Uyghur Related

VP/HR — Human rights in China: the case of Uyghur prisoner Alimujiang Yimiti

  • Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:22

Alimujiang Yimiti (also known as Alimjan Himit/Yimit) is a Christian convert from the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. In 2008 he was arrested on criminal charges of ‘suspicion of inciting people to secede from China’ and ‘illegally providing state secrets to foreigners’.

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One of the most polluted cities in China

  • Mon, 03/04/2013 - 20:11

Urumqi continues to top the daily updated charts of the most polluted (major) cities in China.

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Nothing has changed for the Uyghurs!

  • Sun, 03/03/2013 - 22:04

Despite the inhumane practices at Chinese prisons being known, countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan and Uzbekistan do not hesitate to deport Uyghurs...

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Ghulja Official Tightens Religious Restrictions

  • Fri, 03/01/2013 - 00:00

Uyghurs say the clampdown is targeting Muslim families in the Xinjiang county.

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Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee Resettled to Turkey

  • Wed, 02/27/2013 - 22:36

One of six Chinese nationals held by the U.S. at its Guantanamo Bay prison and released to Palau in 2009 has resettled in Turkey, the tiny island republic's former president confirmed Wednesday.

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Uyghur Scholar Faces Heart Problems After Grilling

  • Tue, 02/26/2013 - 19:58

He says Chinese police are not giving him time to see a doctor despite his health troubles.

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Freedoms celebrated

  • Fri, 02/22/2013 - 20:22

It’s not often that someone who begins her career as a laundress ends up rising to international fame, but on Jan. 16, such a person came to Richmond for the First Freedom Awards gala.

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Uighur sent to Palau not missing after all

  • Thu, 02/21/2013 - 19:41

A freed Guantánamo detainee who left the Pacific island nation of Palau, where the United States had sent him for safe haven, is not missing but has actually resettled in Turkey.

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Six Uighurs deported for violating immigration laws

  • Tue, 02/19/2013 - 23:01

The government deported six Uighurs back to China last year as they had violated Immigration laws by entering the country using fake passports.

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Uyghur Man Gets 11 Years for “Inciting Splittism”; Disappeared Tibetan Scholar May Be Serving 20-Year Sentence

  • Fri, 02/15/2013 - 20:38

Uyghur Man Gets 11 Years for “Inciting Splittism”; Disappeared Tibetan Scholar May Be Serving 20-Year Sentence, and more

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