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  Ayshemgul Memet (traditional Uyghur folk songs)

  29 December 2014 Culture and Art, Video Gallery

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  Uyghurs Face Seizure of Land, Personal Property Under Tough New Rules

  24 December 2014 All Headlines, Argument, Culture and Art, News

  thnic minority Uyghurs in a township in China's troubled Xinjiang region risk losing their farmland and entire personal belongings if they do not respond to calls to appear before the police, according to sources. In Langru Township in Hotan county, any Uyghur on the police suspect list who fails to present himself or herself to authorities will have their name “erased f...
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  Q. and A.: James Leibold on Ethnic Policies in China

  18 December 2014 All Headlines, Argument, Culture and Art, Environment and Health, History, Religion

  James Leibold is a senior lecturer in politics and Asian studies at La Trobe University in Australia, and is currently based in Beijing. His research has focused on the Chinese government’s policies toward ethnic minorities and their effects on people’s daily lives. He recently returned from a trip to the western region of Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous homeland of China’...
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  China’s Jailing of Uyghur Dissident’s Students ‘Unacceptable’: Exile Group

  11 December 2014 All Headlines, Argument, Culture and Art, News

  China's sentencing of seven students of Uyghur dissident and former professor Ilham Tohti on separatism charges is "unacceptable," an exile group said after the students were handed jail terms of between three and eight years. The students were identified as Mutellip Imin, Atikem Rozi, Perhat Halmurat, Abduqeyum Ablimit, Shohret Nijat, Akbar Imin, and Luo Yuwei, with Luo...
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  Limits in the Seas

  10 December 2014 All Headlines, Argument, E-Books, Education, History, News, World

    United States Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Limits in the Seas No. 143 China: Maritime Claims in the South China Sea LIMITS IN THE SEAS No. 143 CHINA MARITIME CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA December 5, 2014 Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental a...
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  Seven Students of Jailed Uyghur Scholar Stand Trial For ‘Separatism’

  26 November 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News, World

  Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang put on trial seven former students of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti on “separatism' charges on Tuesday, according to a top human rights lawyer. "The trial of the seven students in the Ilham Tohti case has just wrapped up," Beijing-based Li Fangping, one of Tohti's defense team, said Tuesday in a post...
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  Escaping China: the perilous journey of the Uighurs

  25 November 2014 All Headlines, Argument, News, Video Gallery, World

  Escaping China: the perilous journey of the Uighurs Until a secret raid on a moonless night in March, Major-General Thatchai Pitaneelaboot thought he was getting a grip on the problem. After the incident, he had to think again. The 46-year old police commander was handed one of the toughest jobs in Thai policing last year when he was made top immigration cop in southe...
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  Six Months After Demolition of Homes, Uyghurs Await Compensation

  25 November 2014 All Headlines, News, Religion

  A group of mostly ethnic minority Uyghurs who claim their homes in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region were unfairly demolished by local authorities six months ago are still awaiting compensation that has been promised by the authorities, according to one homeowner. The homes of the seven residents of Hobuksar Mongol Autonomous County (Hebekesaier, in Chinese) in Tarbag...
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  Chinese Court Upholds ‘Separatism’ Verdict, Life Term For Uyghur Scholar

  25 November 2014 All Headlines, Argument, İlham Tohti, News, World

  Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang on Friday rejected an appeal by jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti against his life sentence for "separatism." The former professor at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing was sentenced to life in prison, along with deprivation of political rights and confiscation of all his assets, followi...
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  Urumqi High Court to Rule on Jailed Uyghur Scholar’s Appeal Behind Closed Doors

  20 November 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News

  A court in China's troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang will rule on Friday on an appeal by jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti against his life sentence for "separatism" behind closed doors at the detention center where he is being held, his lawyer said on Wednesday. The former professor at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing was sentenced to life in p...
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  Ilham Tohti’s Students to Stand Trial ‘Soon’ in China’s Xinjiang

  19 November 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News

  Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang are getting ready to put on trial a number of students of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, his wife said on Monday. The former professor at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing was handed a life sentence, along with deprivation of political rights and confiscation of all his assets, foll...
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  Uyghurs Forced From Refinery Towns Are Left Without Mosques

  14 November 2014 All Headlines, Culture and Art, News

  Thousands of Uyghur oil workers taken from outlying districts into Xinjiang’s Karamay city to enlarge the area’s urban population have been left without places of worship after Chinese authorities failed to make good on promises to build mosques near their new homes, sources said. Large numbers of Han Chinese and other immigrant workers have now taken over their former h...