Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked ...

China's Xinjiang crackdown shifts focus from camps to identity, language, and religion. Despite claims of re-education ...

All Abduweli Ayup wanted to do was start a school. He's a Uyghur linguist who specializes in Turkic languages. After years of studying abroad, he returned to his native China in 2011 and started ...

Minority languages in China are increasingly under threat. Over the past week, the language learning app Talkmate and the online video streaming site Bilibili appeared to remove Tibetan and Uyghur ...

Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

The latest weekly brief from the World Uyghur Congress highlighted several key developments concerning the Uyghur community and ongoing concerns about China's policies in East Turkistan. First, the ...