Kazakhstan’s top diplomat met last week with China’s representative in Astana for consultations on the fate of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang province, which has become object of increased attention in recent months, as part of a professed diplomatic effort to address the issue. Activists monitoring ...
On casual strolls through the backstreets of Xinjiang’s major cities, I have seen padlocked doors and piles of rubble where mosques long stood. Jennifer Balfour Nov 16, 2018 Friday used to be the highlight of the week for Uighur Muslims in northwest China. Most men and boys would down tools ...
The country's lively civil society is unlikely to be so circumspect. Nov 27, 2018 Kyrgyzstan’s first reaction to reports that ethnic Kyrgyz have been detained en masse as part of a giant crackdown in China’s Xinjiang region suggests the Beijing-dependent government is unwilling to ...
by Tom Rogan | November 14, 2018 04:40 PM Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., deserve credit for their new bill to punish China for its grotesque concentration camp incarceration of one million Uighur-ethnic civilians in its northwestern Xinjiang territory. A Muslim minority, ...
By Edward Wong Nov. 14, 2018 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Washington are trying to compel the Trump administration to take strong measures against Chinese officials for their mass repression of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China. Legislators introduced companion bills on Wednesday in ...
'Free our brothers. Fee our sisters,' demonstrators chanted in Washington Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Tuesday to participate in a rally for Uyghurs and raise awareness about the occupation of East Turkestan. Demonstrators wearing prison jumpsuits to resemble Uyghurs ...
The Chinese embassy has denied reports that families of Uighur Kiwis are disappearing into internment camps in China. In a statement on Wednesday, it said the controversial facilities were designed to help people who are "brainwashed by extremism". It comes after several Uighur New ...
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday seeking to punish China over its "human rights abuses" of the majority-Muslim Uighur population in the country's west, a move that drew immediate anger from Beijing. Legislation introduced in both the Senate ...
Despite warnings from China that Germany should not interfere in its internal affairs, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Beijing to be transparent about the human rights conflict surrounding the Uighur Muslims. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas began his visit to China on Monday by calling ...
Concern has spread among both Democrats and Republicans about the plight of Muslims in China. By NAHAL TOOSI 11/13/2018 04:49 PM EST Updated 11/13/2018 06:20 PM EST A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce legislation Wednesday aimed at shedding light on China’s treatment of its ...