Sandstorm Blasts Areas of Xinjiang, China (Video)
In far-western China, strong winds swept a fierce sandstorm into Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture on Friday. It lowered visibility to zero in some areas, state-run Chinese local media reported.
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Harry Wu Interviews Rebiya Kadeer - Uyghur East Turkistan
Harry Wu Interviews Rebiya Kadeer - Uyghur East Turkistan
Temperature drops to -42 in NW China´s Xinjiang on Great Cold day - CCTV 100121
Temperature drops to -42 in NW China´s Xinjiang on Great Cold day - CCTV 100121
President of Palau Talks About the Uighur Men
President of Palau Talks About the Uighur Men In this interview, Johnson Toribiong, the President of the nation of Palau, talks about the process of receiving - and future path of - the formerly detained Uighur men as they arrive in Palau.
新疆自治区政府宣布开放国际长途去话业务
新疆自治区政府宣布开放国际长途去话业务 Source: RFA 2010-01-20 新疆维吾尔自治区政府新闻办对外宣布，自1月20日零时起，全面开放自治区内的国际长途电话去话业务。自由亚洲电台记者何平采访报道 中国官方中新网1月20日的报道表示，开放自治区内的国际长途电话去话业务，是继去年12月28日新疆自治区恢复疆内用户对人民网和新华网的有限浏览访问后，一项新的解除管
Chinese minister says “respects” Turkish ties with Uighurs
Chinese minister says "respects" Turkish ties with Uighurs Article Source Friday, 08 January 2010 09:20 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey and China may carry out joint investments in third countries. Erdogan, who received Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, said around 100 Chinese businessmen would attend a meeting to be held in Istanbul on Friday. Erdogan said Turkey and China were the inheritors of two civilizations rooted in history.
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is outraged, disgusted, and deeply saddened by Cambodia’s illegal, inhumane, and egregious forcible return to China of twenty Uyghurs who had sought refuge and protection in Cambodia
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is outraged, disgusted, and deeply saddened by Cambodia’s illegal, inhumane, and egregious forcible return to China of twenty Uyghurs who had sought refuge and protection in Cambodia Source: WUC December 22, 2009 The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is outraged, disgusted, and deeply saddened by Cambodia’s illegal, inhumane, and egregious forcible return to China of twenty Uyghurs who had sought refuge and protection in Cambodia. On Saturday evening, Decembe
NTDTV: Chinese Regime Arrests 94 Xinjiang Unrest Fugitives (Video)
NTDTV: Chinese Regime Arrests 94 Xinjiang Unrest Fugitives
Cambodia forcibly returned 22 Uyghur Asylum seekers to China - CNN report
CNN) -- The U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "deeply disturbed" at the deportation of 20 Uyghur asylum seekers from Cambodia back to China. The deportation "will affect Cambodia's relationship with the U.S. and its international standing," said acting State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid in a statement. It occurred on Saturday at the request of China, the U.S. said. "The United States is deeply concerned about the welfare of these individuals, who had sought protection
Protest Over Deportations (of Uighurs)
Protest Over Deportations Source: RFA 2009-12-21 Cambodia's deportation to China of Uyghur asylum-seekers will harm U.S. ties, Washington says. HONG KONG—China is defending its deportation of 20 ethnic minority Uyghurs who had fled to Cambodia in the wake of deadly ethnic rioting, as the United States voices “deep concern” over the move. The ethnic Uyghurs sought asylum in Cambodia following deadly ethnic riots this summer in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. China says the
Uyghurs Missing in Vietnam
Uyghurs Missing in Vietnam Source: RFA 2009-12-10 Two ethnic Uyghurs are unaccounted for after fleeing China through Vietnam. PHNOM PENH—Ethnic minority Uyghurs from northwestern China, seeking asylum in Cambodia, say two would-be refugees in their group remain missing since they were detained by Vietnamese border authorities in early October. Twenty-two Uyghurs managed to cross in smaller groups from Vietnam into Cambodia, where the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) operat
Uighurs using missionary railway to flee China
Uighurs using missionary railway to flee China Source: By ISOLDA MORILLO and CARA ANNA (AP) BEIJING — An underground network of Christian missionaries that usually works with North Korean refugees says it has helped smuggle nearly two dozen Muslim Uighurs out of China following last summer's deadly ethnic violence and the subsequent government crackdown. It's the first time the Christian interfaith network has worked with a group of Uighurs, and it won't be the last, with more curren
Uyghur Pressed to Spy
Uyghur Pressed to Spy Source: RFA 2009-12-02 An exiled Uyghur returns home and finds himself in Chinese custody. HONG KONG—Authorities in China's troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang detained a Pakistani national and member of the Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority for "harming public order" before asking him to infiltrate Uyghur groups back in Pakistan, the man said in a recent interview. Undated photo of Kamirdin Abdurahman. Photo: RFA Kamirdin Abdurahman, 41, a second-generat
Siddiqui: Dragon Slayer still fearless (Rebiya Kadeer )
Siddiqui: Dragon Slayer still fearless 'Mother of all Uighurs' wants international inquiry into Beijing's crackdown on Muslims in her province Source: The Star : Sun Dec 06 2009 She is the equivalent of the Dalai Lama – a leader in exile, battling Beijing over the persecution of her people in China. Her story is even more compelling. Rebiya Kadeer, exiled leader of Uighurs in west of China, took her call for peaceful change to Tokyo. (Oct. 20, 2009) Whereas the Tibetan lead
Uygurs:The Other Tibet
Uygurs :The Other Tibet Source: nationalgeographic The Uygurs, Muslim people of China’s resource-rich far west, are becoming strangers in their own land as Han Chinese pour in. Like the Tibetans, who face similar pressures, some Uygurs see a chance for a better life, but others protest the disintegration of their culture, even at the risk of death. By Matthew Teague The first several seconds of the incident in Urumqi seemed almost lighthearted, considering the previous week. And th
China Executes 9 Over Ethnic Riots
China Executes 9 Over Ethnic Riots By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Source: nytimes, November 9, 2009 BEIJING (AP) -- China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades. The nine had been convicted of murder and other crimes committed during the unrest, which began July 5 when Uighurs
Uighurs in China (Video)
Uighurs in China The Chinese government has accused Uighur exiles of inciting violent protests in Urumqi in the western province of Xinjiang. But many ethnic Uighurs blame Beijing for systematically destroying their culture and identity. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri explores the tense relationship between Uighurs and China's leaders
Uyghur American lawyer Nury Turkel discusses the plight of the Uyghurs in Guantanamo Bay
Uyghur American lawyer Nury Turkel discusses the plight of the Uyghurs in Guantanamo Bay (part 1) Uyghur American lawyer discusses the plight of the Uyghurs in Guantanamo Bay (part 2)
Human Rights Watch Report on Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch Report on Xinjiang 1: "We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them" :Enforced Disappearances in the Wake of Xinjiang’s Protests Download report with cover (PDF, 891.55 KB) 2: “我们甚至不敢去找他们” :新疆暴乱结束后的强迫失踪 Download summary and recommendations in CHINESE (PDF, 289.99 KB)
My own personal holocaust: A young Canadian Uyghur girl describes her experience in China
My own personal holocaust: A young Uyghur girl describes her experience in China (Urumqi) Article Link : Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Bio: Sakine Zulang is a 17 year old high school student. She currently lives in Toronto but was born in Turkey. She speaks four language: Turkish, French, English, Uyghur. She considers herself a Uyghur Canadian. My take: What is imperialism? What is genocide or holocaust? When you’re just 17 and growing up in Canada you don’t believe there are such u