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CFU marks International Day for Victims of Religious Violence, urges actio
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As per the press release by CFU, this day highlights those who are targeted because of their faith, including the Uyghur population, whose ability to practice Islam has been outlawed amidst China's extensive genocide. CFU emphasised that safeguarding the freedom of belief is crucial for ensu
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Dozens of New Xinjiang-Europe cargo routes raise forced labour concerns
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Over the past year, China's Xinjiang province has seen the launch of more than 40 new freight routes to Europe, moving thousands of tons of goods, according to Politico. The expansion comes despite ongoing accusations that Beijing is committing human rights abuses and using forced labour aga
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World Uyghur Congress intensifies advocacy efforts in Brussels ahead of EU
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has intensified its advocacy efforts in Europe to raise awareness about the ongoing human rights abuses faced by the Uyghur population in East Turkestan, ahead of the upcoming EU-China Human Rights Dialogue.
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World Uyghur Congress weekly brief warns of escalating Chinese repression
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has issued its latest weekly brief, warning that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intensifying its campaign of repression in Xinjiang while much of the democratic world remains either complicit or silent. One of the most alarming disclosures in the brief i
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AI tool identifies Chinese products linked to Uyghur forced labour: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Tech firm Ultra has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that it says helps analysts to identify products coming from China through Temu, a digital marketplace platform, which were built using forced labour, possibly from the Uyghur population, Fox News reported.
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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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US ban on imports from Xinjiang disrupts China's supply chain
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): The United States is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where it says Beijing is committing genocide of the Uyghur population.
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NBA star urges Canadian PM Trudeau to not tolerate China's 'genocide' in X
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 2 (ANI): NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom has called upon Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take stringent actions on China's "genocide" of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang region adding that Canberra must signal that it will not tolerate Beijing's abuses.
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China implements fresh strategy to constrain Uyghur population
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China has implemented a new strategy to constrain the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by shifting from "re-education camps" to prison.
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China's "big lie" obscures its tyranny in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 14 (ANI): The Beijing Winter Olympics was a fine opportunity for the world to express its opprobrium at China's brutal crackdown on its Uyghur population, Muslims who are the inhabitants of the western Chinese province of Xinjiang.
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China continues to suppress Uyghurs, Tibetans through new mechanisms
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 27 (ANI): China has created fresh internal and external mechanisms to further monitor and control the Uyghur population in the Western province of Xinjiang by instituting a new system of involving 'managers' who are responsible for monitoring Uyghur households, creat
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China carrying out 'slow genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): Newly published research has provided compelling evidence that China is carrying out a slow genocide of the Uyghur population, due to Beijing's perception of the community as a national security threat.
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