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Human rights body holds Chinese President accountable for abuses on Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A Sweden-based Uyghur rights organisation the Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK) generally known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee in a statement released on Sunday called upon China and its president Xi Jinping to inflict humanitarian abuses on the children belonging to East Turkistan.
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China diverting world attention away from Xinjiang crisis, says Swedish Uy
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK), generally known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee, on Thursday said that China has been creating a facade of development to divert the world's attention away from its abuses in East Turkistan.
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Report highlights systematic repression, human rights violations of Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A recent report by Yale University has highlighted the precarious living conditions of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) under Chinese repression.
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East Turkistan govt in exile demands global action against China's 'genoci
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The exiled government, representing the interests of the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan, has denounced what it describes as a "systematic campaign of genocide and colonization" by the Chinese government.
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Uyghurs mark 100 years since Abdulqadir Damolla's martyrdom, renew calls f
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Uyghurs commemorated the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of Abdulqadir Abdulwaris, commonly known as Abdulqadir Damolla, a revered leader of the East Turkistan National Movement, who was executed by Chinese forces
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Uyghurs right organisation calls out china for cultural destruction: Over
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM), a US-based organisation committed to raising awareness about human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, called on the International Community, human rights authorities and human rights activists to support them in the fight
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5 more China-based companies blacklisted by US over Uyghur forced labour
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
These China-based companies have been accused of profiting from the slave labour of Uyghurs in what Beijing calls "poverty alleviation" programs.
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Uyghur advocacy groups laud US expansion of import ban on products linked
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The East Turkistan National Movement, dedicated to highlighting human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, welcomed the US government's decision to ban goods produced with Uyghur forced labour.
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UN Special Rapporteurs call on China over maintaining 'secrecy' on impriso
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A panel of UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights wrote a letter to the Chinese authorities expressing serious concerns at the conviction and imprisonment of Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas without due process and not even informing her family on her whereabouts.
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Chinese propaganda of East Turkistan's re-education distortion of reality:
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK) commonly known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee on Monday criticised the Chinese government for spreading a fake narrative that claims that the Uyghurs in East Turkistan are being re-educated to counter-terrorism.
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Documentary based on political prisoner's life unveils trauma of China's U
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A documentary film titled 'Behind The Mask' based on the life of a Uyghur camp survivor was screened at the Uyghur Center Virginia on Friday, a statement by the Uyghur American Association (UAA) reported.
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Uyghurs in US commemorate 10th anniversary of Yarkand massacre, call for a
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The event called for urgent US action against China's ongoing persecution of Uyghurs. Yarkand massacre occurred on July 28, 2014, when Chinese security forces brutally suppressed peaceful Uyghur protesters in Yarkand County, Xinjiang, China.
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