Uighurs

From Guantanamo to the United States? Meet the Uighurs

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Uighurs, Parhat v. Gates, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Huzaifa Parhat, US District Court, China, Uighurs, Albania, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Andy Worthington

On Tuesday, in an extraordinary and unprecedented ruling in a US District Court, Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that 17 wrongly imprisoned Chinese Muslims...

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Guantanamo Chinese Muslims Must Be Released Into US, Judge Says

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: China, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Chinese Muslims, Uighurs, Terrorism, Islam, Guantanamo Bay, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United ...

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China's Olympic Insecurity

Jamie Metzl | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Olympics, Falun Gong, Chinese Government, Suppressing Dissent, China and Tibet, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Uighurs, Chinese Censorship, Beijing Olympics, Politics News
Jamie Metzl

The Chinese deserve their moment in the sun. If, however, the Tibetans, Falun Gong, or Uighurs in China cause a nationalist backlash, the ugly face of Chinese nationalism will be exposed.

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Green Edge 5: Farm Aid in Islamic China

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farm Workers, Martin Ma, Solidaridad, Social Accountability International, East Turkistan Islamic Movement, Olympics, Terrorism, Skal, Organic, Workplace Standard, Uighurs, New York City, Dutch, Development Agency, World Trade Organization, Kashgar, Olympic Games, sa8000, Max Havelaar, Fair Trade, China, Urumqi, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The 8/4 Kashgar attack was not a total surprise: The two attackers were linked to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), three members of which were executed in a nearby town last month.

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Olympic Terror: Chinese Separatist Group Threatens Games

Times Online | Michael Sheridan | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Olympic Terror, Beijing Olympics, ETIM, Turkestan, Olympic Terrorists, Chinese Muslims, Uighurs, Olympics, Politics News

A MILITANT Islamic group has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics with suicide bombers and biological weapons and has claimed responsibility for ...

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Guantanamo as Alice in Wonderland

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Lewis Carroll, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, US District Court, China, Uighurs, Parhat v. Bush, Detainee Treatment Act, Habeas Corpus, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Huzaifa Parhat, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Merrick B. Garland, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The US administration's basis for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the "War on Terror" belongs in a fantasy world. At the heart of this fantasy world are the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

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Six Years Late, Court Throws Out Guantanamo Case

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Sabin Willett, China, US District Court, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Boumediene v. Bush, Detainee Treatment Act, Habeas Corpus, Uighurs, Huzaifa Parhat, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Parhat v. Gates is another significant challenge to executive overreach. Parhat is one of 18 Uighur detainees who fled persecution in China and was arrested in Pakistan with no evidence against him.

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