AKSU PREFECTURE
China forcing Uyghurs, other minorities into manual labour, shows BBC research
According to the documents seen by the BBC, more than half a million workers from minority groups are forced to pick cotton in a coercive environment.
5.7-magnitude quake hits China's northwest
The earthquake hit Kuqa County in Aksu Prefecture at 6:11 pm Beijing time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
China asks Xinjiang residents to surrender passport to "maintain social order"
All citizens in Aksu prefecture are required to hand their passports - private or official - to local police stations, the daily reported quoting an anonymous police officer.
'Foreign extremists making inroads into China's Xinjiang'
The extremists' influence is also felt in some other parts of the Xinjiang autonomous region, the home of over 11 million Uygur Muslims.
China clamps down on terror groups, offers amnesty to militants
Authorities in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued a joint statement last night calling for law-breakers who are involved in terrorist activities to surrender to get lenient punishments.
6.0-magnitude earthquake hits parts of China's Xinjiang
A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this morning but no casualties were reported.
