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• China says it won't torture Gitmo detainees
We have raised our position to the U.S. and we hope they will take this position seriously and repatriate these 17 people to China shortly," Qin said. The detainees, captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001, are Uighurs from Xinjiang — an ...
• Court blocks order to free Gitmo detainees
Uighurs are from Xinjiang — an isolated region that borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and six Central Asian nations — and say they have been repressed by the Chinese government. The Uighur detainees were captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001. ...
• Chinese Muslims at Gitmo: U.S. not enemy
Uighurs are from China's impoverished Xinjiang region bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan and six other nations. The brother, in a separate tribunal, acknowledged that he had learned how to use a Kalashnikov in Afghanistan. He told the panel that he ...
• 30 killed after 2 strong quakes hit Tibet
On Sunday, a magnitude-5.7 earthquake shook the Xinjiang region, which borders Tibet, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which also suffered a 6.6-magnitude quake hours later. At least 60 people were killed when a village collapsed. Tibet, a remote, sparsely ...
• Judge orders Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo freed
Many Muslim Uighurs, who are from Xinjiang in far western China, seek greater autonomy for the region and some want independence. Beijing has waged a relentless campaign against what it calls their violent separatist activities. There are about 265 ...