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Think tank report exposes China's 'intent to destroy' Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): The Chinese government has breached every single article of the United Nations genocide convention in its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and bears responsibility for committing genocide, according to a report by a US-based think tank further exposing Beiji
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High malnutrition rate in Xinjiang amid China crackdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Xinjiang [China], February 22 (ANI): With the Chinese government continuing to suppress Uyghurs in Xinjiang, malnutrition has been rising in the community, especially among children and adolescents, according to two separate studies by Chinese researchers.
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Canadian opposition demands 2022 Olympics relocated from China amid Uyghur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 17 (ANI): Canada's main opposition party -- the Conservative Party -- on Tuesday urged the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau-led government to pressure the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing, arguing China is committing genoc
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The saga of China's crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 14 (ANI): China's sweeping crackdown on Muslim ethnic minority, Uyghurs in Xinjiang since 2017 in the name of counterterrorism has drawn global ire, particularly US State Department, that has classified it as 'genocide', reported The Washington Post.
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China blocks social media app for allowing discussions on Uyghurs, Hong Ko
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 9 (ANI): A social media app in China, which gave a platform to people to discuss political topics such as ongoing human rights abuse against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has been blocked.
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China fumes over reports on atrocities against Uyghurs, retaliates after U
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 5 (ANI): Retaliating to the United Kingdom's move to revoke the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that "BBC has made some false reports" on human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
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East Turkistan govt-in exile likens CCP with Nazis for committing Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): East Turkistan Government in Exile Prime Minister Salih Hudayar likened the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Nazis alleging it is committing Holocaust like genocide in the 21st century against Uyghurs in Xinjiang province in China.
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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Uyghur activist describes Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang: Women talk about
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist, has disclosed the inhumane treatment meted out to Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang province by the Chinese regime, saying that women are subjected to mental and physical torture, and are given unknown injections, and me
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Reports of China keeping Uyghurs on surveillance confirmed one more time
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], November 9 (ANI): While China continues to refute reports of ongoing atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang region, another revelation has yet again confirmed Beijing using technology for surveillance on the ethnic minority community.
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China's treatment of Uyghurs akin to Al Qaeda's treatment of non-Muslims:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): There is no difference in how Al Qaeda treats non-Muslims and how the Chinese government treats the Uyghurs in Xinjiang in a bid to change their faith and demography, according to Albanian historian Olsi Jazexhi.
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US State Dept releases new webpage on China's atrocities on Uyghurs in Xin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The US State Department has released a new webpage highlighting the Chinese government's human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang Province in northwestern China.
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