Controls over religious practice in the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang--home to the Uyghurs and other ethnic groups--are often harsher than those found elsewhere in China. The regional government is currently considering legislation that would tighten formal legal prohibitions over children's ...
Xinjiang Authorities Train, Seek to Regulate Muslim Women Religious Figures
The Chinese government strictly regulates religious practice in China, and controls over religion in the Muslim-majority western region of Xinjiang, where Uyghurs and other ethnic groups live, are especially tight. As this analysis shows, in recent months, some local governments in Xinjiang have ...
China tortures the Uyghur people
Rebiya Kadeer, uncrowned leader of the Uyghur minority persecuted in China, says that the Chinese are "psychologically torturing" her children who have openly criticized her human rights campaign. The Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer has accused the Chinese government of "psychologically torturing" ...