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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 Website, in text and audio format. Written language is displayed in Cyrillic, Arabic, and Latin-based script.

Uyghur Conference Sparks Japan-China Row

2012-05-18

As an exile Uyghur meeting closes in Tokyo, Japanese parliamentarians demand that China stop 'interfering.'

More Uyghurs Missing Loved Ones

2012-05-14

Thirty-six Uyghurs say their family members have been missing since the Urumqi riots in July 2009.

Uyghurs Face 'Fight for Existence'

2012-05-14

The World Uyghur Congress’s biennial meeting opens in Japan.

Search for a Missing Son

2012-05-11

The mother of a Uyghur detained three years ago describes her attempts to locate him.

Uyghur Group Defends Goal

2012-04-26

The group says its members were named to China’s terror list.

Japan Backs Uyghur Rights

2012-04-24

Parliamentarians say China should protect ethnic minority Uyghurs.

Buses Asked to Eject Uyghur Petitioners

2012-04-22

Police in Beijing cite a 'secret' notice barring Uyghur petitioners from public buses.

China Pressures Japan Over Uyghur Meeting

2012-04-09

Beijing objects to Tokyo hosting an exile Uyghur group’s biennial assembly.

Six Uyghurs on Terror List

2012-04-06

China’s move to brand the men from a minority group as terrorists raises questions.

Demolishing Uyghur Identity

2012-04-02

A new report documents Uyghur neighborhoods being torn down in China’s far northwest.

Exile Group Slams Death Sentence

2012-03-27

A rights group says the sentenced Uyghur was likely forced to confess.

Pressuring the Families of Uyghur Refugees

2012-03-21

Chinese authorities are confiscating the passports of parents whose children seek asylum in Europe.

New Suspect in Xinjiang Explosion

2012-03-19

Police search for a new terrorist link after admitting four Uyghur men killed in a raid were not tied to a bomb explosion.

China Silent Over Slain Uyghurs

2012-03-16

An exile Uyghur leader slams China’s state-run media’s silence on last week’s shooting in Xinjiang.

Uyghur Youths Detained

2012-03-15

Two of them are held for retweeting rumors about a bomb threat.

Slain Uyghurs Not Linked to Bomb

2012-03-13

Local residents dispute police claims that the men killed in Xinjiang had terrorist intentions.

Uyghurs 'Prepared to Fight and Die'

2012-03-11

Four Uyghur bomb-making suspects gunned down by police knew they would die.

Four Killed in Xinjiang Raid

2012-03-09

In the latest clash in China’s ethnically troubled far west, police gun down four Uyghur men.

Mother of Trafficking Victim Detained

2012-03-02

A Uyghur woman says she was illegally placed in custody for petitioning officials about her son’s case.

Immigration Tensions Led to Attack

2012-02-29

Anger over fewer opportunities may have driven Uyghurs to go on a killing spree.

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