The far northwestern region of Xinjiang is an "inseparable" part of China despite efforts by extremists to distort history and facts in a bid to split the country, the Chinese government said in a document published late on Sunday.

China says Xinjiang 'inseparable' despite attempts to distort history

While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called China's treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority the "stain of the century" and accused Beijing of pressuring countries not to attend a U.S.-hosted conference on religious freedom.

Pompeo calls China's treatment of Uighurs 'stain of the century'

From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send locals to internment camps.

As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang region during talks with Chinese leaders and stressed that China must fully respect human rights, his spokesman said.

Human rights must be upheld in fight against extremism: UN chief Guterres to China

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of Muslims in China's Xinjiang region during a visit to Beijing last week, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday

UN chief raises issue of Xinjiang's Uighurs during China visit

Chinese authorities are using a vast system of facial recognition technology to track its Uighur Muslim minority across the country, according to a story in the New York Times.

China using AI to identify Uighurs across the country: Reports

China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 "terrorists" have been arrested there since 2014.

China says nearly 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang

A Chinese official on Tuesday rejected international criticism of internment camps in the restive Xinjiang region, calling them job training centres that will "gradually disappear" if "one-day society no longer needs it".

Chinese official rejects criticism over Xinjiang Muslim camps; says it will 'gradually' disappear

US envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback defended his remark that China is "at war with faith" after the Chinese foreign ministry issued an angry statement condemning the envoy's words as a "malicious attack and slander on China's religious policies".

China 'at war with faith': US envoy defends remark

Turkey risks jeopardising economic ties with China if it keeps criticising Beijing's treatment of Uighurs , China's envoy to Ankara warned, just as Chinese firms are looking to invest in Turkish energy and infrastructure mega-projects.

Criticising Uighur policy could hit economic relations: China to Turkey

Turkey and Britain voiced concern on Monday at China's alleged mistreatment of Uighurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region, with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu calling on Beijing to protect freedom of religion and cultural identity.

Turkey, Britain raise China's treatment of Uighurs at UN rights forum

China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the UN Human Rights Council's main annual session opening on Monday, diplomats and activists said.

China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at UN rights forum

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has slammed Pakistan yet again for commenting on the situation of minorities in India but also drawn parallels how New Delhi refrains to comment on the situation of minorities in other regional countries.

Ask Pakistan, they have a habit of commenting on status of minorities, India says when asked about China's Uighurs

China hit back on Monday at Turkish criticism over its treatment of Uighurs and denied Ankara's claim that a renowned poet from the Muslim minority had died in custody, calling it an "absurd lie".

China rejects Turkey's criticism on Uighurs, denies poet died

In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry demanded this weekend that Chinese authorities respect human rights of the Uighurs and close what it termed “concentration camps” in which up to one million people are believed to be imprisoned.

Harsh Turkish condemnation of Uighur abuse in Xinjiang cracks wall of silence

Turkey on Saturday condemned China's treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as "a great embarrassment for humanity," adding to rights groups' recent criticism over mass detentions of the Turkic-speaking minority.

China's treatment of Uighurs a 'great embarrassment for humanity': Turkey

China's foreign ministry said that would allow UN officials to visit Xinjiang "if they follow the proper procedures" amid reports of suppression of the local population in the area.

Ready to allow UN officials in Xinjiang 'if they follow proper procedure': China

In a bid to make Islam more compatible with socialism, Beijing has passed a law to "implement measures to Sinicize" Islam within the next five years. The move came after Chinese government officials met with representatives from eight Islamic associations, the Global Times reported.

To make it compatible with socialism, Beijing passes law to make Islam more Chinese-like

China on Thursday accused the United States of seeking to "disturb" its security policies after a US congressional report said Beijing's mass internment of Muslim minorities may constitute "crimes against humanity".

China says US seeks to 'disturb' Xinjiang policies

The United States on Friday denounced China's treatment of its Uighur Muslims in unusually strong terms, adding to a growing list of disputes in increasingly turbulent relations between the two powers.

US criticizes treatment of Uighurs in latest China row

Chinese citizens Omar Asim and Abuliezi Abuduhamiti were remanded in custody on charges of being members of a terrorist organisation

Turkey: Two Uighurs arrested in connection with Istanbul nightclub attack

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