It’s not really “China’s Chechnya” yet, but the insurgency in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) is growing fast. Incidents of anti-Chinese violence are getting bigger and much more frequent. Since March, 176 people have been killed in six separate attacks on Chinese police and government officials, local collaborators and ordinary Chinese residents of Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Uighur…
A lawyer representing Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, detained on charges of separatism, says the evidence he has been allowed to review by the prosecution so far is incomplete, while Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang (East Turkistan) have yet to clarify whether he will be tried in secret. Tohti’s lawyer Li Fangping…
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is failing to deliver on its promises to quell violence in Xinjiang (East Turkistan). On July 28, bloody clashes between Uyghur protestors and para-military personnel in Yäkän (Ch. Shache) left at least 96 dead; leaders of Uyghur exile communities put the death toll at 2,000. Three days later, Jümä Tahir, the government-appointed…
The city of Karamay in China’s turbulent Xinjiang (East Turkistan) region is currently hosting the 13th Xinjiang (East Turkistan) Sports Games. To keep the competition safe from terrorism, the city government announced an unusual safety measure: A ban on “abnormal” Muslim-associated clothing and hairstyles on public transport. Xinjiang (East Turkistan) is home to the Uighur people, a…
