The Uyghurs comprise one of the largest of China’s official nationalities, or minzu, with an official population of around 12 million. The vast majority reside in the “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,” a designation for their homeland that was fixed by Read more…
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Yaqub Haji, a prominent Uyghur muslim businessman and philanthropist was tortured and died in a prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. In a city in far northern Xinjiang near Kazakhstan, Yaqub Haji was one of two businessmen who donated money Read more…