Uyghur

A selection of news from and about Uyghur people living in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Most of these articles were aired in Uyghur and can be found, in their original language, on the Uyghur Web site, in text and audio format. Written language is displayed in Cyrillic, Arabic and Latin-based script.

Armed Assailants Stormed Dorms

2009-07-05

Uyghur youths now under official Chinese protection describe deadly clashes at a Guangdong factory.

'No Rapes' in Riot Town

2009-06-29

A deadly clash in southern China exposes long-simmering tensions between majority Han Chinese and the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group.

Uyghur Charged With Spying

2009-06-24

Sweden charges an ethnic Uyghur, a Swedish national, with spying for China.

Uyghurs Held in Clampdown

2009-06-19

A new round of detentions is reported in China's northwesternmost region.

Four Uyghur Detainees Released

2009-06-11

Four of 17 Uyghurs detained for years at Guantanamo Bay are flown to Bermuda.

Women Held Over Party

2009-06-05

Two Uyghur women describe how police sent five women to jail and seven to forced labor for holding an illegal gathering.

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