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Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom join a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing citing China's human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region and Beijing's ongoing freeze on ministerial contact with Canberra.
2021-12-8

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 People's Republic of China says that 50 people died in recent violence in the western province of Xinjiang.
2014-09-26

The People's Republic of China jails 32 people for allegedly downloading and spreading violent Islamist material via the Internet to Xinjiang.
2014-07-11

Eight people are killed by police in Xinjiang, western China, after an apparent terrorist attack.
2013-12-30

The People's Republic of China arrests 139 people in Xinjiang for allegedly calling for jihad.
2013-10-9

Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in 21 people killed, including 15 police and social workers. Of the 15 government casualties, 10 members are ethnic Uighur, 3 are Han Chinese, and 2 are ethnic Mongolian.
2013-04-23

China sentences 20 men of the ethnic Uighur group to jail terms of up to life imprisonment on charges of terrorism and inciting secession in Xinjiang.
2013-03-27

20 people are jailed in China on charges of terrorism in the Xinjiang region.
2012-08-2

Violence in the Xinjiang region of China leaves 20 people dead.
2012-02-29