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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Uyghur Human Rights Project has announced that, together with the Uyghur American Association and the Uyghur Academy, it will be hosting a “Symposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today”. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As authorities in China’s Xinjiang province seek to prevent extremism and separatism, especially tough security measures target ethnic Uighurs. We are republishing this article on the issue by Darren Byler*, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s interest in Afghanistan is shifting from the economic to the military sphere, but this interest is explained by Beijing’s efforts to secure its Xinjiang province from extremist and terrorist activities that may be based across the border in Afghanistan's Badakhshan region. We are republishing this article on the issue by John C. K. Daly, originally published by the CACI Analyst: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As China is concerned with the potential threat of Uyghur extremism in its western Xinjiang province, Beijing now looks at the security situation in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province that borders China, with the issue of Chinese military presence in the area being on the agenda. We are republishing this article on the issue by Paul Goble, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) on January 29 said it has received confirmation from the relatives of Muhammad Salih Hajim of his death in custody in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The prominent scholar and Uyghur religious leader was 82 years old. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Reports have surfaced from the Xinjiang Uighur province of China claiming that Han Chinese security forces have imprisoned an estimated 120,000 members of the Uighur minority in “reeducation camps,” nominally to stamp out radicalism in the Muslim ethnic group, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported. Continue reading
