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.

Resettlement in ‘30 Days’

2010-02-03

Two Uyghur Guantanamo detainees could be sent to Switzerland within one month.

Uyghur Decision Imminent

2010-02-02

Will Switzerland resettle two Uyghur men held for years at Guantanamo Bay?

More Death Sentences for Riots

2010-01-26

Chinese courts have now sentenced at least 26 people to death following deadly riots in Xinjiang.

Uyghur Killing 'Not Isolated'

2010-01-19

The murder of a waiter from the troubled region of Xinjiang is part of a growing trend of attacks, exiles say.

More Xinjiang Death Sentences

2009-12-25

China's national media haven't reported on new trials and death sentences related to deadly riots in Xinjiang.

Deported Uyghur Had Cambodian Visa

2009-12-23

A legal visitor in Cambodia was apparently swept up in a mass deportation to China.

Protest Over Deportations

2009-12-21

Cambodia's deportation to China of Uyghur asylum-seekers will harm U.S. ties, Washington says.

Call for Uyghurs’ Release

2009-12-15

Several editors of prominent Uyghur Web sites and their colleagues are being held by the Chinese authorities, according to a relative of one detainee.

Uyghurs Missing in Vietnam

2009-12-10

Two ethnic Uyghurs are unaccounted for after fleeing China through Vietnam.

Uyghur Asylum Bid in Cambodia

2009-12-03

Ethnic Uyghurs flee China through Vietnam to seek asylum in Cambodia.

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