Chinese Officials Restrict the Number of Uyghurs who Can Observe Ramadan

In past years, authorities have warned Uyghur residents that they could be punished for fasting, including by being sent to one of the XUAR’s vast network of internment camps, where authorities are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities since April 2017. Authorities also have forced retirees to pledge ahead of Ramadan that they won’t fast or pray to set an example for the wider community and to assume responsibility for ensuring others also refrain.

Muslim Uyghurs in China Fined, Sent to ‘Study Classes’ For Observing Ramadan

Wong Lok-to and Xin Lin  |  Radio Free Asia Two weeks into Ramadan, authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have handed down punishments to at least 100 ethnic minority Muslims for breaking the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s restrictions around the observance of the religious fasting month, an exile group has said. Since Muslims in […]

Alimujiang Yimiti a Christian Detained in China Was Adopted by Congresswoman Lynn

China18 Alimujiang Yimiti, a Uyghur Christian house church leader, was criminally detained on Jan. 12, 2008, for “inciting separatism” and “unlawfully providing state secrets to overseas organizations” and formally arrested on Feb. 20. In 2013 he was adopted by US Congress Representative Lynn Jenkins. Alimujiang’s detainment followed an accusation of “engaging in illegal religious infiltration activities […]