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China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora.
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UN rights body abandons Uyghurs, votes not to discuss China's abuse: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 12 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
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'Intrinsic to our foreign policy, India prefers another approach to issue"
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): After India abstained on Thursday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang, experts called this 'intrinsic' to foreign policy and that New Delhi would prefer another approach
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India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situatio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang.
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Activists raise grim human rights situation in Balochistan at Berlin confe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 20 (ANI): The Baloch human rights activists and those living in exile have raised the issue of the grim human rights situation in Pakistan's poorest but resource-rich province of Balochistan at a day-long conference held in Berlin on September 17.
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Uyghur human rights advocate calls upon companies to abandon products of f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 20 (ANI): In a bid to address Chinese repression of Uyghurs, a Uyghur human rights advocate has called upon brands to remove materials that come from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from every level of their supply chains, according to a media report.
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Pakistan aiding Chinese repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 22 (ANI): Pakistan has never shied away from denouncing other nations for atrocities against Muslim communities however the country itself has remained noncommittal on the issue of violation of Uyghur human rights in Xinjiang.
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Boris Johnson announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK] December 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom has joined the US in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over concerns about human rights abuses in China.
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China auctioned off property of detained Uyghurs, says report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 2 (ANI): Chinese authorities have been auctioning off the property of some detainees and raising tens of millions of US dollars amid mass internment of its own citizens in Xinjiang province, a media report said.
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China criticises Uyghur Tribunal over investigating human rights abuses in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 11 (ANI): China has criticised the Uyghur Tribunal -- an independent UK-based panel -- over investigating human rights abuses in Xinjiang and said it has nothing to do with law, justice, or truth.
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