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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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HRF report exposes China's expanding surveillance and repression in Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Abundant in resources such as oil, gas, and cotton, it produces around 20% of the world's cotton and acts as China's link to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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ETGE President criticises new report on Uyghur repression for avoiding gen
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Dr Mamtimin Ala, the President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile, recently expressed his strong critique of a report titled "Eight years on, China's repression of the Uyghurs remains dire: How China's policies in the Uyghur region aave and have not changed," published by the United
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Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act marks progress amid ongoing challenges
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The law aims to deter and punish companies participating in or benefiting from Chinese state-sponsored forced labour in the Uyghur region of Western China - Xinjiang.
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China refused to allow envoy to visit Uyghur region: Turkish Foreign Minis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has revealed that China has refused to allow the Turkish ambassador to visit the Uyghur region in the north-western Xinjiang province, admitting it has strained ties between the two nations, reported MEMO (Middle East Monitor).
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US company supplied DNA collection equipment used in Tibet by China: repor
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Citizen Lab report referenced above found that police collected DNA samples from roughly a quarter to a third of the population of the TAR. Citizen Lab's analysis determined that the activity was not apparently related to any criminal activity and that police targeted men, women, and
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China's DNA profiling campaigns attract global opposition: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report said that one campaign is about the mass scanning of the irises of people in the Qinghai province and the other is about mass blood sampling of Tibetan people for their DNA profiling.
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Global lawmakers call for sanctions against firms complicit in DNA harvest
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) is an international, cross-party alliance of parliamentarians from democratic countries focused on relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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UN committee calls for probe into Xinjiang rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Acting under its early warning and urgent action procedure, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) also called on China to immediately release all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in the XUAR, whether in so-called Vocational Education and Trainin
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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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Chinese state organs carrying out repression of Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], October 19 (ANI): A new report published on Wednesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) details the role of several Chinese government bodies in carrying out a campaign of repression in Xinjiang province.
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Boycotting Xinjiang cotton has become a human rights issue: Taiwanese le
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 29 (ANI): Boycotting cotton from the Chinese Uyghur region of Xinjiang is no longer just a political issue, but has become a human rights issue, said Taiwanese Legislative Speaker You Si-kun.
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