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Uyghur hatmaker, wife confirmed dead while serving sentence in Xinjiang: R
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Haji'ahun and his wife Mehpiremhan, natives of Maralbeshi county in Kashgar prefecture, were each given a 10-year term in Tumshuq Prison in 2019 for engaging in "illegal" religious activities, sources quoted by RFA said.
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China expels Canada's top diplomat in Shanghai in reciprocal move
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a tit-for-tat move, China has expelled Canada's consul in Shanghai after Ottawa announced that it was expelling a Chinese diplomat who was accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.
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BJP Minority Morcha to organise Sufi, Ulema conference to bridge gap betwe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In an attempt to bring the Muslim minority in confidence, the Minority Morcha of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise Sufi and Ulema conferences in major cities and districts of the country.
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Iranians protest 'Bloody Friday' security force crackdown as nationwide un
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Thousands of Iranians have protested in the nation's southeast to mark a September crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday".
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Congress' Adhir Ranjan writes to Mamata Banerjee on 'pathetic, miserable'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her attention to the "pathetic and miserable condition" of the Muslim minority in the state.
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Owaisi accuses Shivraj Singh Chouhan of bias against minority community
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 13 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for demolishing the houses of the accused involved in the violence during Ram Navami procession in Kharg
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Violence against Shia Muslims continues unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): Pakistan's largest Muslim minority, Shias Muslims are living under the shadow of fear post a terror attack by a suicide bomber on a Shia mosque in Peshawar during Friday prayers.
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CCP will utilize Beijing Olympics to whitewash genocide, say rights activi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): A few days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, several Uyghur activists and human rights experts at a webinar argued that the Winter Games will implicitly approve of the rights violation of the Muslim minority community in China.
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US House passes bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill by a vote of 428 to 1 banning imports from China's Xinjiang made with forced labour and threatening sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for persecuting the minority community.
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New evidence shows China's repression of Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): Fresh evidence has emerged against China showing surveillance, intimidation and harassment of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority community at concentration camps in China's Xinjiang region.
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China's new strategies to control Uyghurs include community policing, targ
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 21 (ANI): China has now come up with a new strategy to control the Muslim minority Uyghurs which includes community policing and targeting users of Mobile app Zapya.
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French artist paints portrait of Uyghur activist on building in Marseille
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France] October 20 (ANI): A French artist painted a portrait of an activist from the Uyghur community on a building in Marseille city, in a bid to raise awareness of the plight of the persecuted Muslim minority group in China's Xinjiang region.
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