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Scholar and journalist tried in closed hearings

November 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Erica Kinetz Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Closed-door court hearings of a prominent journalist and a noted minority scholar held on Friday were sharply criticized for violating due process and chilling freedom of expression as Chinese authorities tighten oversight of public speech.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Aritz Parra, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Communist Party, European Union, Guzelnur Ali, Han Chinese, Hong Lei, Human Rights Watch, Ilham Tohti, Intermediate Court, Journalist Gao Yu, Mo Shaoping, Muslim Uighurs, Nicholas Bequelin, President Xi Jinping, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5, Xinjiang High Court

China wants Uighur refugees back from Thailand

November 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — More than 200 refugees detained in Thailand earlier this year are believed to be Chinese Uighurs and should be repatriated, a Chinese consul said, dismissing concerns they will be mistreated.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Alim Seytoff, Beijing, China, Chinese Uighurs, Han Chinese, Qin Jian, Thailand, United Nations, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28

China government executes 13 over terrorism, violent crimes

June 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) – China executed 13 people on June 15 over terrorism and violent crimes in the far western region of Xinjiang, including three men accused in an attack that left at least 34 people dead, state media said.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Beijing, China, Dilxat Raxit, Han Chinese, Muslim Uighur, Philippines, SWAT, Supreme People, Tiananmen Gate, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, World Uyghur Congress, Xinhua News Agency

Six Uighur men arrested for plane hijack in China

July 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press Staff BEIJING (AP) — Six suspects arrested in a foiled plane hijack in the far-western Xinjiang region are all Uighur men, Chinese state media reported, adding to ethnic tension in the region days ahead of the third anniversary of deadly riots.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, China, Civil Aviation Administration, Dilxat Raxit, German-based World Uyghur Congress, Han Chinese, Hou Hanmin, Six Uighur, Tianjin Airlines, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13, Washington-based Uighur American Association, culture, social media

Angry minority finds a voice on Chinese campus

January 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Every Friday afternoon, students pack a college classroom in Beijing to catch a glimpse of the sharply dressed professor punching the air as he speaks with surprising candor about the travails of his ethnic group, the Uighurs.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, Central Nationalities University, China, Chinese Communist Party, East Turkistan, Every Friday, Han Chinese, Harvard University, Huang Zhangjin, Ilham Tohti, Muslim Uighurs, Rian Thum, Soviet Union, Uighur Online, Vol 29 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, Wang Lixiong, Yet Tohti, culture

China officials acknowledges two Uighur deaths, some claim attacks were malicious

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

URUMQI, China (AP) — Police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third in western China, where violence has continued to flare despite the massive numbers of troops sent to restore calm more than a week after deadly ethnic rioting.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: China, Communist Party, Han Chinese, Hui Muslim, Muslim Uighurs, SWAT, State Department, URUMQI, United States, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, Xinhua News Agency, Zhou Yongkang, culture, language

Muslim minority riots erupt in China’s west

July 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China’s far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders, and clashing with police in violence that killed at least three people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Adam Grode, Alim Seytoff, Beijing, Bermuda, Central Asian, China, Cuba, Dalai Lama, East Turkestan, Four Uighur, Guantanamo Bay, Gulinisa Maimaiti, Han Chinese, Palau, Rebiya Kadeer, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 29 | July 11 - July 17

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