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Xinjiang trip of Pak businessmen draws Uyghur activists' ire
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The delegation, funded by the Chinese government, hailed the so-called development and peaceful living conditions of Uyghurs in the region, a narrative that activists condemn as nothing more than parroting Chinese propaganda
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Uyghur leader urges Scandinavian nations to recognize China's 'genocide' i
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Shukur Samsak, the interior minister of East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), has urged the Scandinavian nations to urgently recognise and take decisive action over the genocide inflicted by China in the East Turkistan region
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US calls on China to end repression of Uyghurs, religious minority groups
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The US State Department expressed disappointment on Friday, on the second anniversary of a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang, and called on China to take action and end the current repression of Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.
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East Turkistan Government in Exile concerned over genocide in its nation
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The ETGE in its statement on Thursday mentioned that the OHCHR has 'downplayed' the worsening situation in East Turkistan as "problematic policies" which it said is dangerously minimizing the severity of China's ongoing crimes
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Human Rights Watch bashes China for continuous atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights watchdog, in a recent statement lamented the Chinese government for its human rights abuses in Xinjiang, claiming that the authorities have been persistently committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xin
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Report by UNHRC highlights severe concerns about Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomou
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Ravina Shamdasani the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday highlighted the human rights abuses persistent in China, especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Uyghur businessmen imprisoned by China for making donations to political p
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU), a Washington-based Uyghur rights organisation, has highlighted the case of Elijan Ismail, a Uyghur entrepreneur who was arrested and sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment for performing 'Zakat', the yearly donation practice underscored in Islam.
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DHS adds five firms to Uyghur Forced Labour List amid Xinjiang human right
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has updated the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, adding five new companies allegedly linked to forced labour practices in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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'Campaign for Uyghur' calls for global accountability for China's human ri
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
On the fifth annual International Day of Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, Campaign for Uyghur's Founder and Executive Director, Rushan Abbas took part in a webinar entitled "Prisoners of Conscience: Violence and Detention and Violence in Detention.
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US political parties criticised for silence on Uyghur genocide
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Xinjiang province of China, has drawn criticism from global human rights advocates as both the Democratic and Republican platforms for the 2024 US elections fail to address the Uyghur genocide.
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East Turkistan movement calls for urgent international probe in Chinese at
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The condition of Uyghur Muslims is worsening in the Xinjiang region as they face severe atrocities from China for speaking out against human rights abuses.
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Human rights body holds Chinese President accountable for abuses on Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A Sweden-based Uyghur rights organisation the Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK) generally known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee in a statement released on Sunday called upon China and its president Xi Jinping to inflict humanitarian abuses on the children belonging to East Turkistan.
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