April 2010

Pakistan Uyghurs in Hiding

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 12:00

Two prominent members of the exiled Turkic-speaking Uyghur community, many of whom oppose Chinese rule in their homeland, are on the run from the authorities following police raids on their homes.

Share/Save

Uighurs demand release on US soil

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 12:00

Lawyers for five Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay are petitioning the US Court of Appeals in Washington to consider their clients be initially released on US soil.

Share/Save

US retaliation will not affect relations: govt

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 12:00

MINISTRY of Defence officials say bilateral military relations with the United States will not be affected by a US decision to suspend a shipment of 200 military lorries as punishment for the government’s deportation of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum seekers to China in December.

Share/Save

Spying on Computer Spies Traces Data Theft to China

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:00

Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry.

Share/Save

The Uighurs: China's forgotten Muslims

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:00

Until recently, the roughly ten million Muslim Uighurs of China's north-western Xinjiang province, one of the world's least known Muslim minority populations, appeared largely content living under Chinese rule.

Share/Save

Who protests in D.C.?

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:00

It may be the U.S. capital, but most protests are globally focused.

Share/Save

Cambodia bristles at US aid cut over deportations

Fri, 04/02/2010 - 12:00

Cambodia bristled Friday at a U.S. decision to cut a small military aid program to protest the December deportation of Muslim asylum seekers to China, saying if they deserved protection the United States could have offered it.

Share/Save

'10 Conditions of Love' Screened in The Hague

Fri, 04/02/2010 - 12:00

‘The 10 Conditions of Love’ was screened as part of the ‘Movies that Matter’ Film Festival hosted in The Hague, The Netherlands over the past week (25-31st March 2010) and was followed by a debate with Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer.

Share/Save

US cancels Cambodia trucks over Uighur case

Thu, 04/01/2010 - 12:00

The United States on Thursday stopped a shipment of military trucks to Cambodia as punishment after it sent Uighur asylum-seekers back to China in defiance of international appeals.

Share/Save

U.S. suspends some aid to Cambodia over Uighur case

Thu, 04/01/2010 - 12:00

The United States said on Thursday it had halted shipments of some surplus military vehicles to Cambodia to retaliate for the Southeast Asian nation's decision to deport a group of Uighurs back to China over U.S. protests.

Share/Save

Pages