![]() AFP | Two Uighurs deported from Cambodia to China get life Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - China has jailed two Muslim Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday, showing no sign of loosening its grip on far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which holds rich deposits of oil and gas ... US concerned about fate of Uighurs in ChinaAFP China sentences deported Uighurs to life in prisonMonsters and Critics.com Silencing Uighur MuslimsOnislam.net International Islamic News Agency -Yahoo!7 News all 45 news articles » |
![]() MiamiHerald.com | China: 8000 New Police Officers Will Be Sent to Patrol Uighur Region New York Times Xinjiang is home to the Muslim Uighur ethnic group. Long-simmering resentment among Uighurs over rule by the Han Chinese majority and influxes of migrants has sporadically erupted into violence. Chinese Regime Steps Up Police Presence in Xinjiang RegionNTDTV Village police to fight "extremism" in China's far westMonsters and Critics.com China boosts police presence in restless XinjiangTODAYonline Today's Zaman all 162 news articles » |
Uncertainty over Uighurs Phnom Penh Post The United States is attempting to confirm recent media reports that as many as four of the 20 ethnic Uighur asylum seekers deported from Cambodia to China in 2009 have been sentenced to life in prison. “We're seeking to confirm these reports with the ... and more » |
![]() Malaysia Sun | Uighur film for overseas network The Australian THE ABC has declared it will screen the controversial Australian-made documentary about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer on the Australia Network this year. The decision to screen the film, The 10 Conditions of Love, comes nearly two years after it ... Uighur boy missing, feared killed by copsGlobalPost (blog) Islamophobia in China: Violence breaks out in XinjiangMuslimVillage.com Australia Broadcaster Kowtows to ChinaAsia Sentinel (blog) all 11 news articles » |
![]() RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Freed From Guantanamo, Uighur Makes Pizzas In Tirana Huffington Post The Uighur detainees were caught fleeing terror training camps after the US bombed the area. Some of them denied they were getting firm arm training from Al Qaeda but others did admit to it. Their goal was never to commit terrorism in the US but some ... From Guantanamo, Uighur reaches TiranaManila Bulletin all 3 news articles » |
![]() AFP | Two found guilty of 'terrorist plot' in Prophet cartoon case AFP Norwegian national Mikael Davud, a member of China's Uighur minority considered the mastermind behind the plot against the Jyllands-Posten daily, was sentenced to seven years behind bars. Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurd residing in Norway, ... Two Convicted in Norway of Terror Plot Against NewspaperWall Street Journal Norway Convicts 2 of Terrorist PlotVoice of America (blog) Norway Jails Two Over Newspaper Attack PlotRTT News Courier Mail all 475 news articles » |
![]() Moneycontrol.com | China says to increase police in Xinjiang for stability Moneycontrol.com Xinjiang is home to the Uighur ethnic group, a Turkic-speaking Muslim people who account for just over 40 percent of the region's more than 21 million population. While they have traditionally practised a very moderate form of Islam, many chafe at ... and more » |
![]() Globe and Mail | Harper in China: Juggling oil sales and core principles Toronto Star “We see Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetan Buddhists, and Uighur Muslims face harassment and physical intimidation. These abhorrent acts fly in the face of our core principles, our core values.” Beijing might to respond to Harper's human rights ... China's energy needs give Harper leverage: AmnestyCTV.ca all 353 news articles » |
![]() IceNews | Two jailed in cartoon terror plot IceNews Mikael Davud, a Norwegian from China's ethnic Uighur minority, was jailed for seven years, while Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurd, was given a three-and-a-half year sentence. A third man, David Jakobsen, was cleared of terrorism charges. Two men found guilty plotting 'terrorist act' against Danish newspaper over ...National Post (blog) Norwegians jail 2 in Prophet Muhammad cartoon caseCentral Asia Online all 24 news articles » |
![]() The Guardian | Letter from China: Taste of home The Guardian Naan is usually a disc-shaped, sesame-sprinkled loaf best eaten hot from the pot-bellied clay ovens that dot Uighur neighbourhoods. Foreigners could be forgiven for thinking that all naan is the same, but to the discerning eye the finer points are ... |
![]() The Seattle Times | China and the United States: a discussion, not a lecture The Seattle Times In China, the Han make up about 92 percent of the total population; other large ethnic groups include Zhuang, Manchu, Mongol, Hui, Uighur, Miao and Tibetan, and there are dozens more. The government has been trying to increase the university enrollment ... and more » |
![]() Reuters India (blog) | The limits of the Pakistan-China alliance Reuters India (blog) One source of tension between Beijing and Islamabad that has surfaced over the last few years is Chinese concern over some Chinese Uighur separatists receiving sanctuary and terrorist training on Pakistani territory. The Chinese province of Xinjiang is ... and more » |
![]() Los Angeles Times | Must-see Chinese TV becoming a snooze Los Angeles Times Dancers kitted out as Mongolians, Tibetans, Uighurs and other minorities twirled to a song called "Big Happy Family." Typically, Chinese families spend the night with the television on while they chat with relatives, play mah-jongg, eat dumplings and ... and more » |
![]() Spiegel Online | Exchanging One Prison for Another Spiegel Online In consequence, the US government withdrew any pretense that Ahmad was an "enemy combatant," admitting it had no basis to hold the man and his 16 Uighur countrymen, all from China. With the case thus abandoned, remedy was the sole question remaining. |
Chinese town threatened by modernization CNN (blog) Yet critics say there the Uighur's cultural heritage is being lost. Photographer Wu Xiangqian has been documenting the changes to the historic city, considered home to some of the best Central Asian architecture. "What I shot a few years ago has ... |
Mullah, the Talib and Pashtun society The Friday Times In the aftermath of 9/11 and NATO operations in Afghanistan, members of Al Qaeda, Pakistani Jihadis, secterian outfits, Uighur fighters from China, and groups from Central Asia took refuge in FATA and other parts of Pakistan. and more » |
Merkel seeking euro-savior and Iran-buster in China RT Stop any help to the Uighur terrorists by AlCIAeda. Stop this comedy about Tibet. Tibetan "refugees" in India are, among other things, the number one illegal traders of tigers and tigers' products. Stop Amnesy International from interfering with the ... and more » |
Is China All It's Cracked Up to Be? Huffington Post The most restive regions, Tibet and Xinjiang, in the far west and home to the Turkic-Muslim Uighurs, are remote from China's principal power centers. Far from reducing Tibetan and Uighur nationalism and dissent, modernization has increased them. |
![]() Aljazeera.com | Guantanamo turns ten Aljazeera.com In early 2009, the administration had the chance to settle a handful of Uighur detainees in the United States. The government acknowledged that the Uighurs - who could not be returned to China for fear of persecution - presented no danger to the United ... Guantanamo Bay prison: Inmates cleared for release continue to languishOregonLive.com Guantanamo 10 years laterUSA TODAY Closure hopes fade at GitmoAlbany Times Union Newser all 944 news articles » |
iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 31 PC Advisor Presumably, he means demanding change from Apple because demanding change from the People's Republic of China isn't good for one's health, as the Uighur people of western China learned as recently as 2009. While logic boards are an essential part of ... and more » |
Egypt revolution's broken promises The Daily Star Previous works have been about Iran's populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in 2009, a short film set in Bagram and another about the Uighur people, China's Muslim minority, both from 2007. A former Budapest university politics professor, ... and more » |
![]() Kabul Press | NATO Troops Disguise Themselves as Civilians in Afghanistan Kabul Press Mr. Parhart is a Uighur who fled repressive conditions in China. He apparently had some contact with people who may belong to ETIM (the East Turkistan Islamic Movement). Parhart was arrested in Afghanistan and illegally flown to the extra-judicial ... and more » |
Ela finds gold on the Silk Road 3AW (blog) I don't know much about Uighur culture, just that they're not happily a part of China, it's a very ancient people, and their food at least is influenced heavily by their neighbours on the Silk Road. Silk Road has only been open a year, and it's very ... and more » |
![]() Slate Magazine | Consent of the Networked Slate Magazine On Apple's special store for the Chinese market, apps related to the Dalai Lama are censored, as is one containing information about the exiled Uighur dissident leader Rebiya Kadeer. Apple similarly censors apps for iPads sold in China. and more » |
![]() Central News Magazine | Lunar New Year Twilight Parade to sweep Sydney Central News Magazine Starting with a Chinese breakfast, you'll discover the changing face of the district, now home to other foodie destinations including Thai Town and a small Uighur population from north-west China. Tea appreciation ceremonies take place at Zensation, ... and more » |
Abuses in Thailand Continue, Says Human Rights Watch Phuketwan Nur Muhammed, an ethnic Uighur, was arrested in August and handed directly into the custody of Chinese government officials and has since disappeared. China's record of arbitrary detention and torture of ethnic Uighurs places Muhammed at grave risk of ... and more » |
![]() CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) | Chinese press has impact, against the odds CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) And if you're a Uighur or Tibetan online journalist reporting on protests--well, watch out. But by one unlikely measure, Chinese journalists seem to do pretty well. When it comes to having impact--shifting policies, changing local laws, ... |
![]() Calcutta Telegraph | Struggle for supremacy Calcutta Telegraph But China is concerned that Pakistan harbours Uighur separatists operating in western China. Last year, China sent thousands of special forces to Urumqi to confront the separatists, and stationed anti-terror units in Kashgar, close to Pakistan. and more » |
![]() iNewsToday | Human Rights Watches the abusive in Thailand iNewsToday Nur Muhammed, an ethnic Uighur, was arrested in August and handed directly into the custody of Chinese government officials and has since disappeared. China's record of arbitrary detention and torture of ethnic Uighurs places Muhammed at grave risk of ... and more » |
The Myth of American Exceptionalism Asia Sentinel This is not to defend the Chinese for their brutal crackdown on both Tibetan and Uighur minorities. But why do Americans, and especially right-wing politicians, think American servicemen should be allowed to get away with atrocities? and more » |
China's brutal face: Uyghurs sentenced to life imprisonment NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) International human rights groups have expressed concern over the 20 Uyghurs in the wake of their deportation, with Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch telling the media "Uighur asylum seekers sent back to China by Cambodia have disappeared into a ... |
![]() New Yorker (blog) | “The Most Handsome Chinese Man I've Ever Seen” New Yorker (blog) Incidentally, I had forwarded past Fei's introduction, mistaking him for a Uighur singer (of the variety the state likes to trot out on an annual basis to affirm national solidarity), before my mother “Ai-ya”ed us to a halt. |
Uzbek man convicted of assisting terrorists in Norway uznews.net Mikael Davud, a Norwegian originally from the ethnic Chinese Uighur minority was given a sentence of seven years, and Iraqi Kurd Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak was sentence to three and a half years in prison. David Jakobsen was granted asylum in Norway in ... |
Shipboard gambling Royal Gazette That decision was taken against the background of a better economic picture than today's, and in the midst of extreme bitterness over then Premier Dr Ewart Brown's handling of “the Uighur Crisis”. It also needs to be remembered that the Premier tried ... and more » |
Visit Of Pakistan Army Chief To China - Analysis Eurasia Review Insofar as non-traditional threats are concerned, in recent times, China has expressed concerns over growing Muslim separatism and training of Uighur fighters in Pakistan who routinely cross over into Xinjiang Autonomous Region. and more » |
James Dines cites murmuration MarketWatch He instances the spontaneous, unexpected uprising of the “Arab Spring”—and predicts parallel developments in China, possibly fuelled by Uighur resentment, and (wait for it!) in the US “One topic we've seen nowhere else in the world's press is that of ... and more » |
![]() Truthdig | Why I'm Suing Barack Obama Truthdig Once a group is deemed to be a terrorist organization, whether it is a Palestinian charity or an element of the Uighur independence movement, the military can under this bill pick up a US citizen who supported charities associated with the group or ... and more » |
China Delivers Propaganda With Happy Chinese New Year Application Top Secret Writers On December 28th in Western China, members of the Uighur minority group were attempting to cross China's western border. The Chinese authorities shot and killed seven members of the group and captured five Uighur children aged 7 to 17. |
![]() The Hindu | Salman Rushdie & India's new theocracy The Hindu Khagan Boku Tekin, the Uighur king, made Manichaeism the state religion giving it a home — but even this last redoubt collapsed in 840. Eusebius' own Christian faith, by contrast, flourished after it won imperial patronage: the word of god grows best ... and more » |
What does Pakistan want in Afghanistan? South Asian News Agency This is because without such stability, the Pakistani state could not re-establish the state's writ in its territories that the Taliban ¬— Pakistani or Afghan — in conjunction with al Qaeda and its Arab, Uzbek, Chechen, Uighur adherents have taken ... and more » |
Visit of Pakistan Army Chief to China Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Insofar as non-traditional threats are concerned, in recent times, China has expressed concerns over growing Muslim separatism and training of Uighur fighters in Pakistan who routinely cross over into Xinjiang Autonomous Region. |
![]() The Atlantic | Is China Really Moving into Central Asia? The Atlantic In contrast, pressuring a Central Asian government to, for example, round up some Uighur activists it doesn't like anyway is in some senses barely worth mentioning, especially because it imposes no cost on the leaders who do it. and more » |
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More than a tactical shift? Times of India Support of Pakistani extremists to Uighur separatists in Xinjiang has brought rare public rebuke from China. If the US-Myanmar warmth is galling to China, the sharp deterioration of Washington's relations with Islamabad is a matter of concern too. and more » |
The coming change DAWN.com One of the engines of future Chinese growth will be the development of resourcesand regions lying to the west in the Xinjiang, Uighur and Tibet region. This region borders Pakistan and if Karachi or Gwadar could be made the entrepôt for the region, ... and more » |
Only a step toward democracy in Kazakhstan Today's Zaman There are 82 Kazakhs, including the speaker, 17 Russians, two Germans, one Belarusian, one Bulgarian, one Korean, one Uighur, one Ukrainian and one Uzbek. Seven political parties participated in the elections, but President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ... and more » |
China: CWI's Zhang Shujie spoke at hearing in Sweden's parliament China Worker It's the same with several other convicted - such as Uighur Hailate Niyazi and Dokru Tsultrim who sounded the alarm after the earthquake in Yushu - nobody knows where they are. In the last month, three dissidents have been sentenced to between 9 and 10 ... |
![]() Czech Position | Prague to ring in Chinese New Year with Song Czech Position “So many have performed in Songfest, people from places like Mongolia, Uighur, India, Taiwan and Slovenia.” Closer to home, she always invites friends from the Czech music scene. Along with Vacík, Burian and Holubová, this year's roster includes the ... |
China set to boost forces in Xinjiang for stability Gulf Times Xinjiang is home to the Uighur ethnic group, a Turkic-speaking Muslim people who account for just over 40% of the region's more than 21mn population. While they have traditionally practised a very moderate form of Islam, many chafe at government ... and more » |
Seeds of conflict DAWN.com ... Northern Alliance; the organisation also enlisted the support of extremist groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Chechen fighters from the breakaway republic of Chechnya, and Uighur Muslims from China's eastern province of Xinjiang. |