Read more Uighurs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32010/uighurs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:53:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74292/obama-we-wont-make-gitmo-deadline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuantanamo Bay prison won't close by the January deadline he set when he took office, President Obama admitted today, but he still hopes to shut it next year. Obama is "not disappointed" in missing the deadline, he says in a FoxNews interview airing this morning, since closing the facility is...http://www.newser.com/story/74292/obama-we-wont-make-gitmo-deadline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 5:40:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine 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 clashed...http://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 13:59:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73031/6-gitmo-uighurs-arrive-in-palau.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix Chinese Muslims newly released from Guantanamo Bay traded life behind bars today for rooms with ocean view in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau. The Uighurs, in US custody since 2001, were met at the airport in the middle of the night by President Johnson Toribiong and taken to...http://www.newser.com/story/73031/6-gitmo-uighurs-arrive-in-palau.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 7:56:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72190/dozens-disappeared-after-china-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDozens of Uighur men and boys rounded up in the wake of the riots that shook China's Xinjiang province over the summer are missing, according to a reports from a human rights group. Interviews with families in Urumqi found evidence that 43 people had vanished since being taken away by...http://www.newser.com/story/72190/dozens-disappeared-after-china-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 3:49:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72127/supreme-court-takes-uighurs-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States, the court said today. Last year, the court said in a 5-4 ruling that federal...http://www.newser.com/story/72127/supreme-court-takes-uighurs-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71466/chinese-court-sentences-6-to-death-for-ethnic-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death today over riots between Muslim Uighurs and members of the Han Chinese majority that killed nearly 200 people in July. The sentences—the first for any of the scores of suspects arrested in the rioting—appeared aimed...http://www.newser.com/story/71466/chinese-court-sentences-6-to-death-for-ethnic-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 6:56:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70412/uighur-wont-leave-brother-at-gitmo-so-hes-staying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBahtiyar Mahnut, a Chinese Uighur detainee at Guantanamo Bay, is guilty of no crime. In fact, he’s free to leave and even has an offer of sanctuary from the island nation of Palau, like all of his compatriots save one. And that one, his brother Arkin, is why he’s staying,...http://www.newser.com/story/70412/uighur-wont-leave-brother-at-gitmo-so-hes-staying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:12:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69134/9-busted-in-china-syringe-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese authorities have arrested nine suspects in connection with the recent spate of syringe attacks in Urumqi, reports state media. Some 531 people had been stabbed with hypodermic needles in Urumqi, most but not all of whom were Han Chinese, according to police. The attacks had set off another round...http://www.newser.com/story/69134/9-busted-in-china-syringe-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 4:46:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67320/10-eu-countries-others-in-deals-to-take-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House, in talks ranging from Australia to Georgia, is making progress on its attempts to resettle Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Washington Post reports. Ten EU countries have agreed to take detainees; the US is negotiating with Saudi Arabia to accept Guantanamo's 98 Yemenis; and 11 detainees, including four...http://www.newser.com/story/67320/10-eu-countries-others-in-deals-to-take-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 8:40:10 CDT