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HRW warns China's draft 'Ethnic Unity' law could intensify repression, era
Updated : 2 months, 1 week 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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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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China's crackdown deepens: Lawyers, activists, and minorities face escalat
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China's human rights situation draws global concern as lawyers, activists, and ethnic minorities face growing repression. Laws targeting ethnic unity and cybersecurity increase pressure on Tibetans, Uyghurs, and dissenters. Despite risks, activists, including feminists and Qi Hong, continue
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TikTok executive alleges forced oath to support China's "socialist system"
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In the lawsuit, Puris said she was forced to sign an agreement with Douyin, TikTok's China-based sister company, that required her to pledge allegiance to China's socialist system and avoid actions that could harm the country's "national honor" or "ethnic unity."
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In name of 'ethnic unity,' China carries out forced labour in Tibet: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 19 (ANI): China, under the garb of propagating "ethnic unity", is seeking to integrate the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) into the development narrative and carry out forced labour in the region, media reports said.
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Assembly of People of Kazakhstan works to forge ethnic unity in country
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], April 28 (ANI): The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (APK) consisting of 526 delegates of the Regional Assemblies of the People, which was created on the initiative of the first President Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev has several purposes including ensuring social h
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Amid sustained repression, Xi calls for minorities in China to 'stick toge
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 7 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the minorities in the country to forge "ethnic unity" and a sense of community for the Chinese nation even as new laws have been introduced to repress minorities' identity.
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China's 'relatives policy' emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghur
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 11 (ANI): China's 2016 'relatives policy', where Chinese government cadres are sent to live, work and sleep with families to promote national harmony in the country, has emerged as a major constituent of a broader crackdown on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang
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China's 'ethnic unity' law aims at complete sinicisation of Tibetan platea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has condemned a new law mandating 'ethnic unity' in state and social institutions in Tibet, describing it as a measure of ethnic cleansing aimed at complete sinicisation of the plateau.
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