Story Archive
2017-09-25
They also voice concerns over the conditions Ilham Tohti faces in prison.
2017-09-25
Three students who were released believe authorities in the North African country may have deported them back to China.
2017-09-19
The story was told by a 'terrified' friend under questioning by police, the woman's brother says.
2017-09-19
The trial comes against a backdrop of growing security measures targeting the region's mostly Muslim ethnic minority groups.
2017-09-14
The detainees had been following a live-stream of a recent fight by the former Chinese welterweight boxer who emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2011.
2017-09-11
Five categories of people held extrajudicially and isolated from families without having committed any crimes.
2017-09-11
Ethnic Kazakh Mahathir Halaman is handed a one-year jail term for ‘praying five times a day at home,’ regional sources say.
2017-09-08
Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang deny reports from an ethnically Kazakh region that a man died in police custody on Eid al-Adha.
2017-08-31
Authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have detained dozens of Kazakhs in a crackdown on devout Muslims or those with links overseas since May.
2017-08-29
The new policy follows efforts in the capital to document residents based on ethnic background.
2017-08-25
Officials say buyers are eligible only if their neighbors are from a different ethnic group.
2017-08-21
Kyrgyz are being sent to reeducation centers, while their traditions are slowly stamped out.
2017-08-17
Haliq Mahmut had not taken part in protests, but removed a bullet from a fellow Uyghur’s leg.
2017-08-14
The directive to recall Seypidin Azizi's books suggests Beijing aims to whitewash Uyghur history, observers say.
2017-08-10
They call Dolkun Isa's detention by Italian police an attack on the right to freedom of expression.
2017-08-09
Hebibulla Tohti had been lauded by China’s official Islamic Association for his accomplishments.
2017-08-03
Prayer services are now preceded by flag ceremonies and lectures on patriotism.
2017-07-28
The new directive prohibits use of the language in schools up to and including the secondary level in Hotan prefecture.
2017-07-26
Dolkun Isa was stopped at the Italian Senate, where he was to speak on Uyghur issues.
2017-07-25
Meanwhile, nearly 100 Uyghurs are being held by Egypt’s national intelligence service.
2017-07-24
Hezritieli Memet has been held since February, when his parents were taken into custody.
2017-07-19
Reports suggest the more than 200 Uyghurs are being interrogated ahead of deportation to China.
2017-07-14
Non-Hans in Xinjiang’s capital are rated by 10 categories, including whether they are Uyghur.
2017-07-12
University leaders meanwhile meet with official Chinese delegations, deny anyone detained 'on campus.'
2017-07-11
The death of ethnic Kazakh imam Akmet in police custody is officially blamed on suicide, but those who supported him are being rounded up.
2017-07-10
Fearful Uyghurs scramble to get out of Egypt and avoid forced return to China, where they risk torture and arbitrary jailing.
2017-07-07
Many are seized while trying to flee to Turkey, while others go into hiding to evade police, sources say.
2017-07-04
Many detainees face charges of "illegal religious activities" after they traveled overseas on pilgrimage, while others face "extremism" charges.
2017-06-29
Residents of the regional capital must hand over all digital devices by the end of July as part of an ‘anti-terror’ operation.
2017-06-26
Rizwangul Tursun was returned to China after trying to travel to Turkey to join her family in exile.
