The Uyghurs, [note 2] alternatively spelled Uighurs, [24][25][26] Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the titular nationality of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.

2022年5月24日 · China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur population and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang.

2022年9月1日 · China has repeatedly and vehemently denied accusations of human rights abuses in the region, and decried the UN report on Wednesday as “based on the disinformation and lies fabricated by anti-China...

2019年6月9日 · Uyghur，意思是部落联盟。 所以你应该知道答案了. 汉文史料里早期被称为 回纥，后改为 回鹘。 不管是回纥还是回鹘都是部落联盟，也就是9姓，这个名称的来源。 由9个部落组成，后期又加入9个部落，所以叫内9姓和外9姓。 从一开始uyghur就是政权的名字，这个政权的通用语官方语言就被人们称之为 回鹘语。 这个语言不停的发展，变成了现在的维吾尔语。 民族之所以能存在，是因为依附于语言文化之上。 因为一大群人都说着相同的语言，所以就被忽悠相 …

2023年11月16日 · URM aims to increase access to reliable evidence of the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic groups and support efforts to hold perpetrators accountable.

2019年6月19日 · Uyghurs are ethnically Turkic and since as early as 10th century they have been following the moderate form of Sunni Islam which is organically mingled with their local traditions and ancient worldviews [3]. They regard being Muslim as one of the most crucial aspects of Uyghur collective identity [4].

From the late 19th century onward, the scholarly rediscovery of a Uyghur past in Central Asia presented an attractive civilizational narrative to Muslim intellectuals across Eurasia who were interested in forms of “Turkist” racial thinking.

Virtually all Uyghurs are Muslims, and most are oasis farmers, small-time traders, or craftsmen. They constitute the majority population of the Tarim Basin, a region that eventually fell under Chinese rule after the Qing conquest of 1759.

Established in 1998, the Uyghur American Association (UAA) is a non-partisan organization with the chief goals of promoting and preserving Uyghur culture, and supporting the right of Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their own political futures.

Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur Muslims are held captive in concentration camps and subjected to torture such as rape and forced sterilisation, regardless of sex and age. Millions of people are subjected to a genocide by being forced to abandon their religious traditions, cultural practices and local languages.