Uyghur separatist groups have consistently supported the Taliban in their two-decade-long fight for control of Afghanistan, but increased Chinese presence in the country is altering the status quo ...

A people who shaped Turkish literature through their poets, performed their worship in Turkish, and preserved their language, ...

Nowruz, literally meaning "New Day" in Farsi, is celebrated by over 300 million people around the world. The festival, marking the Iranian new year, began over 3,000 years ago and has its roots in the ...

The indiscriminate slaughter of Alawite civilians in Syria by Islamist gunmen affiliated with the country’s new Sunni Muslim regime has led to urgent ... “Chechen and Uyghur militias entered into the ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

Kawsar Yasin ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint History and Anthropology concentrator in Eliot House and the Founder and President of Harvard Undergraduates for Uyghur Solidarity.

Rights advocates had said the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China, were “at real risk” of torture, imprisonment or even death if they were returned.

The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions on an unknown number of current and former Thai officials for their role in ...

A United Nations-hosted language technology conference has come under scrutiny after organizers abruptly canceled a scheduled presentation by Abduweli Ayup, a prominent Uyghur linguist and human ...

The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West. After weeks of ...