Sources: The Hindu
The United States Senate unanimously votes to pass the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bill that would ban products from Xinjiang in China, unless they are certified as not from the Xinjiang internment camps. 2021-07-14
China reports 137 asymptomatic cases during a drive to test 4.75 million people in Kashgar. It is the highest number of asymptomatic infections in nearly seven months following the discovery of a cluster of cases linked to a garment factory in Xinjiang. 2020-10-26
Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist serving a life sentence for his criticisms of China’s policies in Xinjiang, is awarded this year’s Sakharov Prize. 2019-12-18
The U.S. State Department imposes visa restrictions on numerous Chinese government officials whom it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province. On Monday the Department of Commerce added twenty-eight Chinese firms and bureaus to its "trade blacklist" for similar reasons. 2019-10-8
Chinese security forces have killed 28 members of a supposed terrorist group in the mainly ethnic Uyghur Xinjiang region. 2015-11-20
Chinese police kill six attacking militants wearing explosive devices in Xinjiang. 2015-01-12
The People's Republic of China says that 50 people died in recent violence in the western province of Xinjiang. 2014-09-26
The government-appointed Imam of China is killed in an attack in Kashgar, Xinjiang province. 2014-07-31
The People's Republic of China jails 113 people in Xinjiang autonomous region for terrorism and other offences. 2014-06-30
20 people are jailed in China on charges of terrorism in the Xinjiang region. 2012-08-2