On 2nd December 2008, Human Rights Without Frontiers (Mr Willy Fautré), the ALDE and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy organized a conference on Human Rights in China at the EU Parliament.

Mr. Dokun Isa, Secretary General of World Uygur Congress spoke about Uygur Human Rights issue.

Mr. Willy Fautré of HRWF, Mr. Dokun Isa of WUC

UNPO [...]

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Talk Announcement:
Human Rights in Xinjiang and the Plight of Uyghurs
A talk by Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress and a
Nobel Peace Prize candidate
Time: 3:30 pm
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Place: 201 International Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Sponsored by the Michigan State University (MSU)
Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
and the Muslim Studies Program
For more [...]

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DPA
Beijing - Two Chinese paramilitary police were killed in a clash with Uighurs in the restive Central Asian region of Xinjiang, leading to the arrest of at least 20 people, Uighur activists said Thursday. Two officers were seriously injured and several others were hurt in the clash that occurred Wednesday in Xinjiang’s Jiashi city, about [...]

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 Aug 19, 2008, 7:52 GMT
Beijing - A group of exiles from China’s Muslim ethnic Uighur minority alleged Tuesday that police were planning to crack down on the Xinjiang region, where a series of attacks were carried out during the Olympic Games.
The Munich-based World Uyghur Congress said Xinjiang authorities plan to hold a 40-day ‘Strike Hard’ [...]

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Three security staff have been stabbed to death in China’s Xinjiang region, the third attack there in eight days.
Assailants killed the men at a checkpoint near the city of Kashgar, Chinese state media said.
Sixteen police officers were killed in an attack in Kashgar earlier this month, but state media said there was no evidence [...]

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From The Times

August 5, 2008
The Uighur attack in the northwest was shocking but not a precursor to a bigger outrage
Rosemary Righter
The Olympics will open on Friday inside a triple ring of steel. Anti-terrorism precautions have been an unavoidable feature of the Games since the PLO massacre of Israeli athletes at Munich in 1972, but [...]

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- China border attack in Xinjiang highlights Olympic terror threat.
- Zawahiri rumors swirl; Pakistani Taliban denies reports.
- Zuma hearings open in South Africa.
- Attacks in Mogadishu break fragile calm.
Top of the Agenda: China Border Attack
Chinese state media report this morning that sixteen policemen have been killed in an attack on an outpost (Xinhua) in [...]

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Author:

 Preeti Bhattacharji

July 31, 2008
Introduction

The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a territory in western China, accounts for one-sixth of China’s land and is home to about 20 million people from thirteen major ethnic groups. The largest of these groups is the Uighurs [PRON: WEE-gurs], a predominantly Muslim community with ties to Central Asia. Some Uighurs call [...]

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