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China carrying out 'slow genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): Newly published research has provided compelling evidence that China is carrying out a slow genocide of the Uyghur population, due to Beijing's perception of the community as a national security threat.
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Genocide conviction upheld against 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], June 9 (ANI): Former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic, infamously known as the 'butcher of Bosnia,' will have to serve his life sentence after an appeal against his war crimes convictions was rejected on Tuesday.
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UK's 'Uyghur Tribunal' begins to investigate atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A panel of Britain-based lawyers and rights experts examining human rights violations and reports of genocide in China's Xinjiang region began hearing in London on Thursday.
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Germany recognises colonial-era massacres in Namibia, offers $1.3 billion
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Germany has officially recognized its killing of tens of thousands of people in colonial Namibia as a genocide.
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Macron acknowledges France's responsibility for 1994 Rwanda genocide
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Thursday his country's complicity in the Rwanda genocide, which claimed around 800,000 lives from April-June 1994.
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Lithuanian parliament latest to term China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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Rights groups call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics over Uyghurs genoc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): A coalition of human rights groups has called for a complete boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying that participating in the games would be tantamount to endorsing China's genocide against the Uyghur people".
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China's repression of Uyghurs is not only cultural, but also physical: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): Amid growing scrutiny over the human rights abuses by Chinese authorities, a new report has emerged, which based on China's own government data, shows a precipitous drop in Uyghur birthrates in areas of southern Xinjiang in the northwest province of the coun
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Forced labour from Uyghurs in Xinjiang behind global supply of solar panel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 16 (ANI): The global production of solar panels is using forced labour from Uyghurs Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, an investigation shows.
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Japan ruling party calls for joining genocide convention with eye on China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit next month, lawmakers from Japan's ruling party has drafted proposals for the government, to advance the issue of human rights diplomacy amid growing scrutiny of abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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Death of COVID-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen 'criminal act, n
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): The death of COVID-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen is a "criminal act and not less than a "genocide", said that the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday amid reports of shortage of medical oxygen due to rise in COVID-19 infections.
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Experts accuse Chinese leaders of 'poor explanation, ruthless implementati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): Amid international condemnation over China's hostile treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, academics have said that Chinese leaders share blame for the war of words with the West over the issue and that the policies have been poorly explained and ruthlessly i
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