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China's modern slavery machine, multinationals directly linked to state-en
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed that South Korean tech giant LG directly owns and operates a factory in China that employs ethnic minority workers under Beijing's controversial labour transfer programme, a scheme widely condemned by human rights
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3 Uyghur men resettled in Canada after 10 years in Thai detention, escape
Updated : 11 months ago IST
These men were part of a larger group of over 300 Uyghurs who fled China in 2014, where this ethnic minority endures ongoing persecution, only to be captured by Thai authorities, leading to a lengthy dispute regarding their future.
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US President freezes aid to South Africa after it passed order aimed at ca
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In an executive order signed on Friday (local time), Trump said the law showed a "shocking disregard" for citizens' rights and would allow the government to seize land from ethnic minority Afrikaners without compensation.
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US President Donald Trump freezes aid to South Africa over land expropriat
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In the order signed on Friday, Trump said the law enacted in South Africa showed a "shocking disregard" for citizens' rights and would permit the government to seize land from ethnic minority Afrikaners without compensation.
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World Uyghur Congress welcomes US sanctions on 37 companies linked to forc
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In a post on X, the World Uyghur Congress stated that this move includes major players in industries such as solar energy, textiles, and mining, many of which are linked to the exploitation of Uyghur and other ethnic minority groups in East Turkistan.
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Pashtun Tahafuz Movement appeals to UN for intervention against Pakistan's
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a peaceful grassroots movement advocating for the human rights of the Pashtun ethnic minority in Pakistan, has urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to intervene and lift the illegal ban imposed on PTM by the Pakistani government.
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Uyghur rights groups raise concern over rising Chinese atrocities in East
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Currently, the Uyghur ethnic minority group from East Turkistan experiencing systematic oppression from the Chinese government.
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Thailand Foreign Minister visits Myanmar border town amid escalating clash
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara visited Mae Sot, a border town near Myanmar, on Friday amid escalating clashes that have resulted in troops of the ruling military Junta into retreat by ethnic minority armed groups, while hundreds of residents have been forced to flee, Al
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Myanmar: Thousands flee to India as insurgents open attack on new fronts
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Thousands of people from Myanmar crossed into India after some ethnic minority insurgent groups attacked security posts in Myanmar on Monday leading to a fresh fight erupting on two new fronts.
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'Obama should spend his energy complimenting than criticizing,' Johnnie Mo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"I disagree with the sentiment of the former president (Barack Obama)," Moore said, adding, "Even in that critique of the former president Obama couldn't help but also complement Prime Minister Modi, and I certainly understand why having spent some time with him."
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China: Ethnic minority Muslims surround mosque to prevent authorities from
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The policy aims to purge religious faiths of foreign influence and align them more closely with traditional Chinese culture and the authoritarian rule of the Communist Party.
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China's monitoring tactics of Uyghurs are disturbing: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to the latest Al Jazeera report by Erin Hale published on May 4, 2023, which cites a Human Rights Watch (HRW) forensic investigation reveals that Chinese authorities have monitored the phones of the ethnic minority Uyghur for the presence of 50,000 known multimedia files that were
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