Authorities in China detain suspects in the latest in a string of violent attacks on ethnic Uyghurs. Photo provided by a listener. Kaynam Jappar, one of several Uyghurs recently attacked, shown in a Jan. 6, 2005 photo. HONG KONG—Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have detained ...
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 ...
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 ...