Just as in neighboring Tibet, the Chinese keep control by military force over the ethnically distinct and hostile population of the Uighurs in Xinjiang.
Uighurs
Gitmo Uighurs to Palau: “Er, we’d rather not…”
Five of 13 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in Palau don’t want to go there, according to the country’s president.
How the Uighurs could learn to hate paradise
It’s a tropical wonderland, says Jonathan Kaminsky, but for the 17 Uighurs being sent there, life in Palau may be no better than it’s been for former Gitmo detainees in Albania and Tunisia.
Palau agrees to take Uighur detainees
In order to avoid diplomatic issues with China and keep their own hands clean, the US will pay the tiny Pacific island of Palau up to $200 million to take in 17 Uighurs formerly held in Guantanamo Bay.
Guantanamo: the herpes of international politics
Jeff Sparrow and Greg Barns on the 17 Guantanamo detainees and Chinese Uighur men that President Obama wants Australia to resettle.
