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Uyghur-related research and reports - these are featured articles.
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The plight of the Uighurs: China's Muslims suffering as much as the Tibetans
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"Amnesty International has documented that, since 2001, “tens of thousands of people are reported to have been detained for investigation in the region, and hundreds, possibly thousands, have been charged or sentenced under the Criminal Law; many Uighurs are believed to have been sentenced to death and executed for alleged “separatist” or “terrorist” offences.”
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The Tightrope over Tibet
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The Chinese Foreign Minister's euphemism was long and unsubtle. “I shall assure you that our Government is fully capable of maintaining social stability and ensuring the security of tourists,” he said yesterday, even though the security of tourists is a minor issue in the anti-Chinese unrest spreading outward from Tibet.
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Indian military sceptical of sustained peace with Pakistan, China
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Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's upbeat statements on China, the resumption of trade at Nathu La after 44 years and the composite dialogue process with Pakistan notwithstanding, many in the Indian military establishment are sceptical of "true and lasting" peace with the two neighbours.
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China's Growing Involvement in Latin America
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China's forays into Latin America are part of its grand strategy to acquire "comprehensive national power" to become a "global great power that is second to none."
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China’s westland
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Before the highway arrived last year, threading a strip of black pavement across a moonscape of pale sand, this town in central Xinjiang province was among the lonelier places on earth.
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Report 2006: The state of the world's human rights - Asia-Pacific : China
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The Amnesty International Report 2006 is a comprehensive document which provides a global overview of the state of the world's human rights. The report, which covers 150 countries, documents human rights issues of concern to Amnesty International during 2005 and reflects the organization’s activities during the year to promote human rights and to campaign against specific human rights abuses.
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UAA Acknowledges Human Rights Day, Calls for China Reform
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In acknowledgement of Human Rights Day, The Uyghur American Association and Uyghur Human Rights Project call upon the government of the People's Republic of China to reform its brutal policies towards dissidents in East Turkistan who peacefully seek democratic representation and the protection of their human rights.
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Is Europe Condemning Freedom in China?
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The Uyghurs, the Tibetans, the Chinese dissidents and the devoted Tibet Support Groups have gathered here to appeal to the EU and its member states not to lift the weapons sales embargo on China. Because an end to the embargo cannot be justified without significant improvement of human rights in China in general.
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Chinese Regime Unleashes State Terror Against East Turkistan
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In the beginning of April, 2001, the communist Chinese regime ordered
the Chinese law enforcement agencies to start a new cycle of the
"strike hard" campaign to fight "crime" in the country. The leaders
of the Chinese communist party described the main goal of the "strike
hard" campaign as "to improve the social order through defeating dark
groups and various criminals". But, in the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous
Region, this campaign turned into persecution of Islam, Muslims, and
anyone suspected in favoring the idea of independent East Turkistan.
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Double Standards in Treating Uyghurs and Chinese Outside Their Ethnic Territories
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Following its policy of "opening northwest", the Chinese government is planning to attract new investments to develop the economy of East Turkistan and create new jobs But, will the local people benefit from this program?
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