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US Senators Urge Top Diplomat to Raise Concerns With China Over RFA Reporters’ Detained Relatives

2018-07-30

The lawmakers call on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to appeal for their unconditional release.

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US Officials, Lawmaker Slam China Over Religious Persecution of Ethnic Uyghurs

2018-07-27

Beijing faces high-level criticism in Washington for violating the rights of the Muslim minority.

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'We Shouldn’t Allow Ilham Tohti to Become a Second Liu Xiaobo'

2018-07-27

Veteran Chinese dissident Hu Jia calls for international scrutiny to protect jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti

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11 Uyghurs Ask Malaysia's Attorney General to Drop Illegal-Entry Charges

2018-07-25

Men who escaped from a Thai detention center could face deportation to China.

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Authorities Force Uyghur Students to Return to Xinjiang From Mainland For Propaganda Drive

2018-07-16

If the students do not take part in the campaign, they cannot re-enroll in their universities.

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Uyghurs Deplore China’s Unkind Cuts to Local Women’s Skirts

2018-07-16

Authorities in Xinjiang put scissors to skirts in public to enforce a ban on long skirts worn by ethnic minorities.

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Interview: Witness Recalls 'The Smell of Innocent Blood' From July 5, 2009

2018-07-05

Tursun Izchi, who was injured in the Chinese military crackdown on Uyghurs amid ethnic unrest in Urumchi, recalls events on the ninth anniversary.

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Uyghur Exile Group Leader’s Mother Died in Xinjiang Detention Center

2018-07-02

Officials confirm she had been held for a year after being accused of ‘religious extremism.’

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Dozens of Uyghur Children of Xinjiang Village Camp Detainees Sent to Live in Orphanages

2018-07-02

They are sent to facilities where conditions are reportedly overcrowded and ‘terrible.’