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Uyghurs living abroad under surveillance, their families threatened by CCP
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 28 (ANI): Uyghurs and their families living abroad are constantly under surveillance in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) occupied East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) or Xinjiang and being threatened to cooperate with the Chinese st
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Chinese authorities sentence Uyghur author to 20 years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang have sentenced an Uyghur author, whose work was targeted in a book burning campaign, to 20 years in prison, according to officials.
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Pro Uyghur body hails UK parliament for passing motion saying China commit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], April 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has hailed the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the British House of Commons after legislators in the UK unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs in its northwest region of Xinjiang a "genocide".
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UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.
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Fearing 'extremist' tag, Xinjiang's Uyghurs not fasting in Ramzan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of
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China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US ri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The Chinese government has continued to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang despite claiming to have released all detainees, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religiou
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lies, false
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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'India may yet be more successful as trustworthy global health partner tha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): India may be yet more successful at proving itself a "robust and trustworthy global health partner than China, which was more focused on placing itself as an "alternative" to the West even at the risk of exporting an ineffective vaccine, said Georgia L. Gilho
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China: New Human Rights Watch report highlights crimes against humanity in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (ANI): The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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'Chinese policies demand response commensurate to scale of atrocities agai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): Chinese's policies demand a response commensurate to the scale of the atrocities against Uyghur Muslims, said former staff director of US Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
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International Olympic Committee's silence over Uyghur atrocities shows Chi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): China controls the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic sponsors in the same way it governs its citizens, which is through fear as the international Olympic body continues to remain silent on the atrocities of the Uyghur community by the hands of
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Japan's ketchup producer stop Xinjiang tomato imports over rights abuse
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 15 (ANI): Joining the growing ranks of popular western brands, Japanese ketchup producer Kagome has stopped importing raw materials from China's Xinjiang province, over the issue of rights abuses against Uyghur, Nikkei Asia reports.
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