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Uyghur tribunal rules that China committed 'genocide' against Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 10 (ANI): After a series of hearings that lasted several months, a London based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed 'genocide' against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province.
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Boris Johnson announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK] December 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom has joined the US in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over concerns about human rights abuses in China.
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Australia announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 8 (ANI): Australia has joined the US in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over concerns about human rights abuses in China.
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Uyghur policeman tortured to death for helping detainee: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A Uyghur police officer in China's Xinjiang province who was said to have committed suicide was instead tortured to death for helping a camp detainee, Radio Free Asia (RSA) has reported.
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Former UN employee claims China wants to ensure the Uyghur genocide is nev
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 3 (ANI): A United Nations employee, who was fired last week for accusing the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of providing the names of Chinese government opponents and activists to the Chinese government, has called for an ext
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New evidence of Chinese repression emerges from Tibet, Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 30 (ANI): Areas in Tibet and the Uyghur Muslim belt in Xinjiang witness repression and there is widespread disquiet amongst the people in these regions, according to new anonymously shot video evidence that has emerged from the area, says new reports.
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China forcing migration of Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang, says report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 28 (ANI): China is forcing the migration of the Uyghurs from their homeland in Xinjiang province to other parts of the country, according to a new report, which details the poor record of human rights conditions of the minority community, which has prompted condemna
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Chinese authorities destroy dome built by Uyghur exile in Xinjiang: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 26 (ANI): Chinese authorities have destroyed a dome in a park that an Uyghur living in Turkey had built in his former hometown in Xinjiang.
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Hundreds of international brands 'at risk' of selling products related to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI): More than a hundred international brands "at-risk" of selling products made of cotton from the Uyghurs region because of the way China's cotton industry "obscures" where the cotton actually comes from, according to a November 2021 report
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Japanese apparel makers boycott China's Xinjiang cotton
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] November 23 (ANI): Japanese apparel makers have decided to shun the cotton produced from China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region citing forced labour and human rights abuses.
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New evidence shows China's repression of Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): Fresh evidence has emerged against China showing surveillance, intimidation and harassment of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority community at concentration camps in China's Xinjiang region.
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Biden 'considering' diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US] November 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has said that his administration was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, reported NBC News.
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