Story Archive
2013-06-03
They say farms are seized for projects set up by migrant Han Chinese developers.
2013-06-01
WUC officials suspect China is behind the Hungarian actions.
2013-05-31
Authorities punish veiled women's relatives by not authorizing marriage certificate or pilgrimage applications.
2013-05-31
But the hydropower projects will benefit the larger region, project sponsors say.
2013-05-26
The violence in Kargilik, Xinjiang leaves three Uyghurs and two Han Chinese dead, according to a local resident.
2013-05-24
The alleged killer, who also died, was a suspected fugitive from clashes in Maralbeshi, according to local religious leaders.
2013-05-23
Reports say the school has now reversed a ban on traditional head coverings for its Uyghur girls.
2013-05-09
Last month's violence prompts a security sweep of higher education institutions, an exile group says.
2013-05-06
The protest came amid a crackdown on street vendors who ply their trade near a major mosque.
2013-05-03
Chinese authorities are accused of providing incomplete information.
2013-05-02
The registers include categories for 'women who wear veils' and 'persons who study the Quran.'
2013-04-30
The region's service providers will cut off service to unregistered SIM cards this week.
2013-04-29
The incident is linked to recent violence in Xinjiang.
2013-04-26
Violence between local Uyghurs and community police leaves two people dead.
2013-04-25
A rights group says a recent deadly clash highlights abuses against the minority.
2013-04-24
Exile Uyghurs say police fired on angry protesters while Beijing claims police and community officials were killed by 'rioters.'
2013-04-22
But Uyghurs say a young boy was hacked to death because of ethnic hatred.
2013-04-19
He is suffering from a head injury and fears being forced into psychiatric care.
2013-04-16
Residents say Chinese emergency responders let their homes burn.
2013-04-12
Chinese authorities destroy their village’s crops and claim the site for a marketplace.
2013-04-09
The death ignites ethnic tensions between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in his village.
2013-03-29
Beijing is accused of exploiting weak terror laws to suppress information in Xinjiang.
2013-03-25
The three students get up to six years in jail on charges they murdered a Han Chinese schoolmate.
2013-03-12
Several Uyghurs are rounded up after incidents in southern and central Xinjiang region.
2013-03-12
A second violent incident in three days is reported in Xinjiang.
2013-03-11
Chinese farmers use government subsidies to edge Uyghurs out of land in Xinjiang.
2013-03-07
Uyghurs say midnight police searches for 'illegal religious materials' are unrelenting.
2013-03-07
Authorities put a stranglehold on reports of violence between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.
2013-03-05
Security personnel choose a hospital outside Beijing for Ilham Tohti.
2013-03-01
Uyghurs say the clampdown is targeting Muslim families in the Xinjiang county.