The fact is that in 2020, Thayer was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of "separatism" and "terrorism." The sentence was handed down just as he and his wife were about to fly to Melbourne. Lawyers say the sentence is completely unfair.

China is trying to develop "genocide tourism" to hide its crimes in East Turkestan.

The Syrian Ministry of Education has announced that students from East Turkestan (Uyghurs) will receive free education. Now, children and young people from this region in Syria can study from primary school to university at no cost.

The Chinese government continues its repressive policy against Uyghurs: Abdulkadir Abdurrahman, from East Turkestan, was sentenced to 19 years in prison for attempting to leave the country.

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen, which is accused of forcing the Uyghur Muslim minority into forced labor, has completed the sale of its factory in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan).

TikTok users have begun reporting that videos on the app that violate Uyghur rights have been deleted en masse. In addition, content criticizing Chinese politics is also being removed.

After the events of 2014 in East Turkestan, a woman who taught the Qur'an to her neighbors was imprisoned for 10 years. The woman, who was released after the end of her sentence, was caught again and sentenced to 14 years in prison on the charge of "breaking China by teaching the Koran."

15 Western countries have signed a public statement demanding that China release all detained Uyghurs and Tibetans and allow human rights activists to return home.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has abandoned plans to declare China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority a genocide, despite campaign promises. Before the elections, the new British government reneged on the promise to recognize the Palestinian state.

China is changing the names of settlements inhabited by Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples to names that reflect government propaganda. According to human rights defenders, so far 630 Turkish or Islamic villages have been renamed.