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Uyghur leader calls out China's genocide at UN forum amid disruption
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
During his address, Chinese representatives attempted to disrupt the session by falsely accusing the WUC of being a "separatist organization" and demanded that Qurban be silenced. Despite these attempts to intimidate him, Qurban remained steadfast, continuing his speech and highlighting t
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Human rights activist exposes Chinese oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang at
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In his intervention Fujiki outlined China's efforts to erase the unique Uyghur identity and culture, citing mass detentions in "vocational training centers" that serve as de facto internment camps.
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Much awaited UN report on China says possible crimes against humanity in X
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 1 (ANI): United Nations on Wednesday (local time) accused China of actions that "may constitute international crimes, in particular, crimes against humanity" in its Xinjiang region for mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans protest outside UN compound in Geneva
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): Ahead of Michelle Bachelet's visit, the UN's high commissioner for human rights in China's Xinjiang, about 20 Uyghurs, Tibetans and international human rights groups protested outside the United Nations compound in Geneva.
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US report blames China of undermining Hong Kong's autonomy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): US State Department report on human rights abuses blamed China for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy.
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Mass detention of Uyghurs by Chinese govt 'egregious form of settler colon
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Highlighting that the Chinese government has detained about 1.8 million Uyghurs since 2017, an anthropologist said that the mass detentions are part of China's settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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New CPC chief in Tibet responsible for mass detention, suppression of Uygh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the appointment of Wang Junzheng as the new Chinese Communist Party Secretary in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said that as security head in Xinjiang he was responsibl
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US sanctions Cuban officials over crackdown on protests
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 23 (ANI): The United States on Friday condemned "mass detentions and sham trials" in Cuba and announced sanctions on the Cuban military and its Interior Ministry against the ongoing crackdown on the civilian population on the island.
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Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China's Uyghur M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 12 (ANI): Indian origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan, along with two contributors, has won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed secretly built China's mass detention camps for Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
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British Parliament to debate atrocities against Uyghurs on October 12
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 10 (ANI): The British Parliament has decided to debate about the atrocities against the Uyghurs and on the question of possible sanctions on October 12.
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US funds pull out of Chinese companies over Uighur detention in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): As the US administration ups its scrutiny regarding the use of its capital market to fund the mass detention of Uighurs in China's Xinjiang, large US investment funds have sold their equity stakes in Chinese surveillance company Hikvision.
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China denies holding Uighur Muslims captive
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 13 (ANI): China has denied reports claiming that the country held a million Uighur Muslims captive in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province after a United Nations human rights panel expressed grave concerns over the issue.
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