Sept 25, 2009 Amnesty International Haji Memet and Abdusalam Nasir were detained on 23 September, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, reportedly on suspicion of leaking “state secrets”. The “state secrets” are believed to be related to allegations of torture that led ...
China lays first charges over Xinjiang riots
BEIJING (Reuters) - China announced the first charges to be laid in connection with violent unrest in July that shook China's northwest region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs. Twenty-one people had been charged with murder, arson, robbery and damaging property during ethnic riots that erupted in ...
Two Held for Leaks
Police in China are seeking a third Uyghur man for allegedly leaking information about a death in custody. AFP/Philippe Lopez Chinese armed police march along a street in Urumqi, Sept. 5, 2009. HONG KONG—Authorities in China’s remote and restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have detained two ...
Uighur leader accepts invitation to visit Taiwan
TAIPEI — Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer has accepted an invitation to visit Taiwan, supporters said on Wednesday in a development handing the island's China-friendly government a political dilemma. If the Taiwan authorities grant a visa to Kadeer, they are likely to infuriate Beijing, which says ...
Police Enforced Family Burial
The father of an ethnic Uyghur man in northwest China says police turned out in force. RFA A map of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. HONG KONG—Police in China’s remote Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region surrounded the home of an ethnic Uyghur man who died in police custody and ...
Standoff Over Death in Custody
HONG KONG—Relatives of a man who died in police custody in China’s remote Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are in a tense standoff with authorities over their demand for an inquiry into how he died, villagers and the local police chief said. One villager, contacted by telephone, said eight trucks ...
Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Daniel Fried came across as an eminently reasonable man placed in a disturbingly unreasonable position by his bosses. A senior diplomat, who was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs for four years, Fried was plucked from his job ...
Dolkun Isa: UNPO Issues Letter to MEPs
UNPO issues letter with urgency securing support from the European Parliament for a safe release of the currently detained Mr. Dolkun Isa, Secretary General of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC). A copy of the letter is published below: The Hague, 16 September 2009 Dear MEP, Re: Detention of Mr. ...
Uighur activist urges world to pressure China
PRAGUE — An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Friday of destroying the cultures of the country's minorities and urged democratic nations to force China to change its policies on minorities. Despite protests from China, activist Rebiya Kadeer spoke before the "Peace, Democracy and Human Rights ...
Chinese ban transport of explosives in Urumqi
BEIJING — Chinese police on Tuesday banned explosives from being transported in the western region of Xinjiang, the scene of deadly ethnic rioting this summer, while more suspects were being investigated for a spate of mysterious syringe attacks. The Xinjiang Public Security Ministry said transport ...