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Crackdown After Clash Over Ads

Thu, 12/06/2012 - 00:00

A round of Uyghur arrests in a county in Xinjiang is uncovered after two years.

Uyghur Scholar Harassed

Wed, 12/05/2012 - 00:36

He says he was unwelcome in Beijing or Xinjiang during a key meeting of China’s Communist Party.

Chinese Racial Tensions Flare Over An Overpriced Nut Cake

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 00:00

Chinese netizens are outraged over an incident in Xinjiang that allegedly showed preferential government treatment of ethnic minorities.

China Continues To Imprison Tibetan Journalist Dhondup Wangchen

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 00:00

The Chinese government invaded and occupied Tibet in 1950.

Fight over snack in China lights up blogosphere

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 00:00

A banal dispute over the price of a snack on an anonymous street in central China has triggered a fireball of angry comment in the Chinese blogosphere, revealing deep and widespread resentment at the way Beijing treats ethnic minorities under its rule.

Blind Chinese Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng to Xi Jinping: Reform Now or Risk Violent Transition

Mon, 12/03/2012 - 21:18

Exiled Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has posted a new video with a message for China's soon-to-be President Xi Jinping.

Political scientist: Many gaps to remain in accident on Kazakh border post

Mon, 12/03/2012 - 21:15

Many gaps will remain in the story at Arkankergen border post in Kazakhstan, Kazakh political scientist Eduard Poletayev told Trend on Thursday.

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng appeals to China's Xi Jinping

Mon, 12/03/2012 - 21:14

US-based blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, has urged the new leader of China's Communist Party to institute reforms and uphold human rights.

A Muslim Divide in China

Fri, 11/30/2012 - 22:30

Uyghur Muslims face stricter controls on religion than Hui Muslims.

Town 'Normal' After Riot

Fri, 11/30/2012 - 21:12

Authorities in China's Henan province hold several Uyghurs who protested after a man lifted a Muslim girl's veil.

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UAA & UHRP Reports

Sacred Right Defiled: China’s Iron-Fisted Repression of Uyghur Religious Freedom
Apr 30, 2013

A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) details the repression of religious freedom among Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

维吾尔人的疆土，中国的边疆：新疆工作会议及中央政府指导下的发展
Feb 27, 2013

维吾尔人权项目即将发布：维吾尔人的疆土，中国的边疆：新疆工作会议及中央政府指导下的发展为题的中文报告。该报告英文版发布于2012年6月；本报告检审始自2010年新疆工作会的，由中国中央政府指导下在东突厥斯坦实施的史无前例的投资发展政策及其后果。

Briefing: Refusals of passports to Uyghurs and confiscations of passports held by Uyghurs indicator of second-class status in China
Feb 7, 2013

The Uyghur American Association (UAA) calls on the Chinese government to immediately halt all discriminatory practices regarding the issuance of passports to Uyghurs.

边缘中的挣扎：中国政府正在摧毁维吾尔人社区
Nov 9, 2012

维吾尔人权项目（UHRP）即将发布有关维吾尔社区被摧毁报告的中文版；边缘中的挣扎：中国政府正在摧毁维吾尔社区

你能倾听我们吗？来自2009年乌鲁木齐骚乱的呼声
Jul 5, 2012

维吾尔人权项目（UHRP）发布有关2009年乌鲁木齐和平示威引发民族冲突报告中文版, “你能倾听我们吗？来自2009年乌鲁木齐骚乱的呼声”

Uyghur Homeland, Chinese Frontier: The Xinjiang Work Forum and Centrally Led Development
Jun 27, 2012

A new 37-page report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the effects of the Xinjiang Work Forum, held in May 2010, which heralded an unprecedented state-led development push in East Turkestan.