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Germany halts deportation of Chinese Muslims over human rights concerns

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:56:33 +0200

Germany said Thursday it would refrain from deporting members of China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority over human rights concerns, after admitting a Uighur man was sent back by mistake in April.

Man accused of spying on Uighurs for China

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:48:00 +0200

German prosecutors said Friday that they have indicted a 64-year-old German man for allegedly spying on the country's Uighur community and passing information to Chinese intelligence.

Bavaria rebuffs China over Uighur 'terrorists'

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:36:00 +0200

Bavaria has knocked back a demand from China to list a group representing the Uighur ethnic minority – which has a violent separatist movement in China – as a terrorist organisation.

China warns Germany against taking Uighur Gitmo detainees

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:08:00 +0200

China has warned the German government against accommodating Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay prisoners, saying they should face justice in their own country, according daily Berliner Zeitung on Tuesday.

Chinese consulate attacked in Munich

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:37:00 +0200

As unrest in China continues after bloody weekend riots in the Xinjiang region, police in Munich are investigating an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in Munich early on Tuesday morning.

Uighur Gitmo inmates appeal to Germany

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:40:00 +0200

Several Uighur inmates at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay have made a direct appeal to the government be allowed to resettle in Germany.