Search For "human rights abuses"
US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
Read More
UK MPs demand boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing 'genocide' in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 20 (ANI): Calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics have been intensifying steadily due to China's human rights abuses, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims.
Read More
China will face repercussions for human rights abuses, says Biden
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that China will have to face repercussions over human rights abuses.
Read More
Biden takes up Hong Kong crackdown, Xinjiang rights abuses in first call w
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday underscored concerns about the crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said.
Read More
Let's each manage our own business, says top Chinese diplomat on Blinken's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 7 (ANI): Reacting to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holding Beijing accountable for its gross human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Chinese top diplomat Yang Jiechi has said "let's each manage our own business."
Read More
Human rights groups call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 7 (ANI): A coalition of 180 human rights groups has urged governments around the world to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympic Games slated for next year due to China's reported human rights abuses towards minorities.
Read More
Global leaders, activists urge countries to boycott Beijing Winter Games o
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], February 6 (ANI): Global leaders and activists have urged countries to boycott the Beijing Winter Games, which are a year away, over human rights abuses.
Read More
China fumes over reports on atrocities against Uyghurs, retaliates after U
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 5 (ANI): Retaliating to the United Kingdom's move to revoke the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that "BBC has made some false reports" on human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Read More
China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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.
Read More
Uyghur refugee shares her 3-year of harrowing ordeal in Chinese 're-educat
Updated : 5 years, 2 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
Read More
US issues additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over rights ab
Updated : 5 years, 3 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
Read More
Baloch holds anti-Pakistan protest to mark International Human Rights Day
Updated : 5 years, 3 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.
Read More