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BISHKEK (TCA) — A United Nations human rights panel says that an estimated one million ethnic Uyghurs in China are being held in "counterextremism centers," with millions more forced into reeducation camps, turning China's far-western Xinjiang-Uyghur region into "something that resembles a massive internment camp", RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The largest Islamic training institute in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is training religious staff with the correct political stance and excellent moral traits to uphold social stability and ethnic unity in the region that is home to a large Muslim community, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported with reference to an article published in the Global Times. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has convicted ethnic Kazakh Chinese citizen Sairagul Sauytbay of illegal border crossing, but ordered her release and said she will not be deported to China, where she feared she would face "the most extreme" punishment, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
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 seeks to increase its military influence in Central Asia and Afghanistan, primarily to ensure security in its Xinjiang region and secure its investments as part of the Belt and Road Initiative in the wider Central and South Asian region. We are republishing this article on the issue by Stephen Blank, originally published by the CACI Analyst: Continue reading
