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Global backlash builds against China's expanding Uyghur repression
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress weekly brief highlighted political developments in Japan, legal action in Australia over alleged forced labour links, activist statements in Geneva and Mexico, rising diplomatic friction ahead of the Munich Security Conference, and concerns over shrinking civic spac
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Baloch leaders in Lahore demand end to enforced disappearances, slam secur
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Speakers at a rights gathering in Lahore raised allegations of repression in Balochistan, highlighting disappearances and shrinking civic space. Baloch leaders called for dialogue over coercion. The event ended in uproar over remarks linked to enforced disappearances, with activists walking
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China deepened nationwide repression in 2025, says Human Rights Watch repo
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The Chinese government significantly intensified repression across the country in 2025, tightening ideological control and curbing fundamental freedoms under President Xi Jinping, according to the World Report 2026 released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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ETGE marked 29th anniversary of Ghulja massacre, renewing its call for int
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) marked the 29th anniversary of the 1997 Ghulja Massacre, renewing its call for decisive international action against China's policies in East Turkistan, as noted in a post shared by ETGE on X.
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BNM protests in Germany, flags alleged human rights violations and enfor
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest demonstration at Porta Nigra Square in the German city of Trier to highlight what it described as systematic and serious human rights violations in Balochistan, according to a post shared by BNM on X.
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WUC flags China's transnational repression, surveillance risks and Uyghur
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The briefing documents practices such as unlawful deportations, misuse of INTERPOL Red Notices, passport restrictions, digital surveillance, and coercion through family members in East Turkistan to intimidate activists and force returns. WUC warned that Uyghurs in exile face a heightened ris
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Campaign for Uyghurs marks 29th anniversary of Ghulja Massacre, renews cal
Updated : 1 month ago IST
On February 5, 1997, thousands gathered in Ghulja to protest peacefully against what the organisation termed Chinese aggression and restrictions on Uyghur cultural practices.
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Baloch Voice for Justice condemns enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Baloch Voice for Justice has strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of retired Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Bakhsh Sajidi, his brother Naeem Sajidi, and Engineer Rafeeq Baloch, relatives of BNM Party Chairman Dr. Naseem Baloch. The trio was reportedly abducted during a pre-dawn raid
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Pakistan: Activist Jibran Nasir slams state as Balochistan burns amid viol
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Activist Jibran Nasir slammed Pakistan's handling of Balochistan violence, accusing the state of denial and blame-shifting. He warned that repression and silencing critics block lasting peace, as kidnappings and disappearances continue to fuel fear and insecurity across the province.
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Enforced disappearance of Baloch women signals escalation of state violenc
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Mahrang Baloch wrote that for decades the Baloch have been treated as a "suspect population," governed through coercion and exclusion rather than citizenship, consent or inclusion.
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CUS criticises OIC-China engagement, cites ongoing genocide and religious
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that the discussions centred on enhancing OIC-China relations and broadening dialogue and cooperation in political, economic, cultural, educational and health-related fields, with both sides highlighting longstanding ties and shared interests, as
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East Turkistan govt in exile condemns OIC visit to China, accuses bloc of
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
In a statement released during an official visit by an OIC delegation to China, led by Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha, the ETGE expressed "profound alarm" at planned meetings with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and stops in Occupied East Turkistan.
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