Story Archive
2012-10-19
Uyghurs say Nur Bekri is powerless as a leader of China’s Xinjiang region.
2012-10-16
An exile group says the new Uyghur-language news portal is a Chinese government propaganda tool.
2012-10-12
A Uyghur man drives his motorcycle into a border guard base.
2012-10-11
Land is often taken at a low price and resold at greater value to new Chinese owners.
2012-10-09
He claims ‘corrupt officials’ in Beijing are trying to bilk him out of his business holdings.
2012-10-03
Four Guantanamo Uyghurs resettled in Bermuda are stateless and struggling to make ends meet.
2012-09-28
Ten Uyghurs are serving prison sentences for allegedly working against the state through their charity foundation.
2012-09-26
Overseas Uyghurs ponder what Xi Jinping's rise will spell for China's far northwest.
2012-09-14
But a Uyghur group in exile says the advice is unlikely to work in China.
2012-09-14
Prisoners and detainees are unwilling donors for China's profitable trade in human organs.
2012-09-06
The Chinese government is suspected of the infected email attack.
2012-09-04
Chinese authorities confine a Uyghur widow to her home to avoid 'negative publicity' over her missing son.
2012-09-04
China and fellow members of the SCO use counter-terrorism measures to justify rights violations, a rights group says.
2012-08-30
China is asked to explain thousands of cases of disappeared Uyghurs.
2012-08-28
Family members of an imprisoned Uyghur who fasted in protest say his life is in danger.
2012-08-10
Beijing authorities question an outspoken Uyghur professor whose website the state media calls ‘separatist.’
2012-08-08
Uyghurs are punished for religious activities deemed illegal by the authorities.
2012-08-02
The fresh sentences come as Uyghurs chafe under an ‘iron fist’ campaign during Ramadan.
2012-07-30
The businessman in China’s northwest says he is being forced out because of ties to a missing Uyghur.
2012-07-27
Chinese authorities require Uyghurs to declare loyalty to the State to qualify for government aid.
2012-07-25
World Uyghur Congress president Rebiya Kadeer says Uyghurs face ‘cultural genocide.’
2012-07-23
Authorities in Xinjiang ban public religious activities during the holy month of Ramadan.
2012-07-05
China's northwestern Uyghur region marks the anniversary of deadly July 5, 2009 ethnic violence.
2012-07-02
Two of the Uyghurs suspected of attempting a terrorist attack have died in custody.
2012-06-29
Authorities are investigating six Uyghurs who allegedly attempted to hijack the flight from Hotan to Urumqi.
2012-06-28
A Uyghur woman who was left disabled by police demands compensation.
2012-06-26
Chinese authorities tighten security in advance of the anniversary of deadly ethnic riots.
2012-06-25
Three years after July 5, 2009 ethnic violence in Urumqi relatives of a man who was ‘disappeared’ are still looking for an explanation.
2012-06-22
Authorities pressure the protesters from China's northwestern Xinjiang region to return home from Beijing.
2012-06-20
An ex-chief of a police station and key witness to bloody ethnic riots in Xinjiang perishes under mysterious circumstances.
