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An official with Human Rights Watch in China alleges the Chinese government has been changing the name of hundreds of Xinjiang Province villages “from those rich in meaning for Uyghurs to those that ...

In recent years, international attention has increasingly focused on allegations that the Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity and genocide against the Uyghur population and other ...

China is shutting down mosques in areas outside of Xinjiang in violation of the right to freedom of religion, according to a report released Wednesday from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The Chinese ...

From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send ...

BEIJING — Rukiya Maimaiti, a local propaganda official in China’s far west, warned her colleagues to steel themselves for a wrenching task: detaining large numbers of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim ...

Authorities in China's Xinjiang region are threatening to detain residents over downloading, listening to and sharing ...

WASHINGTON - On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province ...

The growing presence of China’s Muslim entrepreneurs at a festival in Kuala Lumpur reflects their trust in Malaysia’s strong ...

After locking up as many as a million people in camps in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are destroying Uighur neighborhoods and purging the region's culture. They say they’re fighting terrorism. Their ...

June 19 (UPI) --The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday condemned what it says is China's ongoing attempt to "erase" its Muslim Uyghur culture after a Human Rights Watch report alleged ...