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Dissident voices emerge from China
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Xinjiang, a region dominated by Uyghur Muslims, is experiencing serious human rights abuses where locals are ill-treated, women are violated and activists are picked up and jailed.
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Diplomats visiting Xinjiang urged to speak with 'strong voice' on behalf o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
On April 27, Ma Xingrui, the Communist party secretary for the Xinjiang region, met with consul generals from Brazil, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Turkey in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on a visit to the invitation of the Chinese government. "Some
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China banned Uyghurs from praying in mosques during Eid-ul-Fitr holiday: R
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
During Eid, which fell on April 20-21 this year, people aged 60 and older were allowed to pray in a local mosque under heavy police surveillance, sources said.
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China harass, intimidate its minorities in Netherlands
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Tsering Jampa, Secretary, Tibet Support Group enquired whether the Chinese police stations had been closed in the Netherlands.
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Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of cancer at a Thai immigration detention facility after being detained there for four years. Another two Uyghur children died in 2014, according to media reports, in
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Catalan National Assembly event: Panelists highlight difficulties minoriti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Assemblea Nacional Catalana organised an international event where the members highlighted the difficulties that minorities faced in making their voices heard and the struggle of Uyghur, Eastern Kurds and Sindh people.
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Pakistanis voice protest Chinese persecution of Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Although the current government of Pakistan have remained silent because of its close ties with China, some sets of Pakistani have raised their voice in the favour of Uyghurs.
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US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduces Uyghur Policy Act
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduced the Uyghur Policy Act. This bipartisan bill would increase US support for the Uyghur diaspora in the United States and other countries, as well as advocate for improving the conditions of Uyghurs in China who suffer human rights abuses at the hands of t
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Despite multiple attempts by human rights activists, forced organ harvesti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
More than a generation has passed since China started persecuting the nearly 100 million Falun Gong practitioners. The shortage of transplant donors has led to the search for a new minority to oppress, namely the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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World Uyghur Congress raises concern over Chinese repression in Spain
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The WUC delegation successfully completed advocacy meetings in Madrid, raising the #Uyghur issue with Senators and Congressmen/Congresswomen from different political parties. Thank you for your support!" tweeted WUC.
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Xi's mentality pushes world towards a new Cold War
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China might pretend to be neutral, yet it is anything but, for Xi has deliberately hitched his chariot to Russia's warhorses. The dictatorial Chinese leader refuses to criticize Putin's bloody invasion of Ukraine and instead accuses the USA and NATO of prolonging it.
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Turkish govt banning activities of East Turkestan Turks: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China's tactics of oppressing the Uyghur Muslims, who are fighting for freedom, appears to have rubbed off on Turkey as they are restricting the activities of East Turkestan, Yucel Tanay writes in Voice Against Autocracy.
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