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Who are Uighurs? — A look at group from restive China region

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China’s far west were involved. A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad: ——— WHO ARE […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, Ilham Tohti, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turkic-speaking Muslim, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, turkey

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

Chinese minority scholar indicted for separatism

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges Wednesday amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country’s far west.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Central Asian, China, Chinese, Ilham Tohti, Jack Chang, Li Fangping, Turkic Uighur, United States, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

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

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