Exiled Uighur Kadeer calls for world pressure to get China to change minorities policy

September 25th, 2009 China charges 21 with murder in July riotsBEIJING — Chinese prosecutors brought murder and arson charges Friday against 21 people arrested in connection with riots in July that left nearly 200 dead in Urumqi. The riots in the capital of the western region of Xinjiang saw Muslim Uighurs attack members of the country's dominant Han ethnic group, followed two days later by Han attacks on Uighurs.

September 21st, 2009 Uighur film screening in Taiwan has angered ChinaTAIPEI, Taiwan — Hackers on Monday posted vulgarities and pro-Chinese slogans on a Taiwanese film festival's Web site to protest plans to screen a documentary about an exiled Uighur activist accused by Beijing of inciting recent ethnic violence in China's west. The cyberattack came despite a decision by Kaohsiung's government last weekend not to air "The 10 Conditions of Love" at its Kaohsiung Film Festival next month.

September 10th, 2009 PRAGUE - China protested Thursday against a Prague visit by Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and Uighur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer. They arrived in the Czech capital to attend a conference on human rights and democracy in Asia.

September 10th, 2009 China protests Dalai Lama, Uighur speechesPRAGUE — China on Thursday protested planned speeches by the Dalai Lama and exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer before a Prague conference on human rights in Asia. Kadeer and the Dalai Lama are part of Friday's "Peace, Democracy and Human Rights in Asia" conference organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation established by former Czech President Vaclav Havel.

August 18th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian Foreign Minister Steven Smith Tuesday flagged further discord with China following tiffs over foreign investment rules, iron ore pricing, alleged industrial espionage and the visit to Australia of Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. He told parliament that China had cancelled a visit by a senior official in response to Canberra's decision to grant Kadeer a visa to visit a film festival in Melbourne.

August 11th, 2009 Australia, China at odds over Uighur activistCANBERRA, Australia — An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Tuesday of trying to use its economic clout to dampen criticism of its human rights record, while Australia's foreign minister said Chinese diplomats who opposed her trip should mind their manners. Rebiya Kadeer addressed the National Press Club in the capital, Canberra, on Tuesday despite objections by a Chinese diplomat, who the club said made it clear that Beijing did not want her to speak.

August 5th, 2009 Uighur accuses China of inflaming ethnic tensionMELBOURNE, Australia — China is inflaming ethnic tensions by deceiving its own people about last month's deadly riots in western Xinjiang province, an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for the unrest said Wednesday. Rebiya Kadeer, a U.S.-based activist who is in Australia for the screening of a documentary about her life, told reporters that Beijing should be held accountable for the violent crackdown.

August 1st, 2009 China summons Aussie ambassador over Uighur visitBEIJING — China summoned the Australian ambassador to protest a proposed visit to his country by an exiled Uighur leader whom Beijing accuses of instigating recent ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun called the meeting with Geoff Raby because of the trip to Australia next week by U.S.-based Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, a ministry statement said.

July 30th, 2009 China dismisses Uighur claim 10,000 are missingBEIJING — China dismissed an exiled activist's claim that 10,000 minority Uighurs disappeared during a recent crackdown after ethnic riots erupted in its far west, calling the figure "completely fabricated" on Thursday. The government has repeatedly said the riots in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi were orchestrated by separatist Uighur groups.

July 29th, 2009 Uighur activist demands investigation of missingTOKYO — An exiled Uighur activist blamed by China for deadly ethnic riots demanded Wednesday that Beijing allow an international investigation into the disappearances of about 10,000 Uighur protesters she said are still missing. The July 5 riots in China's western region of Xinjiang in which the minority Muslim Uighurs clashed with majority Han Chinese were the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.

July 27th, 2009 China unhappy with Uighur activist's Japan tripBEIJING — China's Foreign Ministry criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a visit this week by an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for deadly ethnic riots in western China. The Chinese government "expresses strong dissatisfaction" with the Japanese government for allowing Rebiya Kadeer to visit Wednesday and Thursday despite Beijing's "repeated and serious representations," ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.

July 11th, 2009 Woman China blames for violence wants dialogueWASHINGTON — The woman Chinese authorities blame for violent unrest in western China's Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) region is asking for outside intervention to create a dialogue between her ethnic Uighurs (WEE-gers) and Chinese authorities. In an interview with AP Television, Rebiya Kadeer says bad blood caused by Chinese mistreatment and suspicion of its Uighur minority has created a situation that "doesn't come to the negotiating table that easily." Nevertheless, Kadeer says, the Uighurs still want a dialogue with the Chinese government for a peaceful settlement.

July 8th, 2009 Uighur protesters march in DC to China's embassyWASHINGTON — An exiled Uighur leader accused by China of inciting ethnic violence said Tuesday the Chinese government is responsible for the rising tensions. Rebiya Kadeer, president of the Uyghur American Association, said during a rally in downtown Washington that peaceful Uighur demonstrators have been targeted in China as part of the government's ongoing repression in the region.

July 7th, 2009 Uighur supporters in US blame China for riotsWASHINGTON — An exiled Uighur (WEE-gur) leader is blaming the Chinese government for the rising tensions and ethnic violence in China. Rebiya (ruh-BEE-yuh) Kadeer (kuh-DEER) spoke to Uighur supporters at a rally in downtown Washington on Tuesday.

July 6th, 2009 Uighur leader denies inciting fatal riots in ChinaWASHINGTON — The exiled leader of a Muslim minority group is denying Chinese government accusations that she incited riots that have left 156 people dead in western China. Rebiya Kadeer is president of the Uyghur American Association.