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HRW warns China's draft 'Ethnic Unity' law could intensify repression, era
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was submitted to the National People's Congress on September 8, 2025. An official explanatory document states that the law "implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thinking" on ethnic affairs and promotes "the common
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Faith Beyond Frontiers: The Survival of Buddha Dhamma in Russia
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Buddha Dhamma has had a presence in Russia for over four centuries, primarily among three ethnic groups: the Buryats, the Kalmyks, and the Tuvans. The Kalmyks, a western Mongol group, were the first to integrate into the Russian Empire. Despite their earlier familiarity with Buddhist traditi
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"Rubs salt on wounds of people instead of applying ointment": Congress MP
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, during his first visit to Manipur post the violence in 2023, appealed to various ethnic groups in Manipur to shun violence and work towards restoring peace in the State.
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'PM Modi not biased against any state, INDIA bloc politicising issue': BJP
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Early on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his first visit to Manipur post the violence in 2023, appealed to various ethnic groups in the state to shun violence and work towards restoring peace. He stated that a new dawn of "hope and confidence" is emerging in the northeastern S
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Myanmar rights groups urge China not to threaten country's ethnic groups
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
They said that China's support for the junta and its planned election "undermines the will of the Myanmar people, deepens the people's suffering and prolongs the crisis."
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UN calls on Pakistan to take necessary measures to investigate, prosecute
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its findings on Pakistan, and called on the nation to take the necessary measures to investigate and prosecute reports of enforced disappearances, reported The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Pashtuns protest against operation 'Azm-e-Istehkam' in Khyber Pa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) led the protest, with participation from various local ethnic groups. The protestors demanded an end to the mercenary war and the "terrorist military policy in the Pashtun homeland.
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Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China's ongoing
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Uyghur rights leaders called for immediate global action to address the ongoing genocide and crimes done by China against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic ethnic groups in the East Turkistan region.
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All Assam Students' Union, 30 other ethnic groups stage anti-CAA protests
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Assam, All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 30 other ethnic organizations on Thursday hit the streets of Assam to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Big firms operating in China reviewing future over Xinjiang
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several firms with deep roots in China are reviewing their future and reconsidering their ties in the Xinjiang region following new international scrutiny of forced labour using predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, the New York Times reported.
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'Arunachal's intrinsic cultural diversity has to be maintained': CM Khandu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking at the event, Chief Minister Khandu said that the intrinsic cultural diversity of the tribes here is the 'soul' of the state and has to be maintained and preserved for posterity.
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China-Myanmar border issues pose challenge to Beijing's stance on regional
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A concerted attack by three ethnic groups along the China-Myanmar border in northeastern Myanmar calls China's stance on regional stability into question, a Burmese-American analyst, Miemie Winn Byrd said, adding that China must now decide if it is the stability or influence that is more im
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