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Asim Kashgarian

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Wed, 07/03/2019 - 20:43
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Film Depicts Uighur Diaspora's Struggle to Keep Identity

Filmmaker works as researcher and writer for University of London, while at same time remaining active advocate for Uighur ethnic minority
Aziz Isa Elkun walks with his daughter in London, in "An Unanswered Telephone Call."
Thu, 06/20/2019 - 23:43
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Families of Uighurs Abroad Increasingly Targeted by China

There are an estimated 13 million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities living in the Xinjiang region in northwest China
A paramilitary police officer outside the Belgium embassy in Beijing, June 19, 2019. A Belgian diplomat was to travel to China's Xinjiang region to confirm the whereabouts of a Uighur family escorted from the embassy in Beijing by police last month.
Mon, 06/17/2019 - 21:47
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Analysts: Central Asian States Must Learn From IS-Linked Citizens

Recent attempt by Central Asian states to bring home dozens of their citizens who joined the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria has renewed debate over root causes of extremism in the region
FILE - Two women, center, reportedly wives of Islamic State (IS) group fighters, wait with other women and children at a camp of al-Hol in al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, Feb. 7, 2019.
Fri, 06/14/2019 - 17:17
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Prominent Uighur Writer Dies at Chinese Internment Camp

Tohti, a well-known writer in Xinjiang's Uighur community, was picked up by state authorities last year and taken to the controversial internment camps for 're-education'
Nurmuhammad Tohti, sitting at a scholarly gathering in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, China. (Abduweli Ayup).