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12/29 - Islam is under the threat in East Turkistan  

So called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous regional government and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous census recently published the book “year of 2008 in Xinjiang”. >>>

12/28 - 13 DEATH AND 5 INJURED IN BOMB EXPLOSION IN CHINA  

On December 27th early morning has a bomb explosion in Henan province Puyang city Hualong area and killed 13 and injured 5people. Chinese police are investigating the accident but did not release any information about the process..>>>

12/24 - Blue book and economic prosperity of East Turkistan  

The Xinjiang academy of social science issued the blue book which titled “2008-2009 Year Xinjiang Economic society Situation Analysis and Forecast" in December 23.>>>

12/19 - 36 young Uyghur thieves were arrested in Nanchang  

According to Nanchang news net report in December 17, 36 Uyghur kids who are belong to organized gang of thieves were captured by the Chinese police in Nanchang city.>>>

12/17 - Chinese government might intensify birth control policy in East Turkistan

Women in child bearing age reached 4 million 460 thousand and married women in child bearing age is 3 million 430 thousand in East Turkistan, official Chinese media reported today.>>>

12/16 - Natural gas reserve surpassed 100 billion cubic meter in Jungar Basin  

According to Tianshan news net in December 15, Chinese National Reserves Committee assessed and officially confirmed that Junggar basin natural gas reserve surpassed 100 billion cubic meters.>>>
 

12/13 - HEAVY LAND TAX FORCED UYGHUR FARMERS ABONDON THEIR LAND  

So called Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region tax bureau announced that recently the Autonomous Region People's government decided to raise the land tax and >>>

12/10 - Human Rights Day: A Distant Dream for Uyghurs

The world is celebrating the International Human Rights Day, but for the Uyghurs in East Turkistan, joining in the world wide happiness in this day is a distant dream, as the Uyghur people are >>>

12/09 - China: Fear of torture and other ill-treatment: Abdushukur Qurban  

Abdushukur Qurban, an ethnic Uighur and father of three, was detained on 21 November in Penjim Township, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR).  >>>

12/06 - Tarim River oil field has 10 billion tons oil reserve  

According to Chinese media, Chinese petro chemistry group found that recent reserved oil in biggest oil field Tarim River is 10 billion tons. Chinese petro chemistry group >>>

12/06 - Unmarried Uyghur women forced to move from their own land permanently  

Chinese government established making carpet, sewing, embroidery and cooking class in baybagh and kokyar village in Hoten and shortly trained Uyghur women in these classes to send large number of Uyghur women to inland China. >>>

12/03 - Uyghurs were main target of attack and arrest in East Turkistan  

Based on the news on Tianshan news net on December first, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region commemorates the 30th anniversary of procuratorial agency in Xinjiang in December first afternoon.  >>>

11/30 - China’s highest court announced death sentence for two Uyghur freedom fighters  

ETIC learned that China’s highest court announced death sentence for two Uyghur freedom fighters convicted of attacking 79 Chinese police and killing 16. >>>

11/25 - URUMQI: CITY OF SMOKE  

Heavy air pollution of Urumqi city in East Turkistan threatened residents since increased diseases such as asthma. “Impossible to wear white T shirt and almost >>>

11/25 - HUGE COAL FIELD DISCOVERED IN TURPAN   

Based on the news published in Tianshan news net today, recently 230 billion tons coal field found in Turpan. The coal field area is more than 300 square kilometers, >>>

11/18 - Exploration of gold crew frustrated Uyghurs   

Tianshan news net said, according to government survey, Chinese government recently discovered gold exploration crew in East Turkistan Qitai County.  >>>

11/17 - WE WANT TO GO HOME!  

Escaping from force labor became homeless at the street was very common and lucky chance of Young Uyghur Women who forcibly transferred to inland Chinese cities for cheap and . >>>

11/13 - Cotton harvest offers employment and special benefit only for Han Chinese  

Chinese government coordinated special train that provides three medical personnel in each train and insurance package to encourage the immigration of millions of Han Chinese cotton pickers pour  >>>

11/12 - SECOND DOUBLE THREAD RAILROAD PLAN: DISASTER FOR EAST TURKISTAN  

Tianshan news net reported that Lanzhou Urumchi second double thread railroad plan will begin the construction in 2009. Chinese government invested for this >>>

11/12 - CHINESE GOVERNMENT LAUNCH EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO CRITISIZE RABIYE KADEER 

According to ETIC sources Hoten prefecture government in East Turkistan announced the report about launching educational campaign that criticize Uyghur Political leader Rabiye Kadeer in exile. >>>

11/11 - UYGHURS CHEERED BY OBAMA’S NEW PLAN 

According AP news, new American president Obama advisory team planned to close Guantanamo bay prison and send prisoners to the trial in US soil. But they would like to create new justice system in US.

10/27 - China indicates Uighur terrorists have close links with Pak 

On October 21, a U.S. Court of Appeals moved to block the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay (1), overturning a federal judge's order this June to set the men free after

10/25 - China's Muslim Problem  

On October 21, a U.S. Court of Appeals moved to block the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay (1), overturning a federal judge's order this June to set the men free after

10/22 - Amnesty International Extremely Disappointed by Appeals Court Decision to Stop Release of Uighur Detainees 

Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's decision on Monday, October 20 to block the release of the 17 Uighur

10/21 - China Releases List of Wanted Terror Group Leaders 

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police called Tuesday for the arrest and extradition to China of the alleged leader of an Islamic terrorist group and seven core members accused of plotting attacks against the Beijing Olympics.

10/21 - China names eight wanted Olympic terror plotters 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China released on Tuesday a wanted list of eight "terrorists" it said had threatened the Beijing Olympics and were bent on achieving independence for its restive western region of Xinjiang.

10/21 - China's Islamic Crackdown has Begun

Several months ago I predicted that there would be a huge crackdown on Islam in China. This was right after Muslims in China had bombed some buses in China. Now the crackdown has begun as hijabs and Islamic beards have been banned, along with Muslims praying in public.

10/21 - Wary of Islam, China Tightens a Vise of Rules

KHOTAN, China — The grand mosque that draws thousands of Muslims each week in this oasis town has all the usual trappings of piety:

10/17 - COCEANSIDE: Amnesty International hosts

annual pier walk 

The free event, which is open to the public, will begin at the Oceanside beachfront amphitheater at 5:30 p.m.l
 In previous years, upwards of 700 people have held candles and

10/17-China extends influence into Central Asia 

 

China has begun a multi-billion-pound scheme in the far-Western province of Xinjiang to build roads and railways that will open up Central Asia.

10/16 -  Unlocking Gitmo

As a federal judge put it, it's time "to shine the light of constitutionality" on the legal black hole of Guantanamo Bay,     

10/16 - Judge Schools DOJ on the Meaning of Justice, Liberty

Sure, we're all worried about the economy lately, but there's a story you may have missed about an even more important element of American currency worldwide: liberty.

10/16 - Getting Gandhi to the Chinese

In 1980 while on a climbing expedition in the Sinkiang province of China, I was one of two from our group asked by the Chinese hosts to teach an English class to a group of professional

10/13 - From Gitmo to the U.S.: How 17 Uighur Prisoners Could Be Let Into the United States ‏

The story behind last week's stunning ruling on the fate of 17 Uighur prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.                     

 

10/08 - Guantanamo Uyghurs Ordered Freed ‏

U.S. judge orders the release of 17 ethnic Uyghurs held for almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay. But the legal fight isn't over.       

10/07 - Uighur Detainees May Be Released to U.S.‏

A federal judge is considering whether to order a group of detainees held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay released into the United States,   

10/01- Doubt Arises in Account of an Attack in China

KASHGAR, China — Just days before the Olympic Games began in August, a truck plowed into a large group of paramilitary officers jogging in western China,

9/24- CHINA IS AGRESSIVELY EXPLOITING NATURAL RESOURCES IN EAST TURKISTAN 

East Turkistan oilfields are most biggest oilfields compare to the Chinese oilfields. China aggressively exploiting and transporting oil and natural gas of these oil fields since

09/18 - CHINESE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED VERDICT ON 24 UYGHUR FREEDOM FIGHTERS 

According to Chinese state media, Gulja prefecture and Gulja city court and police department held announcement of verdict on Uyghur political

09/08 - 160 UYGHUR KIDS JAILED IN CHINA 

After the recent resistant attack of the Uyghur freedom fighters, Chinese government intensified its heavy pressure in the region.

09/01 - Western development strategy: Disaster in East Turkistan 

Introduction
This reports aim is to emphasize the main purpose of the “Western Development Plan” which China is implementing in East Turkistan since 1999, and its disastrous effects that began to systematically eradicate the Uyghur people from their own land.

08/07 - ETIC calls the World Community to take Urgent Action 

The East Turkistan Islamic Movement claimed the responsibility for the attack on Chinese police officers which killed 16 and injured 16 others Monday, 4 August East Turkistan. However, the ETIC learned that the attack was not organized by any group.

08/07 - Bush chides Beijing over rights 

US President George W Bush has expressed "deep concerns" over China's human rights record in a speech on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.

08/05 - 16 Dead in Xinjiang Attack 

HONG KONG—China’s official media gave divergent accounts of an attack in the northwestern region of Xinjiang in which 16 paramilitary people officers were said to have been killed and 16 injured.

08/04 - It is an understandable attack 

On Monday, August 04, 2008, The Xinhua News Agency reported that two Uyghurs attacked a police station in Kashgar and killed 16 policemen and injured other 16.

07/30 - NYT Blasts Bush on Chinese Human Rights on Same Day Prez Meets With Activists 

Whoops. On the very day that the New York Times takes President Bush harshly to task for failing to promote human rights in China, the president meets at the White House

07/17 - China- Central Asian gas pipe line is China’s geopolitical interest 

According to Chinese media news reports, recently, China and Kazakstan natural gas pipeline construction officially started.

07/14 - Chinese media should be ashamed of its unstable lies

Recently ETIC has learned and has published that China has launched a 15 days of mass arrest campaign beginning on July 1st to July the 15th in East Turkistan.

07/12 - China Executes Two Uyghurs  

Authorities in Xinjiang execute two Uyghurs for alleged terror links. Fifteen others are sentenced.

07/11 - Uyghurs Killed in Raid  

Chinese police stage a dramatic raid on a flat occupied by ethnic Uyghurs in the restive Xinjiang region.

Police in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, shot dead five ethnic Uyghurs in a raid July 8.

07/10 - Chinese Police terrorizing Uyghurs in Urumchi  

According to Urumchi evening news gazette report in july 8, Urumchi city police crack down suspected people and killed five, arrested 8, and injured two. They seized a number of small knives for committing to crimes.

07/10 - Excuse of Olympic security: second period of strike hard campaign in Urumchi  

According to Urumchi news gazette report in July 9, Director of the public security bureau of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and member of the Urumchi city party standing committee,

07/08 - INTERWIEV WITH ABDUJELIL KARAKASH  

Party secretary of Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region Wanglechuan answered the foreign media’s question in march 2008 and said that the Chinese government is not claiming Uyghurs are terrorists just because of few people who planning terrorist activity were Uyghur, does not mean all Uyghurs are terrorists. What is your reaction about his explanation?

07/07 - WHO IS THREATENING WHOM ?  

According to news based on Chinese government website Tian shan news net, in july 5th , so called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region tourism bureau party secretary Chi Chong Ching said in this week “ Traveling Xinjiang ( East Turkistan) is very safe .

07/05 - KHOTAN RAILWAY: ANOTHER SO CALLED DEVELOPMENT PLAn  

According to Khotan daily gazette, Khotan - Kashkar railway construction ceremony held in Khotan yesterday July third. this railway track along the southern age of Teklimakan desert and pass ten counties and cities such as Khotan, 

07/03 - 2008 Olympics disaster: Mass arrest in East Turkistan  

China has launched a 15 days of mass arrest campaign beginning on July 1st to July the 15th in East Turkistan.

04/17 - What is the difference between Chinese communist party and Chinese people ?  

China’s dream of winning international prestige and super nation status by sending Olympic torch to the world, have been destroyed.

04/15 - CHINA SHOULD STOP ITS AGGRESSIVE POLICY TO ACHIEVE THE PEACE  

According to AP news Dalai Lama rejected the Chinese claim that he is the behind of the turmoil and said that he criticize violence and want

04/10 - EAST TURKISTAN INFORMATION CENTER CRITISIZE CHINA FOR SLANDERING UYGHUR RESISTANCE GROUPS  

Chinese propaganda: Uyghur terrorists planned to wreck Olympics
Chinese ministry of public security spokesman Wu He Ping said, from January 4, 2008 to 11th,

04/09 - The “Strike Hard” Campaign  

(globalia) Just a few months before the opening of the Olympic Games, the world is becoming aware of the tragic situation of China’s minorities.

04/05 - Uyghurs Protest Olympic Torch in Istanbul

CHAN: Uyghurs living in Turkey accuse China of oppressing Turkic speaking Muslim Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region.

04/03 - Police arrest 70 in China's restive Xinjiang-group

BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - Police have arrested 70 people from China's minority Uighur ethnic group in the Silk Road oasis city of Kashgar,

04/02 - China Admits Recent Protest in Muslim Province

SHANGHAI — Acknowledging a recent protest in the Muslim, northwestern province of Xinjian, the Chinese government has announced that Islamic separatist groups are seeking to foment unrest there.

03/31 - The Uyghur People want Independence like Tibet!!  

Hotan, Uyghuristan, China strongly protests the outbreak of repression CNA World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilixiati today that the East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and Hotan City recently broke out nearly 1,000 protests,

03/18 - ETIC CONDEMNS CHINESE CRACK DOWN ON TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTARTION  

Uprising in Tibet asking Tibet’s independence, are cruelly suppressing by the Chinese government, despite the upcoming Olympics and Tibetan demonstrations at Chinese embassies around the world.

03/10 - EAST TURKISTAN INFORMATION CENTER STRONGLY DENOUNCE CHINA’S DIRTY GAME  

A Chinese passenger jet that departed last week Friday morning from East Turkistan was forced to make an emergency landing Lanjou after the flight crew detained at least two passengers who Chinese authorities say planned to sabotage the airplane,

03/07 - REMOVING YOUNG WOMEN FROM EAST TURKISTAN CONTINUES  

According to news released from so called Xinjiang Uyhgur Autonomous region Hoten government in march3, 2008, 465 Uyghur farmers had been send to the inland Chinese cities,

02/21 - IS It STEALING OR ABSORBING ?  

Recent years Uyghur dancing has become popular among Chinese immigrants in East Turkistan (Xinjiang, the northwest province of China).

02/13 - “Delivery Compassion” can not help poverty

Although Chinese media highlighted that there has been poverty reduction in rural arias since the Uyghur labor force was relocated to the cities in the region or to the inland China for employment, in reality, there has not been much change.

02/07 - WHO IS LIVING IN BIG BUILDINGS  

China’s “Western development” project increased development of infra structure such us roads, buildings, railways and bridges to intensify the exploitation of East Turkistan’s natural resources.

01/26 - Chinese mineral resource bureau found large scale of iron ore production in East Turkistan  

According to Xinjinag daily news in january 26,Chinese Regional Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources expand the mine exploration to the two new areas "outstanding Central Junggar,

01/22 - Stop the torture in East Turkistan  

Yasin Turdi, Need urgent medical treatment at Toksun county prison, jailed for asking justice.

01/22 - 2007 rainfall is 20% of acid rain in Urumchi, major city of East Turkistan  

According to Tianshan News Net,Xinjiang Climate Center on January 17 the first time released to the public “ In 2007 communiques and climate impact assessment”of the contents of the whole of last year within the framework of Urumchi City,

01/21 - Uyghurs in East Turkistan and Han Chinese immigrants in East Turkistan have different view about natural gas shortage  

Large scale of natural gas transferring from East Turkistan to Chinese cities caused intensive gas shortage problem in East Turkistan.

01/15 - Why Chinese government force Uyghur farmers to get loan from rural credit cooperatives ?  

According to Tianshan news net report in today, 94% of the 12 million 72 thousand farmers in East Turkistan got loans from rural credit cooperatives in 2007.

01/13 - 29 billion cubic meters of natural gas had been transferred from East Türkistan to Eastern China in past three years  

Tarim Oilfield of China Petroleum Pipeline Corporation and the company's latest statistics show that since 2004 December the Tarim Basin of 29 billion cubic meters

01/11 - Could less birth reduces Uyghur’s poverty?

Tianshan news net reported yesterday that China’s birth control party committee secretary review the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region’s birth control report at the meeting in January 10.