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Uighur activist to attend G20 Summit in Japan despite protest by China
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jun 23 (ANI): Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent Uighur political activist, will join world leaders at the annual G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, later this month despite protest by China, the Japan Times reported on Sunday.
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official's visit to China's Xin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China's Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held at detention centres.
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Chinese govt has destroyed graveyard of Uighur community: Historian
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 13 (ANI): The Chinese government has destroyed a graveyard which belonged to Uighur community in Khotan town of Xinjiang Province, claimed historian Rian Thum on Wednesday.
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US calls on China to release Uighur detainees ahead of Eid
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday called on China to release all Uighurs and other Muslim minorities arbitrarily detained throughout Xinjiang so they may return home to celebrate the Eid holiday with their loved ones.
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US funds pull out of Chinese companies over Uighur detention in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): As the US administration ups its scrutiny regarding the use of its capital market to fund the mass detention of Uighurs in China's Xinjiang, large US investment funds have sold their equity stakes in Chinese surveillance company Hikvision.
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US urges China to release Muslim minorities detained 'arbitrarily'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 28 (ANI): The United States has asked China to release the Muslim minorities "arbitrarily detained" by the communist country and "end its repression".
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Chinese tactics to silence Uighur Muslims abroad revealed
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): Amid the crackdown on Uighur Muslims in China, the latest tactic of Beijing to silence the community members all over the world has been revealed.
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Turkey calls on China to shut down Uighur "concentration camps"
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 9 (ANI): Turkey slammed China for its "systematic assimilation policy towards Uighur Turks," labelling it a "great embarrassment for humanity" while urging Beijing to shut down the "concentration camps".
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China: Law passed to 'Sinicize' Islam
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 6 (ANI): Beijing has passed a law to "implement measures to Sinicize" Islam within the next five years.
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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China deftly plays Trump card at G20
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Dec 5 (ANI): Chinese officials will be patting themselves on the back after the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Under pressure from different directions - including the United States-led trade war and criticism of Beijing's treatment of its Uighur Muslim population - China
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Religious extremism effectively contained: Xinjiang governor
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Oct 19 (ANI): Chairman of the Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shohrat Zakir, claimed that the Chinese government's policies in the region have led to the containment of religious extremism, has brought peace and led to economic growth in Xinjiang.
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