Reuters Investigates, 31 December 2015
Reuters – Erkin Kurban, an ethnic Uighur from China’s frontier region of Xinjiang, left his homeland for Canada back in 1999. When he returned to Xinjiang for a visit in April 2013, he had not seen his family for more than 13 years. Kurban was especially excited about seeing his 85-year-old mother.
Read More →Radio Free Asia, 29 December 2015
RFA Uyghur Service – As China’s parliament passed a controversial new terrorism law on Sunday, police in the southern city of Guangzhou issued orders to be on the alert for “suspects” wearing Islamic symbols who “usually attack after morning prayers.”
Read More →CNN, 28 December 2015
By – Chinese authorities say they’re not renewing the press credentials for a French journalist whose recent reporting questioned Beijing’s “ulterior motives” in standing in solidarity with France after the November Paris attacks, and criticized China’s handling of its Uyghur minority.
New York Times, 27 December 2015
By Chris Buckley – China’s legislature approved an antiterrorism law on Sunday after months of international controversy, including criticism from human rights groups, business lobbies and President Obama.
VoA News, 27 December 2015
Voice of America – China said Saturday that it will not renew press credentials for a French journalist, effectively expelling her following a harsh media campaign against her for questioning the official line equating ethnic violence in China’s western Muslim region with global terrorism.
Reuters, 27 December 2015
By Ben Blanchard – China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday that requires technology firms to help decrypt information, but not install security “backdoors” as initially planned, and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations.
BBC News, 26 December 2015
BBC News – China has effectively expelled a French journalist over an article she wrote that was critical of Beijing’s policy towards Muslim Uighers in Xinjiang. Beijing confirmed it would not renew press credentials for Ursula Gauthier, of the French news magazine L’Obs.
The Guardian, 26 December 2015
Reuters Paris – Ursula Gauthier from L’Obs magazine, was attacked in state media for article criticising Beijing government’s approach to Muslim minority in Xinjiang
