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Xinjiang declared as 'wartime situation' after sudden spike in COVID-19 ca
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], July 19 (ANI): Chinese authorities on Sunday declared the Xinjiang province in the country's far west as "wartime situation" after the region reported a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, Al Jazeera reported.
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US warns companies of potential risks from human rights-related Chinese en
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): The US State Department on Wednesday in an advisory warned American companies of the potential exposure they could face from maintaining supply chains with entities that engage in human rights abuses in Xinjiang, or elsewhere in China, and the associated
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US lashes out at China over forced population controls against Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) condemned coercive family planning against Uyghurs and said that continuous repression of minorities in Xinjiang reflects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has no respect for human life and ba
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Divest from Chinese tech companies over Uyghur killings, NGOs tell Norway
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of NGOs has urged Norway to divest from Chinese technology companies for their involvement in human rights violations in China's Uyghur Region.
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5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 19 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck China's Xinjiang province on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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Germany urges China to allow UN officials to Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Nov 25 (ANI): Germany on Monday called on China to provide access to the UN human rights commissioner and international experts to Xinjiang province amid surfacing of evidence proving Chinese authorities inflicting atrocities on minorities Muslims community in the region.
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Attempt to erase its own citizens: Pompeo slams China for 'repressive' cam
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 23 (ANI): Lashing out at China for its "repressive campaign" in Xinjiang region, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has termed it an attempt on China's part to erase its own citizens.
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Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 21 (ANI): While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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37 countries, including Pak and Saudi, defend China in UN letter over Xinj
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, have released a letter defending China's "contribution to the international human rights cause" in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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China uses big data in Xinjiang to detain people before crime
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 28 (ANI): The Chinese government is using artificial intelligence system, called Integrated Joint Operations Platform, in Xinjiang region to place people in political re-education centres and help Chinese authorities spot a crime before it happens.
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Anti poverty measures is the reason given, but China is changing Uighur pr
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 20 (ANI): China is planning to lift over 4,00,000 people out of poverty within this year in its restive Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China, as the Chinese Government fears a rise in numbers of local armed groups.
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App threatening privacy made mandatory in Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], November 15 (ANI): The residents of northwest China's Xinjiang region now have to mandatorily download a mobile app named Jingwangweishi, or "web cleaning soldier", which promises to "clear the trash off your phone", but is speculated to have other nefarious features as we
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