UAA, Washington, 25 Aug 2009 – The Uyghur American Association (UAA) believes that the Chinese government’s contradictory statements on the details of trials for Uyghurs detained in the wake of unrest in Urumchi on July 5, 2009 indicate an absence of transparency surrounding criminal and judicial procedures, as well as a process driven by political [...]

UAA, Washington, 19 Aug 2009 – The Uyghur American Association (UAA) has learned that, in violation of Chinese law, the children, grandchildren, and siblings of Uyghur democracy leader Rebiya Kadeer who live in Urumchi, the regional capital of East Turkestan,

Uznews, Tashkent, 12 Aug 2009 – Uzbek Higher and Secondary Education Minister Azimjon Parpiyev has described journalism students trained at two Tashkent universities’ journalism departments as terrorists.

OSCE, Vienna, 11 Aug 2009 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down in a closed trial to Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of Alma-Ata Info, violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom.

GAİP, 07 Aug 2009 – To: Chinese government, UN Human Rights Commission, EU Human Rights Commission The horrifying news of Chinese authorities’ brutality against People of Eastern Turkistan (Uyghur Turks) are chilling reminders that occupying Chinese forces will do anything to as reported by news agencies, “exterminate” the Uyghur Turks, in their own homeland.

UAA, Washington, 04 Aug 2009 – The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is concerned over news in the official Chinese media that 319 more individuals have been arrested in Urumchi in relation to unrest that occurred on July 5.

RFE/RL, Yerevan, 04 Aug 2009 – Arman Babajanian, the editor of the pro-opposition “Zhamanak” daily suffering from a brain tumor, was set free on parole on Tuesday after spending more than three years in prison for draft evasion.