The Uighurs and China’s Long History of Trouble with Islam
Last month, I spent several days at the Forbidden City, the gargantuan palace in the middle of Beijing where China’s emperors ruled the land for nearly five hundred years.
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Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration’s Policy Toward China
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Ken, for that kind introduction. To the Members of the Board of Trustees, to Dr.
Uighurs abroad cut off from relatives in Chinese detention
A global coalition of nearly 300 scholars on Monday called on Beijing to abolish its “transformation through education” campaign against China’s ethnic Uygur population, and appealed for increased diplomatic and legislative pressure on the Chinese government over the matter.
Exiled Uyghur leader seeks UN Security Council action on China
TOKYO -- The exiled leader of the World Uyghur Congress urged the United Nations Security Council to take action on China over its use of detention camps for Muslims in the western autonomous region of Xinjiang.
Uyghur Philanthropist Sentenced to Death for Unsanctioned Hajj
Abdughapar Abdurusul was arrested in July or August, his brother Abdusattar Abdurusul recently told media, citing Abdughapar’s Kazakh business partners living in Kazakhstan’s Almaty city. He said the latest he had heard was that his brother was given a death sentence and was waiting for his execution to be carried out.
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reviews the report of China
GENEVA (13 August 2018) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of China on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
UN calls on China to free Uighurs from alleged 're-education' camps
United Nations' human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over alleged Chinese political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs and called for the immediate release of those detained on the "pretext of countering terrorism".
Muslims Pushed to the Fringes of Housing Market
As a result of discriminatory policies, Uyghur and Hui citizens are finding it extremely difficult to sell, buy or rent real estate property in Xinjiang, while neighboring provinces are instituting control over hotels accepting Uyghurs.
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