Rebiya Kadeer at the Oslo Freedom Forum

Ms. Kadeer was invited to give the keynote address at the 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum. The Oslo Freedom Forum is a gathering of human rights activists from all over the world. This year’s Forum hosted individuals from more than 40 countries. The focus was multi-faceted, focusing on The Human Network, In the Face of Evil, [...]

Uyghur Blog Gets Interviewed

Recently, the Uyghur Blog was contacted by a Brazilian Master’s student in France who is researching Uyghur political mobilization worldwide. We feel that the questions raised were important, so we thought we would share the conversation. Hope you enjoy!

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Questions to Erland – Uyghur Blog

1. Since when and how did you get involved with Uyghur human rights issues? Do [...]

“We Need One Voice”

China has vowed a “strike hard” campaign that will root out lawlessness and solve the public security issues in Xinjiang. The People’s Daily was quoted as saying, “From the start of November, public security bodies in Xinjiang will… start a thorough ‘strike hard and punish’ campaign to further consolidate the fruits of maintaining stability and [...]

Victories and Defeats

Australia is still abuzz from the discussion and controversy that followed the screening of The 10 Conditions of Love at the Melbourne Film Festival. The film is a documentary about the life of Rebiya Kadeer. Before even showing it, Taiwan is experiencing the same exact phenomenon, which seems to occur whenever someone whispers Tibet or [...]