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UN side event spotlights China's rising Islamophobia targeting Uyghurs, Ka
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists, diplomats, and other intellectuals highlighted the growing Islamophobia in China targeting Uyghur Muslims and Kazakhs during a side event at the UN Human Rights Council's 56th session in Geneva.
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Uyghur Americans commemorate 15th anniversary of Urumqi massacre in US cap
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Uyghur Americans commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Urumqi Massacre in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, on Friday.
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NGOs slam China for rejecting UPR recommendations at UNHRC's 56th session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Responding to the dismissal of the UPR recommendations, in a joint statement on behalf of 29 NGOs delivered at the Human Rights Council after China's remarks, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) urged China to 'genuinely engage with the UN to enact meaningful reforms' in line wi
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Uyghur protest at UN demands justice on Urumchi Massacre anniversary
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a poignant display of remembrance and defiance, Uyghur Muslims gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2009 Urumchi Massacre on Friday.
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China must take responsibility for Uyghurs' massacre: World Uyghur Congres
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The statement by the WUC came on the 15th anniversary of the Urumchi massacre commonly known as the Urumqi massacre
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Uyghur activist condemns China's human rights abuses and economic exploita
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A renowned Uyghur human rights activist has lambasted China for its poor human rights record and its international policies of economic exploitation, especially in Africa.
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On 15th anniversary of 2009 Urumchi Massacre, World Uyghur Congress seeks
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a press statement, WUC President Dolkun Isa said, "The 2009 Urumchi Massacre stands as one of the darkest episodes in the history of the Uyghur people."
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Committee to Protect Journalists demands release of two Kazakh journalists
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a statement, the CPJ said that the Chinese authorities arrested Domalin and Koben in Urumqi a city in Xinjiang in April this year, and the arrests were reported by the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, a human rights organization based in Kazakhstan in June.
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2009 Urumchi massacre: Uyghurs call for action to end China's genocide, pl
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The march aims to commemorate the 2009 Urumchi massacre and to call for meaningful action against China's ongoing campaign of colonization, Uyghur genocide, and occupation in East Turkistan.
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CCP's anniversary marred by global outcry over Xinjiang 'genocide'
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Swedish Uyghur Committee highlighted the grim legacy of the CCP on social media, condemning what they describe as the party's "ruthless invasion, occupation, and colonisation" of East Turkistan.
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Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act marks progress amid ongoing challenges
Updated : 1 year, 9 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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Shaoguan Massacre anniversary: Uyghur workers' tragic loss and justice str
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Over 100 Uyghur youths, forcibly transferred to a toy factory in Shaoguan for forced labour, were brutally killed in an attack by Chinese mobs on this fateful day. The violence erupted as mobs invaded the factory, targeting innocent Uyghur workers.
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