VIDEO: Uyghur Muslim families forced to live with Chinese state officials in their own homes
Uyghur Muslim families across the Xinjiang region (occupied East Turkestan) are being forced to live with Chinese state officials in their own homes as...
China bans children in predominantly Muslim province from attending Quran classes
Chinese authorities have banned school pupils in a predominantly Muslim province in western China from attending Quran classes during the winter break.
The district education...
China increases DNA testing of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang region
China has began the logistical groundwork for the mass collection of DNA from Uighur Muslims of the Xinjiang region, human rights observers have said.
Police...
Uyghur students from Al-Azhar die in Chinese police custody in suspicious circumstances
Two Uyghur students from Al-Azhar University who were detained after voluntarily returning to China's northwest Xinjiang region have died in police custody.
A resident of...
VIDEO: Chinese authorities raid mosque and arrest congregation members and imam
Video footage of communist authorities in China raiding a mosque and arresting Hui Muslim congregation members including the imam.
Rights groups urge UN chief to condemn China over Muslim persecution
Five human rights organisations have urged the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to condemn the Chinese government’s detention of more than a million Muslims...
VIDEO: Chinese authorities ban Islamic greeting in East Turkestan
Video footage of Chinese authorities telling Kazakh Muslims at a "re-education camp" in East Turkestan not to greet each other with "As salaamu alaykum".
China bans long beards and veils in Xinjiang province
China has introduced new restrictions in the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against "Islamist extremism."
The measures include prohibiting...
