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We stand with Hong Kong people, says US Secretary of State
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (local time) said that his country stands with the people of Hong Kong where Beijing has recently imposed the draconian security law, which many say is aimed at crushing dissent.
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'United States will continue to shine the light of truth on Xinjiang'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hit out at China for "horrifying repression" of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province while saying that US will continue to "shine the light of truth" on Xinjiang.
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China to finally be tried at International Criminal Court for torturing Uy
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], July 10 (ANI): After years of getting tortured for their identity, the Uighurs have finally approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking justice.
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US sanctions three senior CCP officials over human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 10 (ANI): US on Thursday (local time) imposed sanctions and visa restrictions against some senior officials of Chinese Communist Party in response to the human rights violations in Xinjiang.
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Exiled Uyghurs approach International Criminal Court seeking justice again
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], July 7 (ANI): As China's genocide and crimes against the Uighurs continue, the ethnic community has finally approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking justice.
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China must be held accountable for its crime against humanity: Uighur acti
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 7 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, a Uighur American activist, whose sister went missing in China almost two years ago and is believed to be locked in a detention camp, said that the Chinese regime must be held accountable for its crime against humanity which it manifests in m
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Silence of Muslim states allowing Uighurs to suffer in China: British jour
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 06 (ANI): Highlighting the hypocrisy of Muslims-majority states like Pakistan for their silence over atrocities committed by Chinese Communist Party on Uighurs, British Journalist Nice Cohen said that Muslims in China suffer in silence because the Muslim majority countries
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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US report says China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to detain, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): A US report issued by the Department of State has said that China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xi
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Follow 'Western rule set' for nation building: Pompeo advises China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 23 (ANI):US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that China has illegally claimed territories in the South China Sea, threatening vital sea lanes. He advised Beijing to follow the "western rule set" for building their nati
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Uighur 'Imams' most vulnerable to persecution in mainland China
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): The 'Imams' belonging to the Uighur Muslim community from Xinjiang province of northwest China have become most vulnerable to persecution owing to Beijing's crackdown on the minority Muslims.
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Trump signs bill to sanction Chinese officials over treatment of Uighur
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) signed legislation that calls for him to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for Beijing's crackdown on the minority Muslim Uighur ethnic group.
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