Uighurs stories:
High court hears case on Uighurs' freedom
Oct 20th, 2009 - Washington Times
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they are not a threat to the United States.
The Uighurs to Get Their Day in Court
Oct 20th, 2009 - ABC News
For the first time since President Barack Obama took office nine months ago, the Supreme Court has decided to hear a case regarding the release of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay...What to do with the Uighurs? Supreme Court takes new case on plight of Guantanamo detainees
Oct 20th, 2009 - StarTribune
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Guantanamo detainees who are considered no threat can be ordered released in the United States —...
Top US court to hear Guantanamo Uighur case
Oct 20th, 2009 - The Raw Story
The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail. The long...
High court to weigh Uighurs' plea
Oct 20th, 2009 - USA Today
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by 13 remaining Chinese Muslims held without charges at the Guantanamo Bay naval base. The justices'...
Uighurs videos from YouTube:
2:49Uighurs' struggle to retain cultural identity - 07 July 09
The Chinese government has accused Uighur exiles of inciting violent protests in Urumqi in the western province of Xinjiang. But many ethnic Uighurs blame Beijing for systematically destroying their culture and identity. Al Jazeera's ...
2:38Uighur unrest continues in Xinjiang - 07 Jul 09
Violence broke out in up to four neighbourhoods in the western Chinese city of Urumqi on Tuesday, according to witnesses. A group of armed Han Chinese people were seen marching towards an ethnic minority Uighur neighbourhood. Uighurs and security forces were also out on the streets ...
23:57Uighur Dilemma - China
August 2009 Ever since the violence between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese, a fear of fanaticism has taken hold. Is the government's decision to demolish the Uighur area Kashgar really due to an earthquake threat? Kashgar is a cultural icon ...
0:51Uighur Riots in Urumqi, July 5 2009
Disclaimer: this video is not mine. It is apparently a phonecam video that was uploaded to the Chinese video sharing website Youku and quickly censored. I've uploaded it to Youtube for archive purposes and to enable the spread of information ...
Uighurs from WikiPedia:
The Uyghur (Uyghur: ???????, Uyghur; simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wéiwú'?r; IPA: [??j????]) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.
Large diasporic communities of Uyghurs exist in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Smaller communities are found in Mongolia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Russia and Taoyuan County of Hunan province in south-central Mainland China. Uyghur neighborhoods can be found in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, Washington D.C, Munich, Tokyo, Toronto, Istanbul and Adelaide.
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