Academic research shows that investigative reporting, NGO advocacy, and scholarly scrutiny pushed Chinese authorities from denial to dismantling parts of their mass detention system for Uyghurs.

After locking up as many as a million people in camps in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are destroying Uighur neighborhoods and purging the region's culture. They say they’re fighting terrorism. Their ...

In 2017, satellite images, leaked government documents, online tenders for prison construction and guards, as well as social-media posts of ribbon-cutting ceremonies revealed a network of prison camps ...

Visiting Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region offers a rare opportunity to observe daily life within a Muslim community that many people only hear about from afar. Walking through neighborhoods, markets, ...

China has imposed severe travel restrictions on Uyghurs from its northwestern region of Xinjiang in violation of their internationally protected right to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said in ...

BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - Officials in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups ...

From initial denials, through later partial acknowledgment and “legalization,” to rapid downsizing and eventual formal ...

* Friday prayers suspended at many Urumqi mosques * Thousands of troops and police remain on streets * Hu says maintaining stability paramount (For earlier stories, click on [ID:nXINJIANG]) By Chris ...

When Anna was planning her first visit to Xinjiang in 2015, her friends were perplexed. "They couldn't understand why I'd visit a place that back then was considered one of China's most dangerous ...

SHANGHAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry denied claims from an Australian think-tank that it had destroyed thousands of mosques in its western Xinjiang region, and said there are over 24 ...