Story Archive
2013-02-26
He says Chinese police are not giving him time to see a doctor despite his health troubles.
2013-02-13
Intellectual and rights groups demand an explanation from Chinese authorities on travel restrictions imposed on a Uyghur scholar.
2013-02-08
Authorities are forcing Uyghur farmers to provide free labor or face fines.
2013-02-07
A critic of China's treatment of Uyghurs vows to continue speaking out.
2013-02-05
A Uyghur woman who petitioned Chinese authorities in Dalian and Beijing is detained without trial or explanation.
2013-02-04
This is the second time the country has repatriated Uyghurs to China despite concerns their human rights are at risk.
2013-02-02
Chinese authorities bar him from leaving for the U.S. to take up a university post.
2013-02-01
Chinese authorities detain a prominent Uyghur professor as he is about to leave for the United States.
2013-02-01
Hit with high inflation, residents of the Xinjiang capital say they are struggling to stay afloat.
2013-01-31
Sources say Uyghur schoolchildren are discriminated against by Han Chinese teachers.
2013-01-24
The families of Uyghurs disappeared by the authorities are restricted during a Turkish leader’s trip.
2013-01-23
Chinese authorities restrict the family of a Uyghur sentenced for 'revealing state secrets' to visits every three months.
2013-01-18
Uyghurs say Chinese companies are passing goods off as halal products imported from Muslim countries.
2013-01-14
Land expropriation and hukou system reforms by China may not be as beneficial to Uyghurs as expected, experts warn.
2013-01-09
'Disappeared' Uyghurs may be victims of China's profitable trade in human organs.
2013-01-02
A relative of a jailed Uyghur writer questions reports about his death, saying he was fine when she last saw him.
2012-12-20
Nearly a dozen Uyghurs repatriated from Malaysia to China are sent to prison for ‘separatism.’
2012-12-20
Chinese authorities refuse passports to Uyghurs in defiance of official rules.
2012-12-19
Uyghurs must construct public roads for free or face fines.
2012-12-11
China sentences three Uyghurs to death and another to life in prison for a terrorist act.
2012-12-06
A round of Uyghur arrests in a county in Xinjiang is uncovered after two years.
2012-12-04
He says he was unwelcome in Beijing or Xinjiang during a key meeting of China’s Communist Party.
2012-11-30
Uyghur Muslims face stricter controls on religion than Hui Muslims.
2012-11-30
Authorities in China's Henan province hold several Uyghurs who protested after a man lifted a Muslim girl's veil.
2012-11-29
Bloody violence erupts after a Han Chinese lifts the veil of a Muslim Uyghur girl in central China.
2012-11-16
Uyghur businessmen fear unequal treatment in compensation for lost goods.
2012-11-13
A World Uyghur Congress official labeled a terrorist in China is allowed into the US after more than a decade.
2012-11-06
Chinese security personnel are out in force across Xinjiang in preparation for a sensitive meeting of top party lawmakers.
2012-11-02
The group says China is seeking to isolate Uyghurs from the international community.
2012-10-23
Chinese police raid Uyghur homes and set up roadblocks following armed attacks.
