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Uyghur woman in jail for over 2 decades for sending children to religious
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For over two decades, Uyghur woman, Ayshemhan Abdulla, has been serving sentence in jail for sending her three teenage children to a local home-based religious school, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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Tibetans in Tibet tell relatives in exile to not contact them during Losar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
This comes as Tibetans fear persecution by Chinese authorities amid an increase in surveillance activities and surprise security searches during the politically sensitive time, sources in the region said, according to RFA.
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China tightens restrictions on Tibetan residents of Drago county
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to RFA, the communications clampdown in Drago county is the latest measure by Chinese authorities to bring locals to heel following the demolitions of huge Buddha statues in the area in 2021, sources in the region said.
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Chinese authorities detain Tibetan writer for allegedly contacting exiles
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to RFA, the writer, known as Palgon, was arrested at his home in August 2022 and has been incommunicado ever since. "There is still no information on where he is being held at the moment," a source said.
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Phillipines investigating alleged harrassment of fishermen by Chinese ship
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to RFA, the encounter at sea occurred on January 9 when the crew of KEN-KEN fishing boat reported that a Chinese ship with bow number 5204 and a smaller boat drove them away from waters near Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal), according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
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China: Xinjiang officials urge hospitals to use traditional Uyghur medicin
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to RFA, this comes as a rare acknowledgement of treatment that blends ancient Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Arabian and Indian medicine dating back more than 2,500 years.
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Firecracker ban lifted in some Chinese cities ahead of Lunar New Year on J
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Authorities in some Chinese cities have lifted the ban on fireworks amid protests, ahead of the Lunar New Year on January 22, US-based non-profit news service Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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US military dismisses Chinese claim of American spy plane 'dangerously' en
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US military has dismissed China's accusation that its spy plane "engaged in dangerous manoeuvres against a Chinese Navy fighter jet" over the South China Sea on December 21, maintaining that it was the Chinese fighter which nearly resulted in the two aircraft to collide, reported Radio F
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Uyghur Muslim preacher Omar Huseyin confirmed dead in China's Xinjiang pri
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A former Uyghur Muslim preacher, Omar Huseyin, who was arrested in 2017 for making a pilgrimage to Mecca, was confirmed dead in China's Xinjiang prison, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA).
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70-year old woman with a history of Open Heart Surgery successfully treate
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed the procedure of minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on a 75-year-old woman,
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Tibetan monk opposed to CCP rule dies after years of ill health following
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Geshe Tenzin Palsang was a resident of Draggo county in Sichuan's Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and passed away in September after his health condition suddenly turned worse, Washington-based media outlet RFA reported citing a source inside Tibet.
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Protest in Tibet over COVID restrictions, 200 detained
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Around 200 residents of Tibet's capital Lhasa were detained in the wake of massive protests last week after China imposed covid lockdown that restricted the residents to their homes with inadequate food and medical equipment, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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