Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque demolishment

Posted on January 3, 2012, in Uyghur Related News

Today’s Zaman, 3 January 2012

Violence broke out between hundreds of Chinese Muslims and police in the village of Taoshan in Ningxia when a mosque was demolished by the local government, Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ICHRD) reported on Tuesday.

Children Caught In Crossfire

Posted on January 3, 2012, in Uyghur Related News

RFA, 3 January 2012

Five children remain detained in a village in China’s Xinjiang region five days after a fight between police and ethnic Uyghurs.

Neighbors and teachers are concerned over the fate of five ethnic Uyghur children who are believed injured and among those detained by police in China’s troubled Xinjiang region following deadly clashes last week.

Shot ‘terrorists’ may have been religious refugees

Posted on January 2, 2012, in Uyghur Related News

The Independent, 2 January 2012
By Clifford Coonan

A group of seven alleged kidnappers killed by Chinese police in the troubled Xinjiang region last week were ethnic Uighurs trying to flee the province, a new report claims. It also says that women and children were caught in the crossfire.

Crowd fights Chinese police at mosque demolition

Posted on January 2, 2012, in Uyghur Related News

AP, 2 January 2012
By JOE McDONALD

BEIJING (AP) — A crowd of Muslims fought with police who demolished a mosque in China’s northwest, a police employee and a human rights group said Monday.

China dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng ‘in Xinjiang jail’

Posted on January 2, 2012, in Uyghur Related News

BBC News, 2 January 2012

One of China’s best known dissidents, missing for 20 months, is now said to be in a Xinjiang prison.

Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer, was arrested in February 2009, released briefly in March 2010 and disappeared soon after.