Story Archive
2018-01-18
Sources say existing conditions are worsened in the region’s overcrowded facilities.
2018-01-17
Accused by China of promoting separatism, the Uyghur academic had only asked Beijing to uphold its own autonomy laws, supporters say.
2018-01-12
Halmurat Ghopur is being investigated for exhibiting ‘nationalistic tendencies,’ sources say.
2018-01-08
Local officials had said detainees would be freed after the sensitive annual meeting.
2018-01-08
US lawmakers warn Washington to avoid condoning restrictions in the name of counterterrorism.
2018-01-05
The men were accused of acts of ‘extremism,’ including unauthorized religious pilgrimages.
2018-01-03
A Uyghur former village chief says Party loyalty couldn’t save his family from a crackdown.
2018-01-03
They live in cramped quarters while as many as 1,000 detainees are admitted every few days.
2017-12-27
The missing man was a former Chinese government official who recently emigrated to neighboring Kazakhstan, falling foul of a crackdown by authorities in Xinjiang.
2017-12-26
Tipsters are getting paid for info on ‘terrorists,’ as well as ‘disloyal’ officials and public figures.
2017-12-22
They say the claims lack evidence and are part of a bid to further exert control over Xinjiang.
2017-12-21
The young men willingly heeded a call to leave their studies, but were immediately imprisoned.
2017-12-20
Spies can earn up to US $760,000 for info on planned ‘terror attacks.’
2017-12-19
The Kazakhs are held under administrative detention for possessing material deemed to incite ethnic hatred and promote terrorism, officials say.
2017-12-18
Government officials are sent to live in the homes of ethnic minority families for a week, as Uyghur police officers are subjected to additional security checks.
2017-12-14
More than 3,300 of Bullaqsu’s residents are jailed or in political re-education camps.
2017-12-13
The campaign is a ‘gross violation’ of human rights, a watchdog says.
2017-12-12
Her husband says she was illegally arrested after applying for a passport.
2017-12-08
The order comes amid a clampdown during China’s annual Communist Party Congress.
2017-12-07
Their crops spoiled while they were forced to attend ‘Congress studies,’ sources say.
2017-11-30
The well-respected scholar and rights advocate is serving a life term in prison for calling for greater rights for the Uyghur people.
2017-11-30
Manat Hamit of Burultokay county in Xinjiang's Altay region was jailed for more than 16 years over files found on his computer.
2017-11-28
Huseyin Imintohti had applied for protection through the United Nations’ refugee agency.
2017-11-24
Those who haven’t been taken away to ‘political study centers’ are being forced to learn Mandarin, including the elderly.
2017-11-22
Wanna Suansan allegedly rented apartments in the Bangkok suburbs for suspected militants to construct bombs.
2017-11-20
Officials recapture five, but report others could have crossed into Malaysia.
2017-11-16
Officials are ordering Muslims in Xinjiang to hand in any religious items, as well as clothing and other goods from neighboring Kazakhstan.
2017-11-13
Dolkun Isa, former general secretary of the World Uyghur Congress, is elected president, with Rebiya Kadeer elevated to a supervisory role.
2017-11-13
Up to 500 ethnic Kazakh owners of businesses large and small are detained and 'sent to Yining city,' a local resident says.
2017-11-08
The incident occurred more than a decade earlier as the son was preparing to get married.
