Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. #China #Xinjiang #photography

The ancient city of Kashgar, located in southwestern Xinjiang, is the largest complex of raw earth buildings still in use in the world. #China #Xinjiang #Kashgar

The annual autumn nomadic migration is underway in northwest China's Xinjiang. Follow the journey of the herdsmen and their livestock as they traverse snowy mountains and deep canyons in search of a cool autumn bliss. #China #Xinjiang #autumn #migration

Farmers in Naomaohu Town of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have seen a bumper harvest of Hami melons this year. #China #Xinjiang #harvest #melon

#Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Post opens representative office in #Xinjiang Province.
Official say they want to promote e-commerce.
https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-kyrgyz-post-opens-representative-office-in-xinjiang-province

Ezmet Asim runs a BBQ restaurant in China's Xinjiang. He says his business is getting better and better and he plans to expand his business in the future. #China #Xinjiang #BBQ #restaurant #daily #life

Vor einem Jahr gab der #UN-Menschenrechtsrat seinen Bericht zur Menschenrechtslage in #Xinjiang, #China heraus. Seit dem hat sich kaum etwas geändert. Hier eine Auflistung einiger inhaftierter #Uiguren und anderer Minderheiten, normale unbescholtene Bürger*innen...
#XUAR
https://xinjiang.amnesty.org/#cases

#Cina: continuano i crimini contro l’umanità verso uiguri e musulmani nello #Xinjiang.

"Dal 2017, il governo cinese ha effettuato un attacco diffuso e sistematico contro gli uiguri e i musulmani turcofoni nello Xinjiang.

Comprendono detenzioni arbitrarie di massa, tortura, sparizioni forzate, sorveglianza di massa, persecuzioni culturali e religiose, separazione delle famiglie, lavoro forzato, violenza sessuale e violazioni dei diritti riproduttivi."
#Uyghurs #CrimesAgainsHumanity #HumanRights #31agosto

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/31/china-unrelenting-crimes-against-humanity-targeting-uyghurs

1 year ago, UN Human Rights released damning report concluding abuses in #Xinjiang by #China authorities “may constitute crimes against humanity.”

Concrete follow-up needed; EU should be on forefront:

🇺🇳 Work for UN resolution setting up investigative mechanism on Xinjiang
✍️ Sanction Chinese officials implicated
⚖️ Pursue criminal cases under universal jurisdiction

Victims need support & attention from int'l community. Inaction only emboldens abusers.

Our take 👇

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/31/china-unrelenting-crimes-against-humanity-targeting-uyghurs

Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, inaugurated in 2003, now serves as a key sightseeing and shopping destination, mainly selling local specialties such as dried fruits, medicinal herbs, carpets, jades, ethnic costumes and musical instruments.
In 2018, an expansion and renovation project transformed it into a popular tourist destination.
Currently, the Grand Bazaar receives more than 100,000 people a day. #China #Xinjiang #GrandBazaar #photography

Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, inaugurated in 2003, now serves as a key sightseeing and shopping destination, mainly selling local specialties such as dried fruits, medicinal herbs, carpets, jades, ethnic costumes and musical instruments.
In 2018, an expansion and renovation project transformed it into a popular tourist destination.
Currently, the Grand Bazaar receives more than 100,000 people a day. #China #Xinjiang #GrandBazaar #photography

Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, inaugurated in 2003, now serves as a key sightseeing and shopping destination, mainly selling local specialties such as dried fruits, medicinal herbs, carpets, jades, ethnic costumes and musical instruments.
In 2018, an expansion and renovation project transformed it into a popular tourist destination.
Currently, the Grand Bazaar receives more than 100,000 people a day. #China #Xinjiang #GrandBazaar #photography

New semester for primary and middle schools in Urumqi began on Monday. #China #Xinjiang #newsemester #school

Arkin Reyim is a farmer living in Bax Mali Village of Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
August is the time when Arkin Reyim takes extra care of the cotton bolls in his cotton farm of 20 hectares. Besides cotton, Arkin Reyim also plants corn and raises sheep and cattle. #China #farmer #Xinjiang #cotton #farm

One year after damning UN report concluded that crimes against humanity are committed against Uyghurs, Xi Jinping visited #Xinjiang & embraced abusive policies.

#EU: Take action against perpetrators, trigger UN inquiry into continued abuses.

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-xi-jinping-hardline-xinjiang-policy-uyghurs-human-rights/

OHCHR report on human rights in #Xinjiang 👇

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/2022-08-31/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf

So #XiJinping went on a visit to #Xinjiang. And guess what? He called for even more #repression and #surveillance against #muslims aka #Uyghurs. He just happens to call it "control illegal religious activities".
Not that #China has been sanctioned for a #cutluralgenocide in Xinjiang or anything, right?
Shameless. And yeah: the only legal god in China is Baba Xi himself.
#fucktheCCP #FarEast
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/28/xi-urges-more-work-to-control-religious-activities-in-xinjiang-on-surprise-visit

"#KamileWayit, studentessa universitaria uigura di 19 anni, condannata a 3 anni di reclusione con l'accusa di “promozione dell'estremismo”.

Questa accusa viene spesso usata arbitrariamente contro gli #uiguri e altri popoli turchi dello #Xinjiang per aver esercitato il loro diritto alla libertà di espressione.

Chiedete alle autorità cinesi di rilasciarla."

#25agosto

https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/ask-chinese-authorities-to-release-19-year-old-uyghur-university-student-kamile-wayit/

A group of diplomats from nine countries, including Fiji, Mongolia and the Seychelles, visited northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Monday to Saturday.
They visited several iconic sites in Xinjiang, including the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, the world heritage site of Tianchi Lake, the Grape Valley in Turpan, and the ancient city of Kashgar.
Xinjiang is a wonderous place worth being recommended to the whole world, the diplomats said. #China #Xinjiang #diplomats

#Football has enjoyed rapid development in #Xinjiang in recent years, witnessing a change in local people's attitudes toward girls playing football.

The good ecological environment of Solbastiao alpine pasture in the Tianshan Mountains area has benefited local herdsmen living in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It has also attracted tourists across the country to enjoy the scenery, and experience the coexistence of traditional and modern lifestyles in pastoral areas. #China #Xinjiang #photography #pasture #tourism