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According to media reports, Uyghur journalist and webmaster Gheyret Niyaz was sentenced to 15 years in prison today (July 23) for endangering state security by speaking to foreign journalists.
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the unrest that took place in July and September 2009 in Urumchi, the regional capital of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) through the accounts of Uyghur eyewitnesses.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton roiled China at the recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Hanoi by stating that the United States had "a national interest in freedom of navigation, open access to Asia's maritime commons, and respect for international law in the South China Sea".
The WikiLeaks expose showing Pakistani military as secret supporter of the Taliban has not caused much concern among Chinese officials, who have otherwise been anxious about Taliban's links with Uighur terrorists in western China.
UAA Vice-President Alim Seytoff appears on Issues and Opinions of the VOA Chinese Service on the morning of July 26. Mr. Seytoff talked about the history of East Turkestan, the current situation, the establishment of the World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur American Association. He also answered the questions of Chinese callers from Mainland China.
The sentencing of Uighur journalist Hailaite Niyaz is another sign of the Chinese government’s continued efforts to restrict freedom of expression overall, as well as its ongoing suppression of the rights of the Uighur people, according to Freedom House.
According to uighurbiz.net, Uighur reporter and blogger Gheyret Niyaz（海來特．尼亞孜）has been sentenced to 15 year imprisonment on July 23 under the charge of “endangering national security” In Urumqi, Xinjiang.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and a long-time advocate for human rights around the world, delivered a major speech on the House floor urging the Obama Administration to "find its voice" on human rights.
In recent years, the Chinese government has invested a large amount of money to create more than a thousand bilingual courses in kindergartens throughout Xinjiang, and as of now, the program has benefited about 290,000 Xinjiang ethnic minority children.
To understand how difficult it is for China to be democratic, we must understand why till this day the Chinese Communists could still maintain their rule.
Many residents of Guangdong province, in southeastern China, are concerned the government is trying to phase out the Cantonese dialect following a proposal by the local leaders to switch the language spoken in a number of television programs to Mandarin.
A Chinese court in the troubled western province of Xinjiang has sentenced an ethnic Uighur journalist to 15 years in prison for "endangering state security" by speaking to foreign reporters.
The 15-year jail sentence imposed by a Chinese court on journalist Gheyrat Niyaz (aka Halaite Niyazi) has outraged human rights and press freedom groups across the world.
Human rights groups are strongly criticizing the Chinese government for imposing a harsh prison sentence Friday on an ethnic Uighur journalist and intellectual who gave an interview to a Hong Kong news publication last August, just weeks after deadly ethnic rioting shook the western region of Xinjiang.
Reporters Without Borders said it was outraged at the harshness of a 15-year prison sentence handed down today to journalist Gheyret Niyaz by a court in Urumqi, in Xinjiang province.
For a court in Urumqi, Hailaite Niyazi endangered state security when in an interview he blamed police for interethnic clashes in July 2009. His one-day trial occurred without the presence of a defence lawyer. “This is an extremely harsh and unjust action on the part of the Chinese court, and a clear violation of rights guaranteed by the Chinese constitution,” said the international director of a human rights group.
Amnesty International has condemned a 15-year prison sentence reportedly imposed on a Uighur journalist who warned Chinese authorities over potential ethnic violence in Xinjiang province on the eve of the July 2009 riots.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and a long-time advocate for human rights around the world, last night delivered a major speech on the House floor urging the Obama Administration to “find its voice” on human rights.
China has been brutally carrying out repression and torture on Uighur Muslims. The only fault of Uighur Muslims is that they want Independence of their motherland Xinjiang. Last year Chinese security forces ruthlessly quelled the movement. Consequently hundreds of Uighurs were killed and thousands injured.
According to media reports, Uyghur journalist and webmaster Gheyret Niyaz was sentenced to 15 years in prison today (July 23) for endangering state security by speaking to foreign journalists.
A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) examines the unrest that took place in July and September 2009 in Urumchi, the regional capital of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or XUAR) through the accounts of Uyghur eyewitnesses.