Story Archive
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.
2008-10-21
A U.S. appeals court says 17 Uyghurs must remain at Guantanamo Bay, for now.
2008-10-08
A U.S. Appeals court temporarily blocks the release of 17 ethnic Uyghurs held for almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay.
2008-09-24
Muslim Uyghur employees at government departments in China's northwest are being offered free lunches during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
2008-09-08
An official radio station in Xinjiang sacks an outspoken employee, who is now detained.
2008-09-06
After the worst violence there in a decade, officials in China's northwesternmost region tighten curbs on the observance of Ramadan.
2008-08-28
Unarmed Uyghur police come under attack while searching for suspects in an August clash.
