Xinjiang

BEIJING - At the Shu Le County Education Center, a sprawling three-story complex in China’s far-west region of Xinjiang, the dormitories feature bars on windows and doors that only lock from the outside.Inside are hundreds of…

Uighur rights groups have felt the brunt of a coordinated pro-China “cyber-abuse” campaign that has taken aim at their social media feeds, with some Facebook posts receiving over 3,000 comments denouncing Xinjiang separatism. The…

At least five Australian children are trapped in China, unable to return home because of the Chinese government’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims, the Guardian can reveal. The children, who range in age from one to six, are all Australian…

For the last year, Sam* has seen his baby only in 15-second snatches. The 28-year-old Australian citizen, who lives in Sydney, has never met his 18-month-old son, who has been trapped in China with Sam’s wife, Gulyar,* since she…

A broad group of US lawmakers on Wednesday called for sanctions against China’s top official in the Xinjiang region over alleged abuses — including mass detentions — against the Uighur minority. The letter signed by 24 senators — almost…

A former chairman of the government of China’s troubled northwest region of Xinjiang, an ethnic Uighur, has been arrested for graft, national prosecutors said Tuesday. Nur Bekri was the regional government’s chairman for seven years…

China warned United Nations delegates not to attend a panel event on human rights violations in Xinjiang last month, where Beijing faced criticism for detaining a reported million ethnic minority people in extrajudicial “reeducation”…

China has thanked Kazakhstan for supporting its crackdown on the restive far west region of Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of rights abuses against minority groups, including ethnic Kazakhs. China is holding one million ethnic…

BEIJING - “Highly choreographed” tours to Xinjiang organized by the Chinese government are misleading and propagate false narratives about the troubled region, a U.S. official said, after China announced plans to invite European…

Last September, Abdakir, his wife and two children feared for their lives. The Uighur family had been denied asylum by the Swedish Migration Board, as well as in the Migration Court, after having appealed the original decision. They…

China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 “terrorists” have been arrested there since 2014. Beijing has come under international criticism over its…

BEIJING - Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said Monday, in a lengthy policy paper again defending its controversial Islamic…

BEIJING - China has expelled one of its most senior ethnic Uighur officials from the Communist Party, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog said Saturday, accusing the former energy chief of abusing his position to live a “lavish…

by Nina Larson China on Friday flatly rejected criticism of mass detainment of Muslim minorities in its restive Xinjiang region, insisting it has set up “campuses”, not camps, in a bid to counter radicalisation. China’s vice foreign…

The United States on Wednesday voiced disappointment at the failure of Muslim nations to jointly take a stand against China’s treatment of its Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province. “We are, I can say, disappointed…

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday denounced China and Iran as Washington offered its annual human rights report, while going easier on other countries like North Korea in the name of “U.S. interests.”China,…

The annual meeting for Xinjiang delegates at China’s top legislature took place amid heightened security on Tuesday, with some journalists denied access and physically confronted by staffers. The National People’s Congress and the…

An activist arrested following a relentless campaign for victims of China’s repression in Xinjiang was released Monday by a Kazakh court to house arrest pending trial, his lawyer told AFP. Serikjan Bilash, who has led an awareness drive…

Kazakh police on Sunday arrested an activist who has campaigned for victims of China’s re-education drive in Xinjiang, sealing his informal group’s office and taking its computers, his civil partner said. The founder of @Atajurt, Mr.…

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh police on Sunday arrested an activist who has campaigned for victims of China’s re-education drive in Xinjiang, sealing his informal group’s office and taking its computers.Serikjan Bilash, who has led…