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China: Uyghur scholar gets 10-year imprisonment for promoting separatism,
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): A Uyghur professor and translator has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang for "separatism" and "promoting Western culture", said a media report citing a village official and the convicted man's former Uyghur classmate.
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Amazon's business closely entwined with China, suppliers linked to forced
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): A report from the Tech Transparency Project said that Amazon's business is closely entwined with China and its suppliers linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China.
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Ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang among Ukrainian refugees in Poland
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], March 6 (ANI): Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an ethnic Kazakh from China's North-Western province of Xinjiang has found his way to Poland with other Ukrainian refugees, a media report said on Friday.
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Nearly 800 Uyghurs detained by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang's Manas cou
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 6 (ANI): Chinese authorities have detained nearly 800 Uyghurs in Manas county of Xinjiang region, said a media report citing an official from the area who previously worked at the detention facility.
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Protest rally held in Taiwan ahead of Tibet National Uprising Day
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Tibetan Uprising Day, dozens of people took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday to call to bring attention to the atrocities on Tibetians and other minority groups by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Retired Uyghur postal worker sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for 're
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): A retired Uyghur postal worker in China's Xinjiang region, released from an internment camp due to health issues, was rearrested in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for participating in "illegal religious activities", said a media report.
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China aims to eliminate Uyghur culture, orders closure of 160 organization
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 3 (ANI): Chinese government has issued orders for the closure of 160 organizations devoted to researching traditional Uyghur culture and to the teaching of foreign languages with an aim to eradicate the culture of Uyghurs.
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Turkey closes Uyghur elementary school in Istanbul after China complains o
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], March 2 (ANI): Turkey has closed an Uyghur elementary school in Istanbul after China complained of anti-Beijing instruction imparted in the institution.
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Blinken: Chinese govt continues to commit 'genocide' in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to publish its report on the situation concerning human rights of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and said that the Chinese government continues to commit 'genocide' in the
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ILO raises 'deep concern' over China's 'discriminatory' labour regulations
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its annual report raised "deep concerns" about China's "discriminatory" labour regulations in Xinjiang.
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Another Uyghur torchbearer of 2018 Beijing Olympics detained by Chinese au
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): A Uyghur doctor, who served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is serving an 18-year jail sentence, said a media report.
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Europe taking note of China's poor human rights record, underhand tactics:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): The poor human rights records of China together with underhand tactics of Chinese businesses have led to toughening of the stance of European countries, a media report said on Saturday.
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