The Turkistan Islamic Party in Double-Exile: Geographic and Organizational Divisions in Uighur Jihadism
Introduction The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) was one of the world’s more obscure jihadist groups until it emerged as a key player in the Syrian... MORE
Returning Uighur Fighters and China’s National Security Dilemma
In early 2017, CCP Secretary General President Xi Jinping announced his desire to build a “Great Wall of Iron” to apparently promote security and peace... MORE
The Uighurs and China’s Regional Counter-Terrorism Efforts
Members of China’s Uighur population have played a small but important role in the spread of global jihad, and Beijing is playing an increasingly assertive... MORE
Beijing’s New Scorched-Earth Policy Against the Uighurs
Under the pretext of joining the global war on terrorism, the Xi Jinping administration has imposed unprecedentedly harsh restrictions on the civil liberties and rights... MORE
The Growing Problem Of Uighur Separatism
'Chinese Chechnya' is how - only half-jokingly - Central Asians refer to the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China (historically known as Eastern Turkistan). Such... MORE
UIGHUR “INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS” SENTENCED IN BISHKEK.
In the run up to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's meeting just held in Beijing (see the Monitor, January 9), a Kyrgyz court in Bishkek passed... MORE
KYRGYZSTAN CLAMPS DOWN ON UIGHUR “TERRORIST” NETWORK
Kyrgyzstan's Internal Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Omurbek Kutuev announced on July 10 the arrest in Bishkek of ten "terrorists," said to be members of the Uighur... MORE
KYRGYZSTAN CLAMPS DOWN ON UIGHUR “TERRORIST” NETWORK.
Kyrgyzstan's internal affairs minister, Lieutenant-General Omurbek Kutuev, announced on July 10 the arrest of ten "terrorists"--members of the Uighur Liberation Front--in Bishkek. The group includes... MORE
UIGHUR PROBLEM RESURFACES IN CENTRAL ASIA
On May 8, Kyrgyzstan announced that a court in the city of Osh had just sentenced five men to various terms of imprisonment for "terrorism"... MORE
UIGHUR MOVEMENT MISIDENTIFIED AS “ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST”.
On May 8, Kyrgyz authorities announced that a court in the city of Osh has sentenced five men to various terms of imprisonment for "terrorism"... MORE