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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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Protestors in Turkey call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], January 24 (ANI): A few days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, dozens of protestors took to the street in the capital city of Turkey, calling for the boycott of the mega sporting event over rights abuses in China.
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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh COVID-19 curbs
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Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling COVID-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.
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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups.
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Japan, Australia sign defense cooperation pact amid China's growing influe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday signed a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and strengthen security cooperation while expressing serious concerns over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacif
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Uyghurs in Turkey file complaint against Chinese President, security offic
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Ankara [Turkey], January 5 (ANI): A group of Uyghurs in Turkey has filed a criminal complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping and security officials over human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Private sector should oppose Chinese genocide: US on Tesla opening showroo
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Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): The White House has urged private companies to oppose the human rights abuses and genocide by China in Xinjiang.
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Xi Jinping calls 2021 a year of exceptional significance amid West's accus
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Beijing [China], January 1 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has called 2021 a year of exceptional significance during which the West raised concerns over extreme human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang province and announced the diplomatic boycott of upcoming Beijin
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China finally faces accountability for rights abuses of Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 22 (ANI): After years of facing non-accountability for repression and human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China is now facing the heat for its actions as the West sanctions Chinese companies sourcing goods from Xinjiang to the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter O
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China unleashes global online campaign to undercut global accusations of h
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 21 (ANI): In a bid to undercut global accusations of human rights abuses, China has unleashed a global online campaign in the guise of bot networks that generate automatic posts and hard to trace online personas.
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Central Asian nations foreign ministers to skip Pak's OIC meet pushing for
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New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): As the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is scrambling for global recognition, its adherent supporter Pakistan has tasked itself with convincing the international community into accepting the interim government of the group despite reports of continued hu
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