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Timothy Grose Profile picture
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Feb 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Today, I'm shining @NBCOlympics #OlympicGames spotlight for the first time @shahitbiz on my friend Ekber Ebeydullah, who has been detained since 2016 Image
I met Ekber in Beijing in 2010. He was studying at university after four years in the Xinjiang Class boarding school. He is extremely bright, fluent in four languages (Uyghur, Turkish, Chinese, and English).
After graduating, he went to Turkey for post-graduate studies. Upon returning home in 2016 for a relative's wedding, he was detained. A mutual friend told me the news summer 2017 in Urumchi. Like many others, his crime was being #Uyghur.
His many friends are also concerned and post regular updates on his facebook page. One of the last updates says he was sent directly to prison.
No one knows why. No charges were formally made. He "simply disappeared" for being #Uyghur.

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In celebration of the anniversay of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize, here are some of the songs about him that I've translated (be sure CC is on for English subtitles):
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Aug 21, 2022
From the China Islamic Association’s #Uyghur language official imam manual: imams must advise the people to avoid weeping loudly and shedding tears at the cemetery. Why this instruction exposes CCP hypocrisy on “extremism”. A thread.
First, some background. The book, A Handbook for Imams of the New Era, was published in 2005 and republished at least once in 2009 by the China Islamic Association and #Xinjiang University Press. It was originally written in Chinese and translated into Uyghur.
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In celebration of HHDL's @DalaiLama's 87th birthday, here is a list of songs I've translated in which brave musicians in Tibet take serious risks making tribute to him Image
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May 24, 2022
The headshots are unnerving...very important collection indeed. but these are not the first photos inside detention/re-education centers w/o official authorization. I've made images public for several years now @ProjectXinjiang. ImageImageImageImage
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Feb 7, 2022
Today's #Olympics2022 hero spotlight is placed on #Uyghur scholar Adil Ghappar [Kariz] whose condition and well-being have been unknown since 2017.
I met Adil in 2014 having been introduced to him by Rahile Dawut. I was under his wing at Xinjiang Normal University as I taught a short-term course in his department.
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