"We got our passports from the Chinese government. Now they say we are terrorists because we are in Turkey." The Uighurs in Turkey believe this is a widespread attempt to pressurise Turkey not to ...

ANKARA--Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uighurs in China’s western Xinjiang province and allow them to “live their ...

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Turkey is threatening to deport Uighur refugees back to China, where they could face imprisonment, after Turkish officials rejected their applications for asylum and long-term residency.

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Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

Thai authorities in Bangkok have arrested more than 60 Montagnard Christian migrants who faced persecution in Vietnam and have also drawn criticism from the U.S. government for deporting 40 Uighur ...

China plays down the significance of the mission, calling it a “normal law enforcement cooperation”. Read more at ...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu voiced concern on Monday at China's alleged mistreatment of Uighurs and other Muslims in the East Turkistan region. He also called for authorities to ...

Rights advocates had said the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China, were “at real risk” of torture, imprisonment or ...

Their facial features are more similar to those found in central Asia, Turkey, even Russia. Uighur cooking and fashion too, is a world away from anything found in Shanghai or Beijing. The language ...