Xinjiang is home to about eight million Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group, and many members of the mainly Muslim community say they have suffered political and religious persecution for decades.

• 新疆是大约6000000土耳其语系民族之一的维吾尔族人的家园。当地主要穆斯林团体的许多成员都称他们数十年来一直遭受到政治和宗教信仰迫害。