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No justice for Uyghurs: WUC marks UN report anniversary amid ongoing repre
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Marking the third anniversary on August 28, WUC highlighted Amnesty International's latest findings on the enduring human cost of Beijing's repressive policies. Updates on 126 individual cases from the #FreeXinjiangDetainees campaign reveal that Uyghur families continue to suffer under mass
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China's transnational crackdown intensifies as Falun Gong faces hostility
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Since then, countless practitioners have endured arbitrary detention, torture, forced labour, and accusations of forced organ harvesting. Feng stated that this campaign represents one of the most far-reaching and brutal repressions of a faith group in modern history.
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Balochistan: Sammi Deen Baloch slams state repression after BYC member's a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Taking to social media platform X, Sammi Deen Baloch stated, "The enforced disappearance of Baloch Yakjehti Committee activist Nazar Marri is a continuation of a wider and horrific series of incidents where countless young people from Balochistan are being forcibly disappeared on a daily bas
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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Chinese pressure forces censorship of Tibet, Uyghur, Hong Kong art in Bang
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sai, a Myanmar artist and curator who left Thailand following pressure from Chinese authorities to remove the works of Tibetan and other exiled artists from an exhibition in Bangkok, expresses that he feels "not safe at all" even after moving to the UK, describing the situation as an "unprec
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Tibetan monk Geshe Shersang Gyatso dies by suicide in protest against Chin
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tibet Times's report indicated that his death was perceived as a final act of resistance against China's persistent repression.
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WUC weekly brief highlights US forced labour ban expansion, China's propag
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has published its latest weekly update, highlighting significant developments concerning the challenges faced by Uyghur Muslims and China's ongoing repression efforts.
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Quetta ATC extends remand of BYC leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch; ac
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
She reiterated that the strength of the movement is derived from the people: "Our struggle began on the streets and has now entered the courts. These very courts, where numerous cases of missing Baloch and Pashtuns are unresolved, have failed to recover them despite having protection orders.
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US State Department accuses China of genocide, crimes against humanity in
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The US State Department's human rights report accused China of "genocide and crimes against humanity" against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, citing mass detentions, forced labour, and re-education programs. It highlighted severe restrictions on free expression, systemic discrimination,
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Tibetan Government-in-Exile remembers monk who self-immolated protesting C
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, remembered self-immolator monk Tsewang Norbu, a 29-year-old Tibetan who set himself on fire on 15 August 2011 in protest against Chinese repression in Tibet.
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INCCS report exposes China's expanding transnational repression against Uy
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The report, titled Preventing Transnational Repression: The Case of the Uyghur Diaspora, written by David Tobin and Nyrola Elima, characterises transnational repression as actions taken by foreign governments to inhibit or constrain individuals' rights beyond their sovereign borders. It aler
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Balochistan at crossroads: US mining deal with Pakistan risks escalating c
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The new US-Pakistan mining deal in Balochistan risks increasing violence and repression in the region. Experts warn it prioritizes geopolitical rivalry with China over the rights of the Baloch people, who reject foreign exploitation without their consent, fearing more displacement and milita
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