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China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): As China continues to refute reports of ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, another revelation has confirmed that Beijing has removed the Uyghur language instruction from educational institutions in the region.
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Uyghur refugee shares her 3-year of harrowing ordeal in Chinese 're-educat
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 18 (ANI): As reports confirming the human rights abuses on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region continue to surface, Gulbahar Haitiwaji, an Uyghur woman who was lured back to Beijing from France only to be arrested, has recounted her harrowing experience in the "re-educ
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US issues additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over rights ab
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): The United States has issued additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, US State Secretary Michael Pompeo announced on Monday adding that China's authoritarian rulers impose draconian restrictions on the Chinese
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Baloch holds anti-Pakistan protest to mark International Human Rights Day
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea] December 11 (ANI): The Baloch Republic Party (BRP) organised a demonstration in Busan city of South Korea to highlight gross human rights abuses being committed by Pakistani armed forces in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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US sanctions two Chinese lawbreakers, among individuals from other countri
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on Wan Kuok Koi, a notorious Chinese gangster and triad boss known as "Broken Tooth", and Huang Yuanxiong, the Chief of the Xiamen Public Security Bureau (PSB) in China's Fujian province.
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US blocks China's cotton due to human rights concerns in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Mobile banners rolled out in Durban, protest against human rights abuses i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Durban [South Africa], November 25 (ANI): Several mobile banners have been rolled out in Durban, South Africa, protesting against human rights abuses in Pakistan, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the heinous Mumbai terror attack in 2008, which claimed the lives of over 160 people.
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Will EU push China to respect human rights obligations? asks EU Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 17 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have condemned coercive labour programmes in Tibet and called the European Union (EU) to act against China for the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province and compel Beijing to respect its international obligati
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After parliamentary study on Uyghur 'genocide', Canada pushes for sanction
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], November 17 (ANI): After a parliamentary study established "genocide" against the Uyghurs in China, members of Parliament in Canada are pushing the Justin Trudeau led-government to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses.
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'Switzerland needs to include concerns of Tibetans, Uyghurs in its policy
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Amid rising criticism of China over its human rights abuses in Tibet, the Tibet Bureau Geneva has said that Switzerland needs to take a stronger stance on Tibet and include the concerns of Tibetans and Uyghurs in its Foreign Policy Strategy on China 2
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Swiss Foreign Policy Commission recommends govt to submit report on implem
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 14 (ANI): Amid rising criticism of China over its human rights abuses in Tibet, the Swiss Foreign Policy Commission has recommended the country's government to submit a detailed report to the Parliament on the implementation of human rights dialogue with Beijin
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Thousands of EU staff reject Chinese giant Hikvision's surveillance equipm
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 13 (ANI): Thousands of staff employed at the European Unions institutions have rejected the use of Chinese video surveillance provider Hikvision technologies in light of the company's association with China's human rights abuses and specifically the oppression of
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