INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Uyghur Mother, Daughter Handed Lengthy Sentences in Xinjiang Prison for Overseas Ties

  The mother and daughter of a wealthy Uyghur family in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms related to their overseas connections, according to family members who live… Continue…

• China Detains, Harasses Journalist, Academics Over Reports, Comments on Coronavirus

  Chinese citizen journalist and lawyer Chen Qiushi is incommunicado, believed detained, after reporting from the front line of the coronavirus epidemic in the central city of Wuhan. "In the past few hours, police from [a local] police… Continue…

• Tibetan Villagers Jailed in Sog County For Running a ‘Criminal Gang

  A court in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has sentenced 12 Tibetan villagers to prison terms of from one to almost two years for running “a criminal gang,” state media said on Tuesday. The 12, all… Continue…

• China Denies Jailed Former Xinjiang University President Sentenced to Death

  China on Friday denied reports that the jailed former head of Xinjiang University Tashpolat Teyip had been tried and sentenced to death, a day after the United Nations expressed concern over his case and demanded… Continue…