Story Archive
2015-12-31
Exiled Uyghur leader says that a French journalist expelled from China for her work in Xinjiang has reported accurately from the troubled region.
2015-12-21
They also counter claims of a police chief’s bravery in ‘freeing’ hostages.
2015-12-15
Costs are not fully reimbursed, and access to needed medicine is limited, sources say.
2015-12-14
Brothels owned and staffed by Han Chinese are the main source of infection, experts say.
2015-12-08
Sources say they could be jailed 15-20 years for failing to inform police of the plan.
2015-11-24
Sources say the new number includes members of families from neighboring townships.
2015-11-20
Official media report silent on earlier police revelations that women and children were slain along with the male suspects.
2015-11-17
Local officials say authorities blew up the cave where they had hidden.
2015-11-16
Two ethnic Uyghurs are removed from a flight in the troubled western region of Xinjiang one day after the attacks.
2015-11-16
He says authorities jailed Eli Mamut on trumped-up charges of ‘leading a terrorist group.’
2015-11-03
Adult males must labor seven days a week for no pay, regardless of their ability, sources say.
2015-11-02
The expulsion of Zhao Xinwei comes as the ruling party enforces new rules banning its members from going 'off message.'
2015-11-02
Political education campaigns and forced labor projects keep Uyghur farmers away from their fields, hurting rural incomes.
2015-10-21
Authorities in Xinjiang have been showing the film to villagers to deter them from doing the same.
2015-10-19
Security efforts include the use of families to pressure or trick suspects, one official says.
2015-10-16
The Muslim Uyghurs from three families who are believed to be responsible for the apparent revenge attack are still at large.
2015-10-08
They had planned to use them against local authorities, but the depot was empty, he says.
2015-09-30
Other sources say as many as 110 people may have been killed in the incident.
2015-09-24
Children with forbidden names are prohibited from attending school if their parents refuse to change them.
2015-09-22
Several of the alleged ‘separatist’ perpetrators are believed to be on the run.
2015-09-14
His website had carried 'politically sensitive' stories about Uyghur history and culture.
2015-09-14
Sources say the new policy is the latest restriction on the use of bladed tools in the Uyghur region.
2015-09-11
A woman says she and her children are being held against their will by her brothers-in-law.
2015-08-28
One local businessman says China's 'ridiculous policy' has failed to take hold.
2015-08-27
Student spies check for 'separatism' and 'extremism,' are rewarded with future advancement in careers.
2015-08-25
Cash rewards are offered for his capture, while punishment is threatened for helping him escape.
2015-08-18
Mass jailings have left farmers without help, and they are forbidden to travel to look for work.
2015-08-11
The disease has been partly controlled in the region’s north, but has spread rapidly among young males in the south.
2015-07-31
Young political prisoner recounts how China’s post-9/11 crackdown sundered his once prosperous family.
2015-07-23
The money is meant to undermine opposition to Chinese rule in Xinjiang, Uyghur sources say.
