China's official Xinhua News Agency released a report on Wednesday detailing the evidence used to convict prominent ethnic minority scholar of separatism Ilham Tohti to life in prison. The report gives a lengthy...
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Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang executed eight individuals charged with terrorism- and separatism-related crimes on Saturday. According to a press release by China's state-run news agency, the execution was conducted with approval...
Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of criminals, in which 55 individuals were sentenced before a crowd of 7,000...
China court convicts Uighur journalist of endangering national security
A Chinese court on Friday convicted a Uighur journalist of endangering national security for statements made following the 2009 Xinjiang riots . The Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi sentenced Gheyret Niyaz, editor of...
International lawyers urge UN to condemn detention of missing China rights advocate
An international group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday petitioned the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to condemn to the detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng [advocacy website; JURIST...
China embassy claims missing rights lawyer working in Urumqi
The Chinese Embassy in Washington DC claims that prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng , missing for more than a year, is working in the Urumqi region , according to human...
China court sentences 4 more to death for Xinjiang riot killings
A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced four more people to death in connection with the July Xinjiang riots . The Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi sentenced eight others to life in prison and one to the death penalty...
China court sentences 5 more to death for Xinjiang riot killings
Five more people have been sentenced to death by a Chinese court in connection with the July Xinjiang riots , state media reported Thursday. The sentencing came in connection to the killing of a police...
The Chinese government has executed nine people sentenced to death for their role in the July Xinjiang riots , state media reported Monday. The report indicated that the individuals were executed "according to the...
An appeals court in China's Xinjiang province on Friday affirmed the convictions of 21 people found guilty of murder and other crimes such as arson and robbery for their roles in July's violent demonstrations in Urumqi ...