Asim Kashgarian

Uighurs and Turks share a common linguistic, cultural and religious heritage with Turkey.

Tehran airport said three more Mahan Air flights arrived from China early Tuesday, after Iran’s government banned such flights on Friday to keep out the coronavirus

Iran’s health minister announced a ban on air travelers from China on Friday to prevent the China coronavirus outbreak from spreading to the country

Samira Imin came to the US in 2014 as an international student and was admitted to the University of Massachusetts Amherst majoring in biology

VOA interviewed several ethnic Uighurs of different nationalities who said they or their family members faced detention upon arriving in China

The US-led counter-IS coalition in Iraq and Syria said in a statement Sunday that it had temporarily stopped all of its attacks on IS and training of local forces

While international attention on China’s treatment of the minority Muslim group in Xinjiang has focused mainly on ethnic and religious issues, Beijing’s economic development plans in the strategic region also play a key role, some experts say

An estimated 13 million ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities are believed to live in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, targeted by Beijing's campaign

Feroza Aziz, a 17-year-old from New Jersey, says her account on the Chinese-owned social network was suspended after she posted three videos in which she condemned China’s policy against the Uighurs

The US is 'deeply troubled' by reports that the Chinese government has 'harassed, imprisoned, or arbitrarily detained' Uighur Muslim activists or their family members, according to Pompeo's statement