur-Han cultural, economic & other divides, promoting equal respect & treatment.
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Please sign this academic letter for the 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand. Researchers like @drdavidtobin.bsky.social and @nyrolaelima.bsky.social have outlined these risks for years.
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Urgent Researcher Statement on the Status of Uyghur Asylum Seekers in Thailand
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Office of the Prime Minister, Royal Thai Government
Government House
1 Phitsanulok Road
Dusit District, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampo...
forms.gle
January 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please sign this academic letter for the 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand. Researchers like @drdavidtobin.bsky.social and @nyrolaelima.bsky.social have outlined these risks for years.
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...