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Chinese photojournalist detained in China
A Chinese award-winning photojournalist vanished in the restive northwest region of Xinjiang earlier this month after he was reportedly detained by security agents, his wife said.
![Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in the western Xinjiang region [File- Ng Han Guan-AP]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/16110929-324x235.jpg "China defends internment camps for Uighur Muslims")
China defends internment camps for Uighur Muslims
China has issued an ardent defence of its alleged mass internment of Uighur minorities in far west Xinjiang region amid a global outcry, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing "terrorism" through "vocational education" centres.
Mahathir Mohamad: Malaysia freed Uighur Muslims because they did nothing wrong
Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak because they did nothing wrong, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday.
![Uighur Muslims from Xinjiang detained in Malaysia have now been allowed to travel to Turkey [Athit Perawongmetha-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/12073026-324x235.jpg "Malaysia ignores China request, frees 11 ethnic Uighurs")
Malaysia ignores China request, frees 11 ethnic Uighurs
Malaysia has freed 11 ethnic Uighurs detained last year after they broke out of prison in Thailand and crossed the border, despite a request from Beijing for the men to be returned to China.
EU envoy says ‘engagement’ with China is way to solve Xinjiang issue
Suspected Chinese abuses in the region of Xinjiang should be addressed through engagement with the government, the new EU ambassador to China said on Friday, a contrast to the position of U.S. officials who are considering sanctions.
China: US has no right to criticise minorities policies
China said on Thursday that the United States had no right to criticise its policies on ethnic minorities, after U.S. lawmakers called for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region.
![Paramilitary police patrol the airport in Hotan in western China's Xinjiang region [File- Ng Han Guan-AP]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/130634391-324x235.jpg "China’s state media defends Xinjiang Muslim crackdown")
China’s state media defends Xinjiang Muslim crackdown
An official Communist Party newspaper said China's campaign of pressure against its Uighur Muslim minority has prevented the Xinjiang region from becoming "China's Syria" or "China's Libya."
Chinese county bans schoolchildren from mosques
Authorities in a Muslim-majority county in northwest China have banned schoolchildren from going to mosques during their winter holidays, a state-run daily reported Friday, the latest tightening of regulations on religious freedoms.
Turkey New Year massacre gunman goes on trial in Istanbul
The trial opened on Monday of an Uzbek citizen who confessed to killing 39 mainly foreign victims at an Istanbul nightclub in a New Year gun attack claimed by the Islamic State extremist group.
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