Story Archive
2009-05-05
Will Germany’s exiled Uyghur community take in some of the Uyghur men held at Guantanamo Bay for the last seven years?
2009-04-15
A member of a Muslim ethnic group in China has been sentenced to jail for separatism after informing friends abroad of a local protest.
2009-04-02
Members of a mostly Muslim ethnic group in China are detained and fined for worshiping outside their own villages.
2009-04-02
Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have plans to redevelop traditional Uyghur homes in an historic Silk Road city.
2009-03-26
An outspoken economist from a Chinese minority group faces "unbelievable threats and pressure" to keep quiet.
2009-03-06
While China accuses Uyghur "separatists" of fomenting unrest, a Uyghur economics professor says, Give them jobs.
2009-02-20
Ethnic Uyghurs in Kashgar complain about a new campaign against facial hair.
2009-02-20
A lawyer for 17 ethnic Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay says he could take his fight for their release to the Supreme Court.
2009-02-18
Seventeen ethnic Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay face a new legal setback, disappointing U.S.-based Uyghurs.
2009-02-13
A Uyghur woman in China whose pregnancy drew international attention has given birth to a son.
2009-02-10
Chinese authorities offer a jailed Uyghur scholar and his wife jobs if they will stay in China.
2009-02-06
Internet cafes in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have become a new setting for confrontations between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.
2008-12-11
Authorities at a top university in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao are talking to police after the alleged beating of five ethnic minority Uyghur students.
2008-12-03
A disabled man from China's northwest is detained as a national security threat.
2008-11-18
A Uyghur woman in China avoids a forced abortion, in a case that has drawn international attention.