News
Weibos Censor "Selibuya" and "World Uighur Congress"
- Fri, 05/03/2013 - 23:15
On April 25, 2013, the state-sponsored Global Times published an article entitled "Violent Incident in Bachu Makes People's Blood Boil, Western Media Seizes the Opportunity to Slander China"
UNPO Calls for Independent Investigation in East Turkestan
- Fri, 05/03/2013 - 23:01
UNPO, together with the World Uyghur Congress, has called for the European Parliament to urge the UN to set up an independent investigative team to report on the recent violent clashes opposing Uyghurs and Chinese authorities in the Kashgar region (East Turkestan).
China Registering the Religious in Xinjiang
- Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:21
The registers include categories for "women who wear veils" and "persons who study the Quran."
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 - 21:53
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”.
Xinjiang Cell Phone Users Forced to Register With Real Names
- Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:39
The region's service providers will cut off service to unregistered SIM cards this week.
Uyghur Muslims Restricted in China, New Report Says
- Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:36
Repressed for over six decades, they often seem to be a forgotten minority in China.
2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators
- Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:26
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.
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.
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.
Echoes of the last massacre in East Turkestan
- Tue, 04/30/2013 - 00:00
While Turkish media showed great interest in the massacre in which 21 people were killed in East Turkestan (Xinjiang), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not even made a statement yet.






