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Xinjiang Authorities Detain Uyghur Philanthropist, Three Others, Over Alleged Ties to Education Fund

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 17, 2018 Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained a prominent ethnic Uyghur philanthropist, his brother, and two of the brother’s business partners, according to a family member, who said they were targeted for their perceived ties to a (read more…)

CARTOON: China’s Million Prisoner Question

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The News Lens on August 17, 2018 The world finally appears to be sitting up and taking notice of what United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination member Gay McDougall last week called ” a massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.” That camp is (read more…)

‘All measures can be tried’ says state-run tabloid after UN expert questions China’s Muslim region crackdown

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by HKFP on August 13, 2018 Chinese state-run tabloid the Global Times said on Monday that “all measures can be tried” to safeguard stability in the Muslim region of Xinjiang. “We must hold onto our belief that keeping turmoil away from Xinjiang is the greatest human right,” it said. The (read more…)

One million Muslim Uighurs held in secret China camps: UN panel

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Al Jazeera on August 11, 2018 More than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be in detention in “counter-extremism centres” in China’s far west, the vice chairperson of a United Nations anti-discrimination committee has said, citing credible reports. Gay McDougall made the comments on Friday as the UN (read more…)

‘No Releases’ of Thousands Held For Years in Xinjiang Township Political ‘Re-education Camps’

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 6, 2018 As many as 6,000 residents of the mostly Uyghur-populated township of Haniqatam in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been held in political “re-education camps” for as long as two years, according to a local official. Beginning in April (read more…)

Chinese Hui Muslims protest mosque demolition in Weizhou

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Deutsche Welle on August 10, 2018 The grand mosque in remote northern China was slated to be demolished, according to local officials who said it had not been granted proper permits. A rare protest has been held to save the building. Local sources said a sit-in protest by (read more…)

New evidence emerges of China forcing Muslims into ‘reeducation’ camps

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The Washington Post on August 10, 2018 ZHARKENT, Kazakhstan — First-of-its-kind courtroom testimony here has corroborated allegations that the Chinese government has built a network of internment camps in western China where Muslim minorities are held without charge for “reeducation.” Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national, said she crossed from China’s Xinjiang (read more…)

Reports China holds million of Uighurs in secret camps: UN

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Originally published by Reuters on August 11, 2018 Geneva: A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.” Gay McDougall, a member of (read more…)

United Nations fears more than one million could be detained in China in ‘secret internment camp’

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by News Corp Australia Network on August 12, 2018 CHINA could have more than one million people detained in what United Nations officials have described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy”. Many credible reports suggest that Uighurs and Muslim minorities have been forced into “political (read more…)

U.N. Panel Confronts China Over Reports That It Holds a Million Uighurs in Camps

September 28, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The New York Times on August 10, 2018 GENEVA — United Nations human rights experts expressed alarm on Friday over what they said were many credible reports that China had detained a million or more ethnic Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang and forced as many as (read more…)

Tens of Thousands of Xinjiang’s Kuchar County Residents Held in Political ‘Re-Education Camps’

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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 9, 2018 More than 45,000 residents of a mostly Uyghur-populated county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in three main political “re-education camps,” according to a local official, who said the facilities are guarded by armed personnel. Beginning (read more…)

China: one in five arrests take place in ‘police state’ Xinjiang

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Originally published by The Guardian on July 25, 2018 One in five arrests in China last year took place in Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous western territory that critics say has been turned into a police state rife with human rights violations. Analysing publicly available government data, the advocacy group Chinese (read more…)