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NEWS ABOUT: Chinese Muslims

Chinese Muslims stories: 10 news summaries

 China Executes 9 
 Over Uighur Riots 

Executed were convicted of murder during Xinjiang province unrest

Nov 9, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Nine people convicted of murder and arson during July riots in China’s Xinjiang province were executed today. Chinese news services did not identify the executed, but previous statements suggest that they are Uighurs. The riots in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, left 197 people dead as Uighurs... More »

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China • riots • ethnic conflict • ethnic violence • ethnic tensions • Han Chinese • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims • Urumqi

 140 Dead in China Muslim Riots 

1,000 said to have protested Beijing's handling of Uighur/Chinese incident

Jul 6, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between rioters and police in China’s restive oil-rich Xinjiang region, reports the BBC. The clashes are the deadliest outbreak of violence in China in several years. The violence began after more than 1000 protesters—primarily Uighur Muslims—... More »

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China • protests • separatists • political demonstrations • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

(Newser) - Palau’s president Johnson Toribiong today said five of the 13 Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay and set to be resettled in his country don't want to go, AFP reports. “A handful may not come,” he said. A recent delegation from the country to Gitmo met with just... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • detainees • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims • President Obama • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

(Newser) - The Chinese Muslims freed from Guantanamo last week had never heard of al-Qaeda before arriving in Cuba, one of them tells the Royal Gazette of Bermuda. "From what we have heard about them, they are an extremely radical group, with totally different ideals from ours," said Salahidin Abdulahad,... More »

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China • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Bermuda • Chinese Muslims • Abdulla Abdulqadir • Salahidin Abdulahad

4 Chinese Gitmo Detainees Freed to Bermuda

Beijing opposes sending other Muslim inmates to Palau

Jun 11, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four Chinese Muslims inmates from Guantanamo have been released in Bermuda in the first successful US resettlement of Uighurs since 2006, the AP reports. The disposition of 13 others is unclear, according to the Miami Herald, but Palau has offered to accept them, a move China opposes. Beijing has called... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • detainees • Uighurs • Bermuda • Chinese Muslims • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

 Palau to Take Gitmo's 
 Chinese Detainees 

Island nation's move resolves key camp-closing concern

Jun 10, 09 8:41 AM CDT
(AP) - Palau agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay, indicating a resolution to one of the thorniest issues facing the Obama administration's decision to close the prison camp. The announcement, which would clear the last of the Uighurs from the camp, was a... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • Uighurs • Obama administration • Chinese Muslims • President Obama • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

(Newser) - The 17 Uighurs being held at Guantanamo issued a challenge to the Supreme Court today in petitioning for their release, the Miami Herald reports. "The historic role of the Judicial Branch is to demand the release of prisoners precisely when the political branches find release inconvenient," their... More »

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China • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • US Supreme Court • detainees • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

(Newser) - The fate of 17 Chinese Muslims imprisoned at Guantanamo since 2002 remains in flux after the DC Circuit Court of Appeals blocked their release to the US today. That reverses a lower court ruling that said the prisoners—members of the Uighur ethnic group who are no longer considered enemy... More »

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China • War on Terror • federal courts • US Court of Appeals • Guantanamo prisoners • Chinese Muslims

Appeals Court Halts Release of 17 at Gitmo

Goverment seeks to reverse decision to free Chinese Muslims

Oct 9, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An appeals court has blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay after the Bush administration filed an emergency motion. A lower court had ruled that the men, members of the Uighur minority who have been imprisoned for 7 years, must be released. That decision also said... More »

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China • Bush administration • US Appeals court • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

 Judge Orders 17
 Gitmo Inmates Freed

Major blow to White House as judge refers to nation's 'founding principle'

Oct 8, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge blow to the Bush administration a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, reports the Washington Post. He said the men must be released to volunteer Uighur families by Friday for possible resettlement... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Homeland Security • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

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