(JTA) — Israel chose not to sign a United Nations statement expressing concern about welfare of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority group in China that has been forced into “re-education camps ...

At least 1 million Uighurs have been interned since 2017 in more than 85 identified camps within Xinjiang-- an autonomous region in Northwest China, according to Western reports. Most of the ...

What’s behind the recent unrest? A concerted campaign by Beijing to assert control over a restive region that for centuries was dominated by the Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), Turkic-speaking ...

These are just a fraction of the missing Uighurs in China; the Muslim minority group which the authorities accuse of terrorism, writes Alex Crawford. Whole families are unaccounted for and thought ...

The piece, which ran without a byline for security reasons, established that China is imposing birth control on Uighurs and other Muslims in a far more widespread and systematic way than previously ...

China has been accused of torture, forced labour and “large-scale” arbitrary detention of Uighur minorities. Read more at ...

The Chinese government is developing technology to predict people’s physical appearance based on DNA collected from Uighurs in Xinjiang province, according to an investigation published today ...

On that same day 10 years earlier, China had launched its crackdown on Uighurs protests against government. The Muslim minority was increasingly frustrated with Beijing's policy on religion and ...

They included people from Hong Kong and China, Tibetans and Uighurs, and flags and placards were waved that said “CCP is watching you, Stop the mega embassy”, “Space for free speech”, “Free Hong Kong ...

The UN indicated on Friday it was urging Thailand not to send dozens of detained Uighurs to any country where they risk “significant” harm, after reported plans to deport them to China. Rights groups ...

ANKARA--Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uighurs in China’s western Xinjiang province and allow them to “live their ...