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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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Global lawmakers call out China for abuses against minority women in Xinji
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A group of global lawmakers have called on governments to hold China to account for abuses against minority women in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), amid reports of systematic sexual abuse in detention and violations of reproductive rights. Read More
Global experts report on genocide studies verifies Chinese govt 'intent to
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Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): China's shameless denial of its ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan has been exposed once again by a new report by 50 experts on Tuesday.
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UK MP calls for much tougher action on China's human rights abuses
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London [UK], March 10 (ANI): Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom Iain Duncan Smith has called for "much tougher action" to combat human rights abuses in China as Beijing continues to impose severe crackdowns on Uyghurs and the citizens of Hong Kong.
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Think tank report exposes China's 'intent to destroy' Uyghurs
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Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): The Chinese government has breached every single article of the United Nations genocide convention in its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and bears responsibility for committing genocide, according to a report by a US-based think tank further exposing Beiji
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Ahead of Quad meeting, India, Japan discuss South China Sea, freedom of na
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Ahead of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) head of states meet, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today. The conversation lasted for forty minutes.
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World Uyghur Congress calls for Magnitsky sanctions on China over human ri
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Brussels [Belgium], March 9 (ANI): Calling for Magnitsky sanctions on the Chinese leadership and other entities, Benedict Rogers, the co-founder of Hong Kong Watch and adviser to the World Uyghur Congress said that human rights are "under severe assault in China since the Tiananmen massacre"
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Brothers of US-based journalist detained after Xinjiang coverage, in appar
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Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Two brothers of US-based Journalist Eset Sulaiman have been detained by the authorities in China's Xinjiang as part of an intimidation campaign aimed at preventing him from reporting on rights abuses, according to Radio Free Asia.
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Turkey abandons criticism of China's Xinjiang policies, cracks down on Uyg
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Ankara [Turkey], March 8 (ANI): Turkey has abandoned its public criticism of China's Uyghur policies in recent years, and the Turkish government has begun cracking down on Uyghurs activists at home.
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Uyghurs urge International Olympic Committee to cancel Beijing 2022 Olympi
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London [UK], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress, a human rights group, has urged International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to personally make a ruling on a complaint the group filed to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, The Hill reported.
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Activists call for solidarity against Beijing's atrocities on Uyghur women
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Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): On the occasion of International Womens' Day, female activists around the world called on international women's institutions as well as feminist allies from across the world to speak out against Beijing's repression of the Uyghur women.
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China ran disinformation propaganda campaign against media outlet exposing
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Canberra [Australia], March 5 (ANI): The Chinese government has an international campaign to undermine a British media outlet covering the atrocities faced by Uyghurs and discredit its reporting during the first two months of the year, using western social media networks, as per an Australia
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