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Young Uyghur gives video testimony about detention of uncle in China in fo
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Nefise Oghuz gave the statement in four languages - Uyghur, English, Mandarin and Turkish and shared it on social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.
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Chinese police using spies to ensure Uyghur Muslims do not fast during Ram
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This year, the Chinese government has reportedly banned everyone from fasting irrespective of their age, gender or profession.
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Kazakhstan: Uyghurs and Kazakhs in Almaty commemorate East Turkistan Upris
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kazakh and Uyghur Almaty community members delivered speeches about the history of East Turkistan, the Baren Revolution, China's ongoing genocide.
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Uyghur supporters gather outside US Capitol building to commemorate 33rd a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Dozens of Uyghurs and American supporters, led by the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) urged the United States Congress to introduce and pass legislation recognizing East Turkistan as an occupied territory.
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Belgium Uyghur Association commemorates Baren revolution in Brussels
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The participants in the candlelight vigil displayed posters describing the Baren revolution that started as a peaceful protest on April 5, 1990, by the villagers in Baren township near Kashgar against the continued Chinese policy of forced assimilation and population control etc.
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Uyghurs in Turkey commemorate Baren revolution against Chinese atrocities
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Around 120 Uyghur men and women joined the protest which was addressed by local Uyghur leader Abdullahad Udun, General Secretary of East Turkestan Human Right Watch (ETHR) and activist Omer Qarim.
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Uyghur's Grand Kuqa Mosque Profaned in Chinese Propaganda video: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the state-sponsored promotional video, a woman swirls in Buddhist fashion in the Grand Kuqa Mosque, the second largest in Xinjian, to prove Uyghur Islam came from Buddhism.
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Muslims in Bangladesh denounce China for atrocities on Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan (BKA) organized a conference presided over by its leader Shaheed Zaidin Yusuf. During the meeting, attendees condemned China for its illegal occupation of East Turkistan (Xinjiang) and for committing atrocities on innocent Uyghur Muslims.
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Pakistan-China border trade route reopens after 3 years of hiatus
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The Chinese authorities have written a letter to Pakistani officials regarding the reopening of the pass for trade, the official sources told APP.
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Plight of Uyghur refugees in Thailand, Pakistan amid China's use of econom
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uyghurs are witnessing a new challenge, they are being detained not only in other countries but also in China itself, fearing persecution. This is a function of the Chinese using their economic clout as a political tool. Precisely for this reason, the Islamic world has maintained a stoic sil
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Uyghur Muslims in China face worst Islamophobia
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A careful study of China's impositions on Uyghur Muslims creates a suspicion that Xinjiang is being used as a laboratory for de-Islamisation. These impositions include discouragement from observing Islamic practices like fasting during the holy month of Ramzan, eating halal meat, giving chil
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US House panel on China highlights abuse of Uyghurs
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labour, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.
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