Xinjiang Province

Deadly Riots In China

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 04.29.2012

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday accused terrorists in a Muslim Uighur region of attacking civilians, but an exiled Uighur group said the violence ...

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Chinese District Reportedly Tries Veils Ban

AP | Posted 12.15.2011

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BEIJING -- A city district in heavily Muslim western China is trying to tamp down religious fervor by prohibiting people from wearing veils, tradition...

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Wife - Mother - Family - Village

Marla Mossman | Posted 12.02.2011

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A Journey to the Hotspots of China's Environmental Crisis

Peter Bosshard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most of the places which our traveler visits are not pretty. Lush forests have given way to dust bowls and industrial wastelands. Plant and animal species are being extinct at a rapid pace.

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Is There Anybody Out There?

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebiya Kadeer, East Turkestan, China, Uyghurs, Xinjiang Province, Human Rights Violations, Chinese Government, World News

What is happening in East Turkestan is grave. Thousands of people are being killed, arrested, lost and people are living under threat, trauma and fear.

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Extreme Cold, Snow Kills 4 In Northwest China

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Rescue workers evacuated thousands of rural residents from parts of northwestern China after extreme cold and blizzard conditions kill...

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Who Are the Six Uighurs Released From Guantanamo to Palau?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

I am drawing together here the stories of six men who, nearly eight years after their wrongful and mistaken capture, are finally free from Guantánamo, even if an uncertain future awaits them.

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Xinjiang Riots: China Sentences 3 More To Death

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bri...

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If Only the Uyghurs had Twitter

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not that Americans don't care about Uyghurs. They just don't hear about the systematic slaughter of the Uyghur people by the Chinese government.

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Xinjiang Mosques Reopen For Friday Prayers

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

URUMQI, China (AP) - Mosques opened for worshippers in Urumqi on Friday, but shops nearby were forced to shut as security forces kept a tight grip on ...

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China Uighur Protests Traced To Questionable Exported Labor Program

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the local government began recruiting young Muslim Uighurs in this far western region for jobs at the Xuri Toy Factory in the country's booming c...

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China Protests: Muslims Condemn China's Uighur Crackdown

Ankara | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUSLIMS in many nations have condemned China's crackdown in its Xinjiang region where at least 156 people have been killed in unrest over the past wee...

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Uighur Factory Workers Held Behind Locked Gates In China

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHAOGUAN, China -- Three weeks after simmering racial tension escalated to mayhem and a double murder at a toy factory here, about 750 Uighur workers ...

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If Only the Uighurs Were Buddhist and China Was Israel

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 05.25.2011

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If these Uighurs were Buddhists, Bjork, Sting, Bono and all those other one-named saviors of the world's poor and oppressed would have held "Free Xinxiang" concerts already.

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China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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News of Sunday's riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region spread quickly on the Internet, where users posted amateur photos an...

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Getting Along with the Invaders: Bishkek Versus Kashgar

Alexander Davenport | Posted 05.25.2011

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My experiences out West revealed the simmering race relations between the Han and Uighur peoples, which helps explain the necessity of sending Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Palau and not back to China.

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Fair and Balanced? Lhasa Vs. Urumqi

Alexander Davenport | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why do rioting Tibetans generate more interest than rioting Uighurs?

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China Executes Two Uighurs For Pre-Olympics Police Killings

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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China executed two men from a Muslim minority group today for killing 17 police officers in an attack in the country's far west that the government po...

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China Kills Five Muslim "Militants" In Olympic Anti-Terror Raid

Guardian | Matthew Weaver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chinese authorities today claimed they had foiled an attempt to sabotage next month's Beijing Olympics as they confirmed the shooting dead of five all...

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