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Ugyhur activist's sister sentenced to 20 years of jail in China, US calls
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of an Uyghur Muslim doctor who has been sentenced to 20 years of jail in China because of activism of her family members.
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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US commission on religious freedom raises alarm over China's extradition t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday expressed shock over the reports that China has ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey that could target Muslim minority Uyghurs fleeing persecution from Xinjiang province.
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Turkey should not sign extradition treaty with China, demands Uyghur Congr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], December 30 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) on Tuesday called on Turkey to abide by international law and the "principle of non-refoulement" and refrain from signing the extradition treaty with the government of China.
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Japan to join 'Five Eyes' to check China's clampdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI): Amid calls within the Japanese government to join the 'Five Eyes' intelligence-sharing alliance, it provided key inputs to the US and the UK regarding Chinese clampdown on Uyghurs, reported Kyodo News.
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ICC rejection to investigate Uyghur genocide is vast moral failure: Expert
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The International Criminal Court's (ICC) rejection of calls by exiled Uyghurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity represents a "vast moral" and "institutional failure", according to experts.
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Experts question China's underhanded influence after ICC rejected call for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Experts have questioned China's underhanded influence on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and said "the international legal system suffers from a double standard" after the court rejected a
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Xinjiang forced labour issue may hit China's investment agreement with EU
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 20 (ANI): With the European Parliament (EP) passing a resolution on forced labour and the condition of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China's plans to have investment agreements with the European Union (EU) member states seem to be now
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European Parliament asks China to allow UN fact-finding team to visit Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 18 (ANI): The European Parliament on Friday passed a resolution on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region while calling on the EU to proactively work towards an independent UN inquiry on China with a view to ensuri
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'China monitors social media posts of Uyghurs settled abroad'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): China has devised a new social media surveillance system to put a tab on Uyghurs staying overseas. Concerned about international opinion, the Chinese Communist Party has started to monitor social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and WeChat reports C
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China's 'labour transfer policy' in Tibet bears similarities with Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], December 15 (ANI): Since last year, China has been introducing new policies to promote the centralised and large-scale transfer of 'rural surplus labourers' to parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), as well as other provinces of the People's Republic of China in repeated
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Pompeo lambasts China over curtailing religious freedom of Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo criticised China over curtailing the religious freedom of Uyghurs.
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