Asim Kashgarian

A blogger’s incarceration in Uzbekistan for allegedly spreading extremist content has angered rights activists, with some accusing the government of using counterextremism laws to quell political dissent 

Uyghur Hjelp told VOA that Chinese authorities since 2016 have detained at least 518 key Uighur religious figures and imams

Videos spread via social media show Uighurs in Xinjiang allegedly denouncing their detention as propaganda

China has been accused of arbitrarily detaining more than 1 million Uighurs at incarceration camps; Chinese officials deny the accusations

Several international companies say they are taking measures to ensure their goods from the Xinjiang region are not produced by coercive employment of Uighurs

Some question airline's claim that flights are only for humanitarian purposes

Detained in Chinese camps, arrested and denied asylum in Kazakhstan, Sairagul Sauytbay moved to Sweden, where she gained international attention as a female activist spreading awareness of the alleged Chinese crackdown in Xinjiang

Australian group's report contends as many as 80,000 Uighurs have been 'forcefully' sent from their homeland region of Xinjiang to work in factories in other parts of China

In effort to refute recently leaked document that allegedly details China’s massive detention system targeting minority Uighurs, Chinese state-owned outlet China Daily is airing two video clips that seem to add additional information to the published document

VOA reviews of Weibo’s 'Hot Search' results Friday and Saturday found that several Iran coronavirus-related stories were in the microblog’s top 10 trending topics list