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"Unbroken" launch reinforces urgency of Uyghur human rights crisis
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Uyghur activist Rushan Abbas launched her memoir "Unbroken: One Uyghur's Fight for Freedom" at the European Uyghur Summit in Munich, drawing global attention to ongoing human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The event featured solidarity from international dignitaries and highlighted growing inter
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EU refuses to lift sanctions on Chinese officials over ongoing Uyghur righ
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The European Union has refused to lift sanctions on Chinese officials over ongoing human rights abuses in Xinjiang, maintaining measures imposed in 2021 despite China's moves to ease counter-sanctions on EU lawmakers.
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Human Rights Watch bashes China for continuous atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights watchdog, in a recent statement lamented the Chinese government for its human rights abuses in Xinjiang, claiming that the authorities have been persistently committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xin
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China organising 'media tours' to change narrative about human rights abus
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Aiming to change the narrative about the Xinjiang region where China is accused of committing grave human rights abuses, Beijing is organising so-called media tours with friendly countries to somehow propagate a different version of the region, a report by Al Jazeera stated.
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Uyghur activist asks China to enforce UN recommendations to curb human rig
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Zumretay Arkin of the World Uyghur Congress in her intervention during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council said, "It is with increasing concern that we monitor the situation in the Uyghur Autonomous Region."
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Canadian pension plans investing in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Multiple Canadian pension plans have invested in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses, alleges a report by UK-based human rights organization Hong Kong Watch and expert in forced labour, Prof Laura Murphy at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Xinjiang Police investigating 3 men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Xinjiang police are investigating three men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments, critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi on the live stream.
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United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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China denies attempts to supress UN report on Xinjiang rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): China has strongly responded to reports that it is trying to suppress the UN report detailing the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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NATO, G7 nations tighten noose around China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): The recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Madrid and G7 summit held in Germany have exerted pressure on China's ambitions and "coercive policies" in the Indo-Pacific.
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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Blinken says China continues to commit human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of committing gross human rights violations, particularly in the Xinjiang region, in a speech on the annual human rights report released on Tuesday.
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