China razes Kashgar’s iconic Grand Bazaar — Radio Free Asia

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Satellite images provided by PlanetLabs Inc. and analyzed by RFA show the rapid demolition of Kashgar Bazaar between April 4, 2022 (L) and May 4, 2022 (R). The travel guide Lonely Planet advises visitors to Kashgar, China, to fight the crowds that gather at its Sunday Grand Bazaar and let their senses loose to the

Xinjiang officials said to pay Uyghurs to perform dance at Kashgar mosque — Radio Free Asia

Uyghur musicians play their instruments atop the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, northwestern China's Xinjiang region, while other Uyghurs dance in the square below, May 3, 2022. Credit: China News Service video screenshot

Authorities in Kashgar allegedly paid Muslim Uyghur men to dance outside the most famous mosque in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region to celebrate the end of Ramadan, a performance that was filmed and released by state media ahead of an anticipated visit by the United Nations human rights chief later this month. Kashgar locals told RFA

Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan — Radio Free Asia

Tursunjan Mamat sets down a copy of the Quran during a government organized visit for foreign journalists to his home in Aksu prefecture, northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 20, 2021. Credit: Associated Press

” Ramadan procedures are being taken,” stated a village cop in Kashgars Tokkuzak (Toukezhake) municipality. Celebrations religious policy. The party never stated to eliminate faith, however to Sinicize it.” ” This system is developed to avoid religious beliefs to have unfavorable results on childrens minds,” he stated. A cadre from the village is registering individuals

Uyghur torchbearer for 2008 Beijing Olympics serving 14-year sentence in Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia

Uyghur torchbearer for 2008 Beijing Olympics serving 14-year sentence in Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia

Adil went to Chinese schools in Xinjiang and studied in Russia in the 1990s, Abduweli said. Adils father likewise was a loyal civil servant of the Chinese in the Kashgar prefecture government. Abduweli also said that Adil is related to him. To validate Adils detention, RFA called the Saybagh district workplace of the Urumqi Municipal

Uyghurs jailed for religious ‘crimes’ believed to be in Xinjiang women’s prison — Radio Free Asia

Detained Uyghur brothers Musajan Memet (L) and Mehmut Memet (R) in undated photos. Photos courtesy of an RFA listener

2 female members of a prolonged Muslim Uyghur family serving long jail sentences for committing spiritual “crimes” are believed to be kept in a ladiess jail in the town of Sanji (in Chinese, Changji) in Chinas far-western Xinjiang region. Furthermore, two male members of an in-law and the family are likewise serving life terms, the

Five women from Uyghur family sentenced to long prison terms in China’s Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia

Five women from Uyghur family sentenced to long prison terms in China’s Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia

A court in Xinjiang sentenced 5 Muslim Uyghur females from one family to prolonged jail terms for “prohibited” religious activities, according to a copy of the 2019 verdict recently gotten by RFA. The ladies– an elderly mother, her three daughters, and her daughter-in-law– got prison terms of in between 7 and 20 years, according to

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