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Pro Uyghur body hails UK parliament for passing motion saying China commit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], April 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has hailed the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the British House of Commons after legislators in the UK unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs in its northwest region of Xinjiang a "genocide".
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China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US ri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The Chinese government has continued to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang despite claiming to have released all detainees, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religiou
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China: New Human Rights Watch report highlights crimes against humanity in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (ANI): The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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China defends its atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 12 (ANI): The horrors of Chinese atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in China's northwest, are inexorably emerging on an almost daily basis. In response, China has continually changed its narrative about its mass internment of Uyghurs.
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21 trapped in coal mine in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], April 11 (ANI): Over 20 workers are trapped in a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region after flooding cut power under underground and disrupted communications, Chinese-state media Xinhua reported.
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Provide us money, not COVID-19 vaccines: Afghan refugees to Pak govt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Afghan refugees, who are living in the abysmal conditions in southern provinces of Pakistan, has demanded the country's government to provide them money and not COVID-19 vaccines as their camps have not been hit by the virus.
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Rise in attacks in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflect re-emergence of terror
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The recent killing of four social workers in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects the resurgence of several terror groups, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in the northwestern region of the country.
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Gunmen kill 8 in separate attacks in NW Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen in separate attacks invaded three local government areas in a state in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people, an official said on Wednesday.
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China used Twitter, Facebook more than ever for Xinjiang Propaganda in 202
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 31 (ANI): The Chinese government's propaganda activity on Twitter and Facebook over its policies toward ethnic minorities in Xinjiang reached an all-time high last year, as Beijing sought to portray its approach, including use of widespread internment camps and surveillance
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Sterling & Wilson Solar Solutions wins Rs 890 cr order in US
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 31 (ANI): Shapoorji Pallonji group company Sterling and Wilson Solar Solutions Inc said on Wednesday it has signed an order worth 122 million dollars (about Rs 890 crore) in Pacific northwest region of the United States.
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Taliban attacks security outpost near Dahandara Dam in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): Two guards of Dahandara Dam were killed in a Taliban attack in the Pashtun Kot district of Northwestern Faryab on Sunday.
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3 die in quake in China's Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Xinjiang [China], March 24 (ANI): At least three people have died in a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that jolted Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang on early Wednesday morning.
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