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Uyghur advocacy groups laud US expansion of import ban on products linked
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The East Turkistan National Movement, dedicated to highlighting human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, welcomed the US government's decision to ban goods produced with Uyghur forced labour.
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Thousands rally in solidarity with ethnic minorities amid violent anti-imm
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The day began with high tension and the possibility of violence, but the situation calmed down in major cities like Liverpool and London as counter-protesters turned out in large numbers.
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Tripura: BSF on "alert" amid widespread violence in Bangladesh
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bangladesh Supreme Court ruled to slash the quota reserved for relatives of war veterans' from 30 per cent to 5 per cent while allowing 93 per cent to be allocated based on merit and the remaining 2 per cent will be earmarked for members of ethnic minorities, transgender individuals, and the
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Bangladesh Supreme Court slashes controversial job quota after deadly prot
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The unrest was sparked by students who have long demanded an overhaul of the quota system, which originally reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for descendants of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.
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Urumqi Massacre: Haunting example of China's strategic genocidal acts
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Urumqi Massacre, is remembered as one of the blackest chapters in the history of China's systematic oppression and genocide of ethnic minorities.
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Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act marks progress amid ongoing challenges
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The law aims to deter and punish companies participating in or benefiting from Chinese state-sponsored forced labour in the Uyghur region of Western China - Xinjiang.
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Human Rights Watch raises concerns over forceful eviction of low-income re
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The 48-page report titled 'I Escaped with Only My Life:' Abusive Forced Evictions in Pakistan,' stated that authorities have evicted thousands of people without adequate consultation, notice, compensation, resettlement assistance, or means of redress in violation of their basic rights; di
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Kashmiri activist lambasts Pakistan at UNHRC for targeting ethnic minoriti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A social activist hailing from India’s Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has lambasted Pakistan for targeting ethnic minorities, especially Shias.
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70 years of systematic brainwashing has changed outlook of Pak: World Sind
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Rubina Greenwood, a human rights activist and chairperson of World Sindhi Congress, in an exclusive interview to ANI, said the Pakistan Army was systematically breaking the Sindhi community using political tools and brute force, while forcing them to migrate.
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Activists raise concern over persecution of ethnic minorities by Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
They raised concern over the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan against Baloch, Sindhi and the Pashtuns, and against the Uyghur Muslims by China.
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China wants Tibetan students to take college entrance exams in Mandarin on
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In previous years, ethnic minorities, including Tibetans were allowed to take the test in their native language but this year China made a big change. Chinese authorities asked Tibetans to give the test only in Mandarin. Also, ethnic minorities no longer get five extra minutes to complete th
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Chinese policy in Xinjiang doesn't allow 'anyone' to cross borders, says
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In an interview with the US state broadcaster, he explained that "the first priority of the Chinese policy on passports in Xinjiang is to not let anyone cross borders and to keep everyone intact inside the region."
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