Chinese coercion: Uyghur imams targeted in Xinjiang

May 15, 2021, at 03:26 am

Beijing: The world might be celebrating Eid on Friday but a report released by a Uyghur rights group does not seem to be positive for the Muslim community as it claimed that China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region.

Human Rights and China: Uyghur School Director jailed for 14 years

May 07, 2021, at 01:12 am

A Uyghur academic director and prolific translator who is the brother of an RFA reporter has been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence following two years spent in an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for “religious extremism", an episode surely highlighting the aggressive stance taken by China over the people of the region.

US govt to study China's crackdown on Uyghurs

Dec 25, 2020, at 05:57 pm

Washington/UNI: U.S. administration would closely study the Chinese government's crackdown on its Uyghur ethnic minority and may consider labeling it "genocide," said a government official.