Story Archive
2014-07-14
Police kill one Uyghur suspect and detain three others in the latest violence in the restive region.
2014-07-09
The officer had recently been tasked to run an anti-terror campaign in the region.
2014-07-08
College administrators distribute bottles of water and offer free lunches to students during Ramadan, and those who refuse are blacklisted.
2014-07-08
Uyghurs are also being denied access to accommodation in Beijing, local rights activists say.
2014-07-07
Authorities say he led a group that planned police station attacks.
2014-07-07
He had spoken out in support of a longtime advocate for Uyghur rights.
2014-07-03
Gas stations are banned from selling petrol in canisters, by police order.
2014-06-27
She is concerned over his drastic weight loss.
2014-06-26
His lawyers say he was shackled and deprived of food and adequate water.
2014-06-26
Muslims attending mosques will be closely watched by neighborhood security teams.
2014-06-25
A Uyghur suspect attacks them after he is allegedly tortured in police custody.
2014-06-23
Authorities say she tried to incite the public by speaking out.
2014-06-23
Ilham Tohti's lawyers are once more denied permission to meet with him.
2014-06-22
The incident follows a government campaign screening Uyghurs wearing headscarves and sporting beards.
2014-06-20
He had opened a Uyghur-language kindergarten and wanted to open a second school.
2014-06-16
His lawyer says he cannot confirm with the authorities on reports about the trial and sentencing.
2014-06-11
Four are shot dead after a confrontation with village officials over a woman’s veil, according to police.
2014-06-10
They come under suspicion after an escalation of violence in China's Xinjiang region.
2014-06-05
A police officer is among the dead in two violent incidents in Aksu prefecture.
2014-05-28
Police fired on the pair based on ‘shoot to kill’ orders.
2014-05-26
Chinese authorities try to keep a lid on the blast which occurred a day after deadly attack in Urumqi.
2014-05-23
Rebiya Kadeer says the world should ‘stand up for the oppressed’ in the wake of the Urumqi attack.
2014-05-23
Uyghur villagers had called for an end to officials' harassment of women wearing headscarves.
2014-05-23
Muslim Uyghurs are specifically targeted, and some migrant Han Chinese are told to return home, reports say.
2014-05-22
More than 90 are wounded in a morning market raid in the latest violence to hit the region.
2014-05-20
Residents fear several protesters have been gunned down.
2014-05-17
One of them is gunned down even though he emerged unarmed, according to witnesses.
2014-05-16
Ilham Tohti's family is struggling to cope with his absence, she says.
2014-05-15
The group warns Beijing of more such attacks.
2014-05-14
Two of them had their throats slit and the third was stabbed 31 times, according to police and local officials.
