Posts Tagged ‘Language Rights’
Omer Kanat Speaks at Uyghur Linguistic Rights Conference in Oslo
March 19, 2018 Omer Kanat, Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, spoke at the conference entitled “Uyghur Linguistic Rights Under Assault: Uyghur Language & Cultural Rights In East Turkestan” held at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on March 16th. He spoke on the main theme of the conference, namely the importance of the…
Read More2017-yillliq Kishiliq Hoquq Kunide, Uyghur Kishilik Hoquqi uchun bir kishilik awazingizni qoshung!
December 8, 2017 “Kishilik hoquq her bir insanning heq hoquqliridur” 2017- Yilliq Kishilik Hoquq kunide , Uyghur Kishilik Hoquq Qurulishi (UHRP) sizning Uyghurlarning kishilik hoquqi uchun des turup, Uyghurlarni qollash toghrisidiki awazingizni Birleshken Doletler Teshkilatining tor betige yollishingizni soraydu. Bu yil Birleshken Doletler Teshkilati,shexislerning, kishilik hoquqni qollaydighanliqini bilduridighan bayanini yollash uchun mexsus bir tobet tesis…
Read MoreZubayra Shamseden Speaks at the Twelfth Annual Interfaith/Interethnic Leadership Conference in Tokyo
November 19, 2017 Zubayra Shamseden, UHRP’s Chinese Outreach Coordinator, attended the Twelfth Annual Interfaith/Interethnic Leadership Conference from November 14th to 17th, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Organized by Initiatives for China, the conference seeks to promote understanding and cooperation among various religious and ethnic groups to help advance democracy and human rights. This year Professor Ilham Tohti was one…
Read MoreQ&A With Student of Imprisoned Linguist Abduweli Ayup
September 16, 2014 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project Listen to the full interview on SoundCloud and find a transcript below. Last month, Uyghur linguist Abduweli Ayup was sentenced to 18 months in prison as a result of his language education work. In this interview, Ayup’s former student Michael describes to UHRP Project Manager…
Read MoreXinhua Uyghur’s Limited Coverage of Leadership Change
November 20, 2012 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project Xi Jinping, the newly selected General Secretary of China’s Communist Party, held his inaugural press conference last week. His speech, promptly translated on Xinhua’s English site, references China’s obligations to ethnic minority citizens repeatedly. Yet Xinhua’s Uyghur service did not provide a translation of the…
Read MoreMy beloved school’s name will be wiped out from East Turkestan history
January 18, 2011 Introduction: In the past two decades, and with increasing intensity since 2002, China has pursued assimilationist policies aimed at eliminating Uyghur as a language of instruction in East Turkestan. Employing the term bilingual education, the Chinese government is, in reality, implementing a monolingual Chinese language education system that undermines the linguistic basis…
Read MoreA Visit to Tongxin Middle School
November 8, 2010 Amy Reger, Researcher, Uyghur Human Rights Project In a recent article published by Phoenix New Media, reporter Qi Rui describes a visitto TongxinMiddleSchool, a schoolcomprised of Uyghur, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Hui students located in an impoverished area of East Turkestan’s Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture.[1] Qi’s visitis part of an exploration into the…
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