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Call Issued for Independent Investigation on Maralbeshi Incident by World Uyghur Congress and International Community Urged to Follow Up On Recent Arrests

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:22

Violent clashes in Maralbeshi (Chinese: Bachu), resulting in the death of 21 people, were reported last Tuesday [23 April 2013]. Official Chinesemedia were quick to accuse the Uyghurs of “plotting terrorism”.

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Xinjiang Cell Phone Users Forced to Register With Real Names

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:56

The region's service providers will cut off service to unregistered SIM cards this week.

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2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:52

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today transmitted to the President, Secretary of State and Congressional leaders its Annual Report on religious freedom around the world.

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Illegal Religious Activities

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 00:00

Too many examples in this poster to “fight against” “qanunsiz diniy pa’aliyetler” (illegal religious activities) to translate one by one here.

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Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Visits China

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 00:00

Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Daniel Baer traveled to China April 22-25 to promote human rights and religious freedom.

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River Crab Archive: Book-Terror in Uyghur Home

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 00:00

When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.”

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Tensions at University in Beijing After Uyghur Student Assaulted

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 22:09

The incident is linked to recent violence in Xinjiang.

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Doubts over China government claims on Xinjiang attack

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:28

It is not clear how the incident in Selibuya turned so violent

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Taiwan ‘must follow its own security policies’

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:19

World Uyghur Congress (WUC) spokesman Dilshat Rexit yesterday protested National Security Bureau Director Tsai Der-sheng’s (蔡得勝) remarks hinting that Uighur activists are terrorists, urging that Taiwan, as a sovereign country, should have its own national security policies, instead of following those of Beijing.

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China 'arrests more suspects' over Xinjiang clashes

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 21:13

More suspects have been arrested over violent clashes in China's Xinjiang region that killed 21 people, state media report.

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