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Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day: BYC flags 'Multi-Dimensional Erasure' of
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, BYC said genocide is not limited to killings or enforced disappearances but includes the deliberate erasure of culture, education, history, resources, and national identity.
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Uyghur activist warns China's song bans threaten cultural survival
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Uyghur activist Abdulhakim Idris warned that China's reported bans on Uyghur songs are part of a wider effort to erase Uyghur culture. He said music preserves identity and heritage, and that silencing artists and cultural leaders weakens community memory and belonging.
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World Uyghur Congress convenes global leaders to expose China's crimes aga
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting an international gathering in Munich on December 19-20, bringing together Uyghur leaders, political representatives, and human rights advocates to highlight China's ongoing repression in East Turkistan and reaffirm globa
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Genocide Watch warns of cultural erasure and forced detention of Uyghurs
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Washington-based non-governmental organisation Genocide Watch recently published an article on its website titled "Genocide Emergency: Xinjiang, China 2025". The report highlighted the ongoing persecution of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where approximately
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"We are losing our land": Sri Lankan MP highlights Tamil community concern
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Sri Lankan MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), has raised urgent concerns about the situation facing the Tamil community in Sri Lanka during his visit to Tamil Nadu.
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China's assimilation drive targets Tibetan educator, shuts down cultural i
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Phayul, it remains uncertain whether regular police, secret police, or state security officers carried out the detention. Chogtrul Dorje Tenzin's growing influence as both a Buddhist teacher and a cultural educator has long drawn the attention of Chinese authorities, who are inc
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Tibetan activist confronts China at UN, warns of "colonial assimilation" i
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tenzin Dorjee told a UN forum that China's policies are erasing Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian culture, including separating children from their families and banning local languages. He urged countries to protect minority rights and said diversity strengthens societies, while repression fuels
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China's Chengdu symposium criticised for defending assimilationist educati
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chinese Communist Party faced global criticism for hosting a symposium defending Tibet's boarding schools, which rights groups say erase Tibetan culture. Reports reveal children are separated from families and indoctrinated with Chinese ideology, sparking UN concern over cultural assimil
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China's draft 'Ethnic Unity' law raises alarm over minority rights
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Submitted to the National People's Congress on September 8, 2025, the 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress reportedly seeks to legally enforce ideological conformity under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), raising serious human rights concerns both domestically and in
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BNM alleges 'organised genocide' in Balochistan at The Hague, urges UN and
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
At a conference in The Hague, the Baloch National Movement and other activists accused Pakistan of "organised genocide" in Balochistan, citing disappearances, killings, and cultural erasure, and urged global action against alleged state crimes and human rights abuses.
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China to drop Tibetan as core subject in university entrance exams, sparki
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing's push to intensify Sinicization across the Tibetan Plateau has taken a significant step forward, with the Communist Party of China's top Tibetan leader announcing that the Tibetan language will no longer be a core subject in the region's national college entrance examination for mos
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China's crimes against humanity exposed in US: organ harvesting, mass rape
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The rally, organised by the East Turkistan Government in Exile, the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM), the Parliament in Exile, and the East Turkistan National Fund, was marked by impassioned speeches and a clear call: Recognise East Turkistan and end all cooperation with the Chinese r
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