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• China ‘pressured’ Australia to refuse Uighurs (AFP)

  
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  AFP – China may have pressured Australia to refuse to take six Uighur men released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to the Pacific island nation of Palau, President Johnson Toribiong said. See the original post:  (AFP)"> (AFP)">China ‘pressured’ Australia to refuse Uighurs (AFP)
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• Release After 8 Long Years – Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release: United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  Department of JusticeOffice of Public AffairsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, October 31, 2009 United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to PalauSix detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the ... Related Posts B Press Release: Freedom House Condemns ...
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• China launches "strike hard" crackdown in restive west

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 614
  A strike hard Campaign ? Sounds pretty harsh , but we are talking about China . I guess we can expect to see some more arrests , and convictions , with those convicted being sent to forced labor camps , And possibly another death sentence here or there ! China is a bitch when it comes to Cracking down on its people ...
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• Asia Cast for Tuesday 3rd November

  
  Asia Cast — Authority: 125
  Greenpeaces new report, Poisoning the Pearl, exposes loopholes in Chinese pollution law. (Courtesy of Greenpeace) In this Bulletin… - China’s toxic rivers; - Taipei 101 reaching for new ‘green’ heights; and - Sri Lanka steps-up Tamil release. But first, here’s our SOH focus on China ...
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• Guantanamo to Palau: Uyghurs New Home

  
  RFA Unplugged — Authority: 124
  Six Uyghur men held for seven years in U.S. military custody at Guantanamo Bay have been released to the tiny Pacific island of Palau which has promised to give them a temporary home for two years.Radio Free Asia reports the men, were detained as terror suspects but claimed to be religious refugees who had fled ...
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• Rejecting Chinese requests, U.S. sends 6 Uighur detainees to Palau

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, an administration official and a rights group said Saturday.
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• U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau (Reuters)

  
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  Reuters – The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. See the original post:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau (Reuters)
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• U.S. sends 6 Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau (Reuters)

  
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  Reuters – The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, an administration official and a rights group said on Saturday. Original post:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">U.S. sends 6 Uighurs from ...
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• Hard Times in Tibet

  
  RFA Unplugged — Authority: 124
  Getting news out of Tibet remains extraordinarily difficult since the March 2008 uprising that rattled Chinese authorities on the eve of last year’s Beijing Olympics. But now a number of sources are reporting that at least three people have been executed for their roles in the unrest. They would be the first people ...
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• Shutting Down the Machine - A right in need of a remedy

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 138
  This article, by Robyn E. Blumner, was published by The St. Petersburg Times, October 25, 2009 Ubi jus ibi remedium . Probably nothing turns readers off more than starting a column with some incomprehensible Latin phrase. But this ones relevant. It means: Where there is a right, there is a remedy. When a legal ...
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• Shutting down the machine - Uighurs swap Gitmo fatigues for Bermuda shorts

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 138
  This article, by James Whitaker, was published by Agence France Pressse, October 21, 2009 HAMILTON, Bermuda — Every morning Khalil Mamut rides to work through winding palm-lined lanes on his rental scooter. He spends the day raking the bunkers and tending the greens of a majestic ocean side golf course. Some ...
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• Uighur leader Kadeer is no terrorist: Taiwan’s Ma (AFP)

  
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  AFP – Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer is not a terrorist, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou was quoted as saying Friday, as he addressed one of the most sensitive issues in the island’s relations with China. Read the original here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">Uighur leader Kadeer is no terrorist: Taiwan’s Ma ...
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• Uyghur Alphabet of 1930

  
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  Uyghur Alphabet of 1930 Author: Unknown Publisher: Swedish Missionary Publishing House Publication date: 1930 Number of pages: 18 Format / Quality: pdf/good Size: 3.1Mb Language:Uyghur Arabic Script
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• Uyghur Elementary School book of 1930s

  
  Uz-Translations - language portal — Authority: 160
  Uyghur Elementary School book of 1930s Author: Unknown Publisher: Swedish Missionary Publishing House Publication date: 1930 Number of pages: 18 Language:Uyghur Arabic Script Format / Quality: pdf/good Size: 6.9Mb
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• Not fine China…

  
  Amarinda Jones — Authority: 125
  DOZENS of members of Chinas Uighur minority, including children, remain unaccounted for more than three months after security forces rounded them up amid ethnic clashes, Human Rights Watch said. "They told everybody to get out of the houses, a resident identified as Aysanam said. "Women and elderly were told to ...
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• Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Uighur Detainees case

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 465
  Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case of 13 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay who are no longer classified as enemy combatants and have been determined to be no threat to the national security of the United States. These detainees - who were captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan and ...
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• China: Uighur Detainees ‘Disappeared’ After Xinjiang Protests

  
  Nasir Khan blog — Authority: 141
  Chines Government Should Account for Every Detainee Human Rights Watch , October 20, 2009 Uighur women grieve for men who they claim were taken away by Chinese auhtorities after the July 5-7, 2009 protests in Urumqi, China on July 7, 2009. © 2009 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan ...
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• China: Uighur Detainees ‘Disappeared’ After Xinjiang Protests

  
  Dr Nasir Khan — Authority: 485
  Chines Government Should Account for Every Detainee Human Rights Watch , October 20, 2009 Uighur women grieve for men who they claim were taken away by Chinese auhtorities after the July 5-7, 2009 protests in Urumqi, China on July 7, 2009. © 2009 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Ku Huakua, a ...
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• Justice At Last? Guantánamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court For Release Into US by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 554
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk21 October 2009One year and two weeks ago, District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered that 17 Uighur prisoners at Guantánamo be released into the United States. Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province, the Uighurs were seized and sold to US ...
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• Supreme Court Will Hear Uighur Case

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 767
    (photo by futureatlas) The Supreme Court has decided to rule on whether federal judges can mandate the release of detainees at Guantanamo Bay who represent no terrorist threat into the United States, over objections from the Obama Administration.   The case could set up a major separation of powers ...
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