East Turkestan & the Uyghurs
New bill aims to expose China's treatment of Muslims
A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce legislation Wednesday aimed at shedding light on China’s treatment of its minority Muslim population, with hopes of ultimately holding any human rights abusers accountable.
'Cultural genocide': How China is tearing Uyghur families apart in Xinjiang
Hong Kong (CNN)Every day, US-based Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja tries to call her family in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. Sometimes she tries up to 20 different numbers, just hoping that someone will pick up.
'My Family Has Been Broken': Pakistanis Fear For Uighur Wives Held In China
Last year, the Chinese wife of a Pakistani man traveled back home to China with their two children. She wanted to introduce her younger boy, 18 months old, to her mom.
HUSBAND DETAINED, WIFE RAISES THREE CHILDREN ALONE
The Uyghur couple from Urumqi city in Xinjiang is one of the many undergoing untold miseries due to the state’s discriminatory policies against minorities.
'If we remain silent, it might get worse': Uighurs fear for loved ones in China
BOSTON, United States - Maria Mohammad, a 49-year-old Uighur mother of three, has not seen her husband in more than three years.
'China needs to be brought to account': Federal MPs urge tough response to China's Muslim crackdown
An unlikely grouping of federal parliamentarians from across the political spectrum has condemned China's unprecedented crackdown against Muslim minorities and urged a strong response from Australia and the international community.
Detained and in danger: The tortured Australian families who fear for their missing loved ones
The security agents came for Adeham Abliz late on a Thursday night.
That day, September 8, 2016, had been much like any other in the 59-year-old Uighur man’s life in the city of Ghulja in north-western China.
China is locking up its Muslim minorities, and pushing Islamophobia to get Europe to do it too
- The Chinese government is receiving more and more heat over its persecution of the Uighurs, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority in the country's west.
- Beijing is responding by trying to stoke Islamophobia in Western countries to justify its controversial policies and even accuse those countries of hypocrisy.