Tag: Uighur
China denies Uighur academic secretly sentenced to death
China denied on Friday that detained Uighur academic Tashpolat Tiyip was secretly tried and sentenced to death, after UN experts demanded answers from Beijing.
The...
Uighur researchers say China running more camps than known
by Shaun TANDON
Uighur activists said Tuesday they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of the ethnic group,...
Jailed Uighur Ilham Tohti wins European Parliament Sakharov rights award
by Béatrice ROMAN-AMAT with Jing Xuan TENG in Beijing
The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights on Thursday to Uighur intellectual Ilham...