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  • Although the United States is prepared to strike Iran "at any time," US President Donald Trump says he does not see the fresh fighting lasting "too long."
  • Iran's attack on a Saudi tanker in the Strait of Hormuz that claimed two lives has been denounced by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
  • Alex Kiprotich, a Kenyan newspaper editor, is abducted by armed men, and his employer suspects the government
  • According to a new ruling, Tyler R., the man accused with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September of last year, may be executed if found guilty in the murder case.
  • Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist of Hong Kong, pleaded a guilty to a charge of conspiring with foreign organizations on Wednesday.
  • Over 1,270 people have died as a result of last week's massive flash flood at the Himalayan border between Nepal and China.

Tag: RFA’s Uyghur Service

June 9, 2023

Uyghur University Student Serving 13-Year Sentence...

A Uyghur university student named Mehmut Memtimin who was arrested more than five years ago by police in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region is serving a 13-year prison sentence, a policeman involved in his apprehension said. 

May 21, 2023

New Details About Uyghur Law School...

Meryem Ismayil was a law student at Xinjiang University when she took her life five years ago. The 22-year-old Uyghur from Aqerik village in Xinjiang’s Shayar County was distraught over the detention of her father, a Chinese Communist party cadre and member of the village’s People’s Congress. 

May 18, 2023

For Uyghurs Seeking Justice,UN Panel Confirms...

Uyghurs seeking justice for loved ones imprisoned in China have turned to a little-known United Nations body for help.

May 10, 2023

​​Newly Published Documents Reveal How China...

Lazy persons, drunkards, and “other persons with insufficient inner motivation” must be subjected to “repeated … thought education” to ensure they take part in state-sponsored “poverty alleviation” campaigns to pick cotton in China’s Xinjiang region, a previously unpublished internal government document ordered local cadres.

April 27, 2023

Uyghur Death in Thai Refugee Detention...

The death of a Uyghur detainee held in a refugee detention center in Thailand has intensified calls from human rights organizations for Thai authorities to provide better living conditions and health services for Uyghur inmates and to allow them to apply for asylum. 

April 20, 2023

Video of Dancer in Mosque Inflames...

A Chinese tourism advertisement portraying a medieval Buddhist fantasy, shot in the prayer hall of Xinjiang’s second-largest mosque, has alarmed diaspora Uyghurs, who call it a desecration. 

April 6, 2023

Demolition of Kashgar’s Khan Bazaar Creates...

Chinese workers began demolishing Kashgar Khan Bazaar for “optimization” purposes — renovations to upgrade the area and replace what they said were dilapidated structures with modern ones. 

March 24, 2023

As Ramadan Begins, China’s Muslims Face...

As Muslims around the world prepare to begin the holy month of Ramadan, China’s Muslims are facing fasting bans and their cultural and religious traditions are increasingly under attack

March 12, 2023

Uyghur Actor Portraying ‘Black-Hearted Drug Dealer’...

A public service video featuring a Uyghur actor who portrays a “black-hearted drug dealer” preying on Chinese women recently went viral in China. 

March 9, 2023

UN Human Rights Chief: China Has...

The U.N.’s new human right chief said his agency has documented China’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and the separation of children from their families in comments during a global update on human rights on Wednesday in Geneva.

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