Day: October 23, 2022

China Lashes Out at U.S.’s Action Against Mass Incarcerations

NYT(2020):China Lashes Out at U.S.’s Action Against Mass IncarcerationsNYT(2020):China Lashes Out at U.S.’s Action Against Mass Incarcerations

Read the full article; “Tahir Imin, a Uighur activist in the United States, said that Mr. Trump had put his presidency and re-election hopes above human rights issues. Still, he said that it was possible that Mr. Trump’s views had evolved and that Mr. Trump’s signing of the legislation outweighed

Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps

NYT(2019):Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From CampsNYT(2019):Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps

Read the article; Tahir Imin, a Uighur activist based in Washington, said, “Uighurs abroad continue to be unable to reach their relatives in the region. No phone calls, no internet communications.” Xinjiang is home to more than 11 million Uighurs, more than the Pentagon’s estimate, and their treatment under President

In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China’s Crackdown on Uighurs

NYT(2019):In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China’s Crackdown on UighursNYT(2019):In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China’s Crackdown on Uighurs

Read The full text “Tahir Imin was studying abroad in 2017 when the crackdown reached his family after he spoke out about the conditions in Xinjiang. Since then, his brother and mother have been imprisoned and his family business has been confiscated. On Friday, Mr. Imin, 38, held a sign

Turkey Urges China to End Mass Detention of Muslims

NYT(2019):Turkey Urges China to End Mass Detention of MuslimsNYT(2019):Turkey Urges China to End Mass Detention of Muslims

Read the Full article   ““Many of us have criticized the Turkish government for its stance on the subject, but today many Uighurs expressed their happiness and joy thanks to the Turkish authorities,” Tahir Imin, a Uighur academic and activist, said by telephone from Washington. “This is very encouraging for

He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims.

NYT:He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims.NYT:He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims.

Read the full article’ “Tahir Imin, a Uighur activist in Washington, said four relatives of his worked as police officers in Xinjiang only because there were few good jobs for Uighurs. “There are big problems between Uighur police and ordinary people,” he said. “People hate them and consider them as

Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses

AP(2021):Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abusesAP(2021):Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses

Read the full article “Tahir Imin, a Uyghur activist who fled China in 2017, said the videos are almost certainly state-orchestrated and coerced, given that information in Xinjiang is heavily censored. “People don’t know who Pompeo is or what he’s saying,” Imin said. “How would they know what Mike Pompeo

'This is real': Holocaust survivor shares story on Clubhouse to help combat hate

Tahir and Holocaust survivor at same platform: From NBCnewsTahir and Holocaust survivor at same platform: From NBCnews

Read the full news ‘This is real’: Holocaust survivor shares story on Clubhouse to help combat hate “Also joining Steigmann in one of his rooms was Tahir Imin Uighurian, a political science scholar and Uyghur activist who has said he was jailed by the Chinese government for political reasons and whose family

Star Scholar Disappears as Crackdown Engulfs Western China

NYT:Star Scholar Disappears as Crackdown Engulfs Western ChinaNYT:Star Scholar Disappears as Crackdown Engulfs Western China

Read The Full Article  ” “The Chinese government, after arresting Uighur government officials, Uighur rich people, they’ve begun to arrest Uighur intellectuals,” Tahir Imin, a former student of Professor Dawut, said from Washington, where he lives. “Right now I can tell you more than 20 names, all prominent Uighur intellectuals.”

As genocide designation becomes a political football, Uyghur activists push for action

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Read the full article; “What’s not clear is just how Biden plans to pressure Beijing. “The Biden administration has maintained the genocide designation and the (Trump administration’s) sanctions on products produced by Uyghur forced labor,” says Tahir Imin, a Uyghur activist, “but we haven’t seen concrete new steps to address

Pakistan criticises China over treatment of ethnic Muslims