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Uyghur activist wins 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bavaria [Germany], March 2 (ANI): Sayragul Sauytbay, a human rights activist and survivor from China's Xinjiang, has been awarded the 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, for highlighting the human rights abuses being meted to ethnoreligious minorities in the country's western re
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Sanction China for atrocities against Uyghurs: British politicians, academ
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], March 1 (ANI): Amid growing criticism of China for human rights abuses, British politicians and academicians have urged sanctions against the country for its treatment of the Uyghur community.
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Xinjiang records sharp drop in birth rate amid growing focus on Uyghur gen
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 1 (ANI): Amid growing criticism over human right abuses by the Beijing, population statistics published by the Chinese government shows a significant drop in birth rates in Xinjiang province.
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Rights group targets China, highlights atrocities in Tibet, East Turkistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) held a panel discussion on February 28 to highlight ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
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Rights group to hold online discussion on political freedom in Tibet, East
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) has scheduled a panel discussion on February 28 to highlight the ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
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US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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UK PM faces backlash for 'journalists abuse people' remark
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked criticism after telling children on Tuesday that journalists "are always abusing people," with a Labour lawmaker urging him to apologize and the head of the National Union of Journalists saying that such rema
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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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George Clooney to executive produce Ohio State abuse scandal docu-series
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): American actor George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures are partnering with Sports Illustrated Studios to produce a docu-series about sports journalist Jon Wertheim's cover story. The series will detail the decades-long abuse scandal in the at
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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Rights group condemn threats to sexually abused Christian minor boy in Pak
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nankana Sahib [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): The family of a 10-year-old Christian boy, who was sexually abused and sodomised by some locals in the Nankana Sahib area, is facing threats to either leave the area or embrace Islam.
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UK MPs demand boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing 'genocide' in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 20 (ANI): Calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics have been intensifying steadily due to China's human rights abuses, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims.
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