January 2009

Another Tibet—Uighur Mirrors the Issues in Tibet

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:00

The Uighurs, a nine million Muslim minority, residing in Eastern Turkistan in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, are one of the worst abused people at the hands of the Chinese regime.

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Arrests Increased in Chinese Region

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

In the first official statistics on China’s security crackdown last year in advance of the Beijing Olympics, a report published Sunday in an official newspaper said that more than 1,100 people had been indicted in the western region of Xinjiang on suspicion of “endangering state security” in the first 11 months of last year.

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China says arrested 1,300 Uighurs during 2008

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

East Turkistan is home to more than eight million Uighur population, Muslims who have complained for decades of political oppression.

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British students fined for 'illegal map-making' in China

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

Two British students have been fined for illegally carrying out a survey and making maps in the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang.

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Finland Considers Offering Asylum to Guantánamo Detainees

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

Finland is to begin discussions this week on whether to offer asylum to former terrorist suspects detained at the Guantánamo prison in Cuba.

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Xinjiang becomes second largest crude oil producer in China

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

In 2008, Xinjiang produced 27.4 million tons of crude oil, up one million tons from the previous year.

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Let us improve ourselves

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:00

Terrorist work must be condemned and brought to justice from all regions of the world. Yet, race and all people of Islam should not be considered as terrorists, that is, all religions have waged war in the old days and now; do we still hold the people of today, at fault for their ancestors fault? We do not.

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Out of the Closet: China's “Other Tibet”

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 03:00

The 2008 Olympics held in Beijing helped bring into the limelight the plight of ethnic minorities in China, subject to 'gross human rights violations', according to Amnesty International.

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Australia Says “No” to Taking Gitmo Detainees

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 03:00

Despite previous reports that Australia was offering to take some Guantanamo Bay detainees, the government says it has refused two U.S. resettlement requests.

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