Uyghur university lecturer confirmed detained in China’s Xinjiang region

A Uyghur lecturer from a university in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region has been sentenced to prison for “disregarding” the national language, a media report said. The 65-years-old Dilmurat Awut hails from Ghulja county, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. Awut, who was deputy Chinese Communist Party secretary of the school’s Marxism Institute, used […]

US expresses concerns over human rights situation in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong

US President Joe Biden has raised concerns over the human rights situation in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday. Biden and Xi Jinping held an “in-depth and constructive” meeting for over three hours and exchanged views on bilateral relations and issues of common interest. […]