Q&A With Student of Imprisoned Linguist Abduweli Ayup

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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…

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Schools in East Turkestan Suppress Doppa Festival

May 16, 2014 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project Listen: UHRP interviews a Uyghur student about suppression of the Doppa festival May 5, 2014 marked the fifth celebration of the annual Doppa festival, a day to celebrate Uyghur culture on which Uyghurs wear their doppa, a four-cornered hat that is an essential part of Uyghurs’ traditional…

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UHRP Oral History Project – Spotlight on the Ghulja Massacre

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February 12, 2014 Greg Fay, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project The Uyghur American Association (UAA) organized a demonstration in front of China’s embassy in Washington, DC on February 5, 2014 to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre. At the event, the Uyghur Human Rights Project conducted an interview with Ilyar Shamseden, originally of…

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UHRP Oral History Project — Interview with Kudrat Emin

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March 28, 2013 The Uyghur Human Rights Project’s oral history project, launched in 2012, is a video series of short, documentary-style recordings of the stories of Uyghurs in exile and the circumstances of their flight from China. The project’s goal is to present viewers with human rights abuses in East Turkestan through the stories of…

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