WASHINGTON —
Here is a summary of Uyghur-related news around the world in the past week.
Reuters reported that the asking its government to recognize China's treatment of Uyghurs as crimes against humanity and genocide.
An revealed that five Uyghur women from the same family were sentenced to between seven and 20 years in prison for attending a sermon.
RFA reported that and accused of involvement in the bombing of a Hindu shrine in Bangkok said they were not allowed to see the sky and sometimes were fed pork despite their Muslim faith.
Dozens of Uyghurs protested outside the Turkish Olympic Committee building calling for a over Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs.
An RFA investigation confirmed that to seven and 20 years in prison in 2019 for attending a religious gathering in 2013.
A from different countries called on their governments to set up a blacklist of entities related to "perpetrating atrocities in the Uyghur region" of China.
Through an investigation with Chinese local officials, RFA confirmed that a to 17 years in prison. She was convicted of inciting ethnic discrimination and disturbing the public order for allegedly attending and providing the venue for a religious gathering. The woman was serving her jail term with her two daughters, who also had been convicted of the same crime, in a prison in northern Xinjiang, RFA was able to confirm with interviews with Chinese prison officials.
— Munevver Ozuygur, a Uyghur housewife who said she had relatives in camps in China