Uighur
Islamophobia on the rise, according to United Nations report
By Joseph Hammond — March 11, 2021
(RNS) — The United Nations Human Rights Council report is unsparing in its critique of governments around the world, including the United States and China.
China accuses US of double standards on anti-Muslim bigotry, counterterrorism
By Aysha Khan — December 12, 2019
(RNS) — Chinese officials are seeking to turn the tables on the White House, accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy due to its own long history of anti-Muslim discrimination.
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.
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.
Beer fest in Muslim region of China angers Uighur exiles
By Reuters — June 22, 2015
A spokesman for the exiled World Uyghur Congress, condemned the event as "an open provocation to the Islamic faith."
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