July 2010
Why a Uyghur Journalist Was Sentenced 15 Years
- Sat, 07/31/2010 - 12:00
On July 23rd, 2010, a Uyghur journalist, activist and blogger named Gheyret Niyaz (a.k.a. Heyrat Niyaz, 海莱特·尼亚孜) was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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China sends 3 Uighur webmasters to jail-activists
- Sat, 07/31/2010 - 12:00
China has jailed three ethnic Uighur webmasters for three to 10 years, an activist group said on Friday, a week after a Uighur journalist was sentenced to 15 years for "endangering state security".
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Uyghur American Association commends Chinese intellectuals and human rights groups for their appeals on behalf of Uyghur journalist and blogger Gheyret Niyaz
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
The Uyghur American Association (UAA) commends a group of Chinese lawyers and scholars for issuing a letter today expressing concern about the 15-year sentence handed down recently to Uyghur journalist and blogger Gheyret Niyaz on charges of "endangering state security".
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Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
Some of China's most well-known activists are circulating an open letter protesting the 15-year prison term for a Uighur journalist snared in tensions that followed the country's worst ethnic rioting in decades.
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China Imprisons 3 Men Who Maintained Uighur Web Sites
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their roles in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, according to exile groups and court officials.
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U.S. takes a tougher tone with China
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
The Obama administration has adopted a tougher tone with China in recent weeks as part of a diplomatic balancing act in which the United States welcomes China's rise in some areas but also confronts Beijing when it butts up against American interests.
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Washington Rally Celebrates Millions of Chinese Withdrawing from the CCP
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) criminal activities are being monitored for future trials
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Uighur group condemns jailing of webmasters in China's far west
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
A US-based Uighur rights group on Friday accused China of "suffocating" free expression by the country's Uighur minority after reports that three Uighur webmasters were sentenced to long prison terms last week for "endangering state security."
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China jails 3 minority Uighurs for running websites deemed politically sensitive
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
China has jailed three minority Uighurs who ran websites with content considered politically sensitive by the government, according to a media report and an advocacy group.
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China 'jails three Uighurs' for website work
- Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00
China has jailed three ethnic Uighur website owners as it clamps down on dissent a year after deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang, say reports.
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