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Uyghur groups ask world leaders to recognize December 9 as Uyghur Genocide
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uyghur organizations from 20 countries have asked global leaders to take action to end the Chinese government's human rights atrocities against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs.
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Pak: Awami National Party calls for giving rights to Pashtuns, says exploi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 23 (ANI): Atrocities against Pashtun ethnic minorities should be stopped and they must be given the right to use their resources, the central secretary of culture of Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) Dr Khadim Hussain said in a statement, local medi
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Pakistan Army bans Pashto in Army Public Schools
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): In a recent crackdown against one of Pakistan's largest ethnic minorities, the Pakistan Army has banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, reported local media.
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UN rights body abandons Uyghurs, votes not to discuss China's abuse: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 12 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
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China's representative to UN invites people to visit Xinjiang over human r
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): Concerned over the impact of the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region on the country's economy, the permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva invited peop
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China's economic clout forces African countries to turn blind eye to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 27 (ANI): While the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region has brought global condemnation, most of the African countries were silent on it due to Beijing's heavy e
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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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China's strict surveillance keeps citizens away from its crimes against hu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): The evidence of Chinese forced assimilation of ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is overwhelming, but the Chinese Communist Party with its sensors, working overtime, won't let its own citizens see any of it.
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China slams UN report on Xinjiang and calls it 'farce'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China on Thursday slammed the UN human rights office over a report that found Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and called the finding a "farce".
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Much awaited UN report on China says possible crimes against humanity in X
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 1 (ANI): United Nations on Wednesday (local time) accused China of actions that "may constitute international crimes, in particular, crimes against humanity" in its Xinjiang region for mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
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Repression of ethnic minorities intensifies in China under Xi's leadership
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Amid Xi Jinping's quest to implement a one nation, one race in China, the country's ethnic minorities continue to suffer discrimination and have been facing severe human rights violations in the country.
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Pandemic might have led to health inequalities among ethnic groups
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, pre-existing health disparities among ethnic minorities with diabetes have become worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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