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).
Repressed for over six decades, they often seem to be a forgotten minority in China.
China has imposed a "bewildering" array of regulations on the practice of Islam by its minority Uighur population that have severely impeded religious freedom, an advocacy group warned Wednesday.
Religious freedom continued to decline in China this year, according to the State Department’s 2012 Religious Freedom Report.
Late in 2012, in an undisclosed location and over cups of sweet tea, I sat down with a former Imam to talk about Uyghur religious freedom in China.
It is Ramadan. The Chinese government has mandated all restaurants remain open for business during fasting hours.
Last month, violence in Maralbeshi, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, left 21 dead. Chinese authorities blamed the deaths on "terrorists," but a BBC reporter who managed to sneak into the region threw the official account into question
UAA President explains the root causes of Kashgar violence and China's heavy-handed crackdown on Uyghur people by means of illegal home searches and arbitrary use of lethal force.
Repressed for over six decades, they often seem to be a forgotten minority in China.
Let's face it: We have little idea what's actually going on in Xinjiang and Tibet.
China yesterday urged the US to condemn what Beijing has called terrorist attacks in Xinjiang instead of lecturing the country on human rights.