EditorialRushan Abbas, a Uyghur American activist, at a rally encouraging sanctions against Chinese officials in Washington, May 3, 2019. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)
EditorialRebiya Kadeer, 74, a Uyghur activist living in exile in the United States since 2005, outside her home in Fairfax, Va., on May 28, 2021. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialRebiya Kadeer, 74, a Uyghur activist living in exile in the United States since 2005, outside her home in Fairfax, Va., on May 28, 2021. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialGulbahar Hatiwaji, a Uyghur, living in Boulogne-Billancourt, a city near Paris, sits for a portrait on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialTamir Imin, fleeing China?s oppression of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority, was forced to seek political asylum in the United States in 2017. (Kate Warren/The New York Times)
EditorialA Uyghur child doing his Chinese homework at a bus stop in Hotan, in the Xinjiang region of China, on Dec. 11, 2019. (Giulia Marchi/The New York Times)
EditorialFragment of a Banner with Female?Donors, 9th10th?century, Sized cotton painted with ink and color, without mounting: 9 9/16 ? 8 1/8 in. (24.3 ? 20.6?cm), The current shape of this fragment suggests that it was once part of a long, narrow banner used in...
EditorialBodhisattva, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Uyghur kingdom, Date 9th10th century, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Water-based pigment on mud plaster, 14 1/2 x 13 in. (36.8 x 33 cm), Paintings.
EditorialWarrior, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (23.5 x 13.7 cm), Paintings, Armored figures are sometimes shown as devotees in the later cave temples at Kizil, at relat...
EditorialBuddha with Two Disciples, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 9 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (23.2 x 26.7 cm), Paintings.
EditorialAttendant, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Pigments on mud plaster, 9 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (25.1 x 13.7 cm), Paintings.
EditorialMonk Holding a Lotus, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 32 x 14 3/4 in. (81.3 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, This wall painting was part of a composition that embellished the interior of a t...
EditorialThree Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 9 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (24.1 x 39.1 cm), Paintings.
EditorialHead of a Buddhist Image, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 6 x 6 3/4 in. (15.2 x 17.1 cm), Paintings.
EditorialThree Celestial Attendants, Kizil Kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 8 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (22.2 x 40 cm), Paintings, The two female figures at left wear beaded textile headdresses typical of ...
EditorialTwo Bodhisattvas, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 16 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (41.6 x 24.8 cm), Paintings.