Uighur Muslim
As Trump signs Uighur human rights law, Bolton book claims he supported Chinese camps
By Aysha Khan — June 17, 2020
(RNS) — The law’s signing comes amid explosive allegations by former national security adviser John Bolton that Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping to continue building the prisonlike camps.
Uighur activists celebrate religious freedom agency’s first Uighur commissioner
By Aysha Khan — May 26, 2020
(RNS) — Uighur activists say lawyer Nury Turkel’s appointment to USCIRF is a clear signal to the Chinese government that the U.S. government will not tolerate human rights violations in Xinjiang.
After advocating for his release, Uighur woman hears from father via Chinese media
By Aysha Khan — May 6, 2020
BOSTON (RNS) — Samira Imin’s next mission is to determine whether her father’s release from Chinese detention is genuine.
China blasts passage of US bill ordering sanctions over Uighur detention
By Aysha Khan — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan bill that would call for Trump to impose sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang.
On Capitol Hill, persecuted Muslims unite to protect religious minorities’ rights
By Aysha Khan — April 2, 2019
(RNS) — More than 125 members of the minority Ahmadi Muslim sect spent the day on Capitol Hill lending their voices on behalf of beleaguered Uighur Muslims.
A young Uighur American cries out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — October 24, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Aydin Anwar, the president of Duke University's Muslim Students Association, rallies on behalf of Uighurs facing persecution in China. It's a lonely cause.
Former Chinese internment camp detainee denied US visa
By Dake Kang — October 21, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — Kazakh national Omir Bekali was asked to travel to Washington in September by the chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
China says internment camps are ‘free vocational training’
By Yanan Wang — October 16, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party's resistance to Western pressure over the camps highlights China's growing confidence under President Xi Jinping, the country's most powerful leader in decades.
America is abandoning independent Christians in China
By Chloë Starr — April 21, 2017
(RNS) American Christians who voted in a president who fails to do the minimum to secure religious freedom abroad have some serious soul-searching to do before their sisters and brothers around the world.
COMMENTARY: China’s grim religious freedom problem
By Katrina Lantos Swett — July 29, 2014
(RNS) China’s appalling religious freedom record underscores the obvious: Little has changed since Beijing shamed itself before the world 25 years ago, massacring its own people for the “crime” of demanding their rights.
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